by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Home and Family
The Lord values work. He knows it’s good for us to work for what we have whenever possible and bad for us to do nothing or to expect others to care for us. In the Book of Mormon, we see on a regular basis the value of hard work to the Lord. Nephi, the first writer of...
by Ali C | Jun 25, 2008 | Home and Family
Spencer W. Kimball, former President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or Mormons,) once said: “Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can imagine” (“Oneness in Marriage,” Tambuli, Jun 1978, 1.) And I believe it is true. My...
by Jenny A | Jun 24, 2008 | Home and Family
I have been awestruck by the recent account in the news of 18 Gloucester High School girls (mostly sophomores) getting pregnant, apparently excited at the prospect of having a baby on their own. My heart aches for these unborn babies and for the mothers who know so...
by Jenny A | Jun 18, 2008 | Home and Family
My 13-year-old son just bought an Ipod. Maybe we are technology laggards, but it took awhile for him to earn enough to purchase this coveted item. He is a typical teenager, walking around plugged in much of the time, raising his head on occasion with a puzzled look...
by Laurie W | Jun 18, 2008 | Home and Family
In keeping with the idea of putting our houses, or the corner/room we’re in charge of, in order, I want to talk about a house many of us tend to ignore: the house where our spirit’s reside. In John chapter 2 of the New Testament, Jesus Christ is speaking to some of...
by Laurie W | Jun 18, 2008 | Home and Family
I spent the majority of my teen years living in what I lovingly referred to as “organized chaos.” My room was a sight my mother took pains to avoid beholding: clothes strewn so adeptly over the floor you weren’t sure there actually was one, knick-knacks and trinkets...
