by Tudie Rose | Dec 18, 2015 | Tudie Rose: Daily Dose
When you want a boat to go faster you start rowing, when you want your life to get better, you start doing! — Unknown A few years back I wanted my life to get better. I loved the full-time job I had, but I wanted to spend more time with my husband. We were recent...
by DarEll Hoskisson | Dec 17, 2015 | DarEll S. Hoskisson: Self-Improvement
Last night I watched Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a play at our local high school. Although I majored in English and love literature, here was a classic I have never read. How interesting a subject, the opposition or juxtaposition of both good and evil inside each of...
by Walter Penning | Dec 16, 2015 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
We had an interesting Sunday School lesson recently. The instructor asked us to read the hymn I Know That My Redeemer Lives p136 in the hymnal and share the lines that mean so much to us. Like you, I love this song, which has a history of influence in all our lives....
by Denise Mastrocola | Dec 15, 2015 | Denise Brandell Mastrocola- To Your Health
Special dietary concerns can make the holidays challenging. If you are trying to lose weight it can be a difficult situation, requiring a good deal of will power to attend holiday parties with others who are eating whatever they want. Maybe you have food allergies or...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Dec 14, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Living a Christ-centered life is all about being grounded in the most important ways. But before we can talk about the advantages of being grounded or centered in Christ, it will be helpful if we see what life is like without Christ in it. For illustration purposes I...
by Rachel Wagner | Dec 14, 2015 | Home and Family
I recently did a podcast style discussion video with a fellow you-tuber friend of mine named Joe Tufano. We had so much fun talking about our favorite holiday films and I thought I would share some of our picks with all of you. I’ll be back to doing my Netflix picks...
by Britt Kelly | Dec 12, 2015 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
Here it is a few weeks away from Christmas and you find yourselves stressed. Your bank account has not magically doubled, you are not suddenly energetic or healthy, your family is not instantly around you, and you did not overnight turn into a Pinterest queen with a...
by Valerie Steimle | Dec 12, 2015 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Last Friday night I had the opportunity to participate in a church community live nativity performance. I sang in the choir along with 30 other people to a community of Christians who walked around our church admiring over 120 nativity scenes including a live one...
by Delisa Hargrove | Dec 11, 2015 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
I’ve been studying this profound notion that the Savior commanded us to do the things He did. “And I give unto you a commandment, that ye shall observe to do the things which ye have seen me do, and bear record of me even unto the end” (JST Matthew 26:25). I feel...
by Emlee Taylor | Dec 11, 2015 | Emlee Taylor- On the road to Jericho
I LOVE Christmas—the twinkling of Christmas lights late at night, the sharp pine-y scent of Christmas trees, the smell (& taste!) of delicious baked goods, the cold that brings a red blush to the cheek … the quiet moments of hearing “Silent Night” and remembering...
