Salt Lake Tribune guest columnist Eli McCann writes about the Latter-day Saint tradition of fast and testimony meetings. While most of the personal sermons are ho-hum, some are humdingers.

It was fast and testimony meeting in my ward last Sunday, as it was in every other Mormon ward, branch and huddle in the entire world. For those unfamiliar with Mormon ways, the first Sunday of ...

On that particular Sunday the local Mormon community comes together for a fast and testimony meeting. Bishops use these fast offerings to provide food, shelter, clothing, and medical care for the ...

It is, at once, my least favorite and most favorite thing about being Mormon. Fast Sunday. On the one hand, I’m asked to go without food for an entire day — no small feat for a man so ...

“I know the Church is true, and Joseph Smith was a true prophet, and the Book of Mormon is true. . . ” Those are three of the top five elements of a testimony you might hear on any Fast Sunday.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is inviting everyone in California to participate in a special fast on Sunday to ask for divine intervention in the current drought Mormons hold ...

On the first Sunday of every month, the Church of Latter-Day Saints hold a “fast and testimony” meeting in which members who choose to do so, fast during the day and give testimony in ...