Shelli Owen
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...
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Shelli Owen
Author | Writer
“...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
- Oct 11
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Shelli Owen
- Nov 8, 2022
Eternal and Extended Family
“This is the word of the Lord...: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty” (Zech. 4:6). As I’ve mentioned,...
Shelli Owen
- Oct 14, 2022
About Standards
“..an expert in the law, tested [Jesus] with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’ “Jesus replied:...
Shelli Owen
- Sep 13, 2022
Beauty in Nature and Art
"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread." ~ John Muir How does it happen that some things remain engraved on a person’s mind and heart...
Shelli Owen
- Aug 25, 2022
The Power of Meetings
“It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.” ~...
Shelli Owen
- Jul 13, 2022
Neighbors & Siblings
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” (Romans 7:15). “No, don’t go home yet... Let me...
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