Shelli Owen
Love Your Enemies
Prejudice in paradise overcome by the love of Jesus Christ
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Shelli Owen
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“...the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea..”
(Isaiah 11:9b & Habakkuk 2:14)
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Shelli Owen
Sep 7
A New Life and Dating
How Jesus totally changed my heart toward guys and my dating life
Shelli Owen
May 24
Inner Healing Begins
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind...
Shelli Owen
Feb 10
The Bible Illuminated (very revised)
Jesus said to His disciples: “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the...
Shelli Owen
Dec 11, 2023
No More Loneliness
““I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot...
Shelli Owen
Nov 20, 2023
Seeking Mr. Right
“Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.” (Hosea 6:4c) NOTE: The names used for friends and peers in...
Shelli Owen
Oct 11, 2023
Suicidal Depression
“From my youth I have suffered and been close to death... darkness is my closest friend” (Ps. 88:15-18). After Mack[*] broke things off,...
Shelli Owen
Sep 18, 2023
The Biggest Breakup
“...You, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.” (Psalm 86:17) I didn’t think anything could hurt so much. Never in my life had I...
Shelli Owen
Sep 1, 2023
The Lowdown on High School
“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” (Eccl. 1:9) To...
Shelli Owen
Aug 18, 2023
Vain Employments
"For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the...
Shelli Owen
Jul 28, 2023
LDS Seminary & Being "Born-Again"
“You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’” ~ Jesus (John 3:7) Something I didn’t realize until later in my...
Shelli Owen
Jun 30, 2023
Boyfriends and Dating: the beginning of my career
“Even small children are known by their actions, so is their conduct really pure and upright?” (Proverbs 20:11) NOTE: Again, names have...
Shelli Owen
Jun 9, 2023
Church “Friends” and Trust
“If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you, a [person] like myself,...
Shelli Owen
May 26, 2023
Family Excursions
“The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.” ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay Is the above...
Shelli Owen
May 13, 2023
Beginning the Study of “Greater Things” (Scripture reading and study)
“You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify...
Shelli Owen
Apr 28, 2023
Life Outside of School
“Ears that hear and eyes that see— the Lord has made them both.” (Proverbs 20:12) What is real and what is not? All my school years,...
Shelli Owen
Mar 31, 2023
School and Riding the Bus
Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time....
Shelli Owen
Mar 10, 2023
Obsessions and Dad’s side of the Family
“Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1 John 5:21) Because of my dad’s example growing up, I developed disciplines that would...
Shelli Owen
Feb 24, 2023
Mom’s Side of the Family
[Jesus explained,]“‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’ Then they understood that he was not telling them...
Shelli Owen
Jan 10, 2023
Family History and Genealogy
LDS or Mormon emphasis on genealogy and vicarious temple work for the dead (baptisms for the dead, "endowments," and "sealings") described
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