by Abby Christianson | Sep 20, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
Life is harder for a person on the spectrum. Did you know that? If we were to compare a neurotypical (NT) brain and a high functioning autistic spectrum (HFASD) brain to two computers, the NT would be a PC and the HFASD brain would be an Apple. They both...
by Walter Penning | Sep 19, 2018 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
We have been in our resident congregation for 16 years—my, how time flies. The majority of our children have graduated from this local high school and essentially our family has grown up here. But it actually all started in Provo, Utah. I had just returned from...
by Tudie Rose | Sep 18, 2018 | Tudie Rose: Strengthening Our Faith
There are constant changes in life, and that makes it exciting—and sometimes unpredictable. Changes can be good or they can throw you off balance. When a change happens that throws you off balance, it’s important to regain stability—and that takes faith. ...
by Abby Christianson | Sep 17, 2018 | Abby Christianson: Adventures in Autism
My son is starting a new school. He has a lot of anxiety with any new things. So I got some tips from the professionals that really made a big difference, and I wanted to share. These tips can be used for any new experience your child will have. We use them for Scout...
by Delisa Hargrove | Sep 16, 2018 | Delisa Hargrove: Applying Gospel Principles
Recently I stumbled into, and then out of, a conversation about the way a person served in a church calling. The instigator of the topic kept saying, “If [so and so] would just do this or that, then [so and so] would be great in the calling.” I knew...
by Amy Carpenter | Sep 15, 2018 | Amy Carpenter: The Strength to Endure
Throughout my life, I’ve experienced — as have most of you, I’m sure — times when I’ve wondered, “I’m doing everything right. I’m trying so hard to be good and to follow God. So why am I not being blessed? Why is this trial not...
by Alison P | Sep 14, 2018 | Home and Family
I grew up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I can’t really say we were a model LDS family. Oh, in a lot of ways we were, but in some very basic ways we weren’t. We only ever had a handful of Family Home Evenings, we hardly ever ate...
by Julia G | Sep 13, 2018 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
When I had my final interview with my stake president so that I could send in my mission papers (my application to serve as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), I was given two points of counsel from my Stake President. ...
by Walter Penning | Sep 12, 2018 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
A great deal of this article is pulled from recent articles of mine, but I have found that repetition truly is a great teacher. I always wondered how this was going to happen. When word came that it was time to make the trip back to Missouri in preparation for...
by Candace | Sep 11, 2018 | Mormons
One of the original twelve apostles called under Joseph Smith, Jr. was Elder Parley P. Pratt. I have always felt an affinity to this man because of the strength and power of the words he has written. A particular story I recall was when Parley was staying at a...
