Why and How of the Atonement. March 2026 By: Candilyn J. Young This talk is about a love story. This talk is about a high stakes hostage situation. And about the construction of the greatest bridge. This talk is also about debts being paid. If you haven’t figured it out yet I will be diving into Christ’s Atonement. On my mission in Roseville, California my trainer Liz Kent made the claim, “The Atonement is so vast and universal that it can be compared to almost anything for a metaphor.” An example of one that I remember is when we saw some kitchen cabinet doors being redone- sanded and repainted. The Atonement is like those cabinet doors being redone because they are being made new again so they can go back to where they belong. See the connection? I don’t how true Kent’s claim is—it was a bit of a stretch at times with the items we used for our metaphors. But what I do know is that Jesus Christ’s Atonement is the center of everything in the...