Dear Jane Book Review — on

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"Dear Jane" by Rachel Ward is an excellent read.  While I'm generally not a huge fan of LDS romance books, this one breaks t...

RS Lesson Prep: #19 - In the World but Not of the World — on

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While we are in the world, we are not of the world. We are expected to overcome the world and to live as becometh saints.” Many years...

Pay Attention to the Details — on

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It was the fifth inning in the last game of the season. The coach pitched the ball. The batter hit it into the air. The ball bounced ...

RS Lesson Prep: #18 - Living by Every Word that Proceeds from the Mouth of God — on

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What exactly does it mean to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God? What does it mean to be justified? These are impor...

Action Not Reaction: Choosing to Parent Consciously — on

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My husband is out of town... again. The house looks like it has been cleaned by a two-year old, the kids are home from school, and the craz...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #17 - Sealing Power and Temple Blessings — on

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I have said before that in the eternities there is nothing more important than families. Name one star system or celestial event that i...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #16 - Bringing Up Children in Light and Truth — on

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Finding ways to teach our children to be good and to love all that is good is becoming increasingly difficult in today’s world. Satan kn...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #15 - Eternal Marriage — on

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Some lessons are mostly personal narrative, and not a lot of doctrine. This lesson is very little narrative, and almost all doctrine. I inte...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #14 - The Gift of the Holy Ghost — on

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Who is the Holy Ghost? The Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit, who “partakes of the things of the Father and the Son and reveals them t...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #13 - Baptism — on

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How baptism changes us Baptism is meant to be a transformational ordinance. President Joseph Fielding Smith describes baptism as “a tran...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #12 The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood — on

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The introduction to this lesson focuses on the manner in which President Smith magnified his priesthood. When we think of the royal treatm...

Relief Society Lesson Prep: #11 Honoring the Priesthood Keys Restored through Joseph Smith — on

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The keys of the priesthood are the rights to govern the affairs of the Church. Only one person actively wields or uses those keys or ri...