by Britt Kelly | Feb 5, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
Children learn so very fast. I have such a long list of things I want to learn that I sometimes look with envy at the little people around me and their miraculous brains. How can I make time for my studies? As I have watched little children there are two little...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Dec 28, 2013 | Home and Family
When my son was in second grade, he was puzzled by a woman who told me she was unhappy that she couldn’t study history because she couldn’t afford to take a class. As a homeschooler who was being taught to be a self-directed learner, he knew you didn’t need to take a...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 29, 2013 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
The January 2013 issue of the Ensign, a magazine for adult members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, contains an interesting article on the subject of faith and intellect. This magazine serves those who are sometimes called Mormons and most of the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 25, 2010 | Finding Happiness, Finding Truth
The New Testament apostle Paul complained to Timothy of people who were “ ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Timothy 3:7.) Jesus lamented that the lawyers had taken away the key of knowledge (Luke 11:52.) Today, we see that many...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 16, 2009 | Finding Truth
One day, while reading the Book of Mormon, I was startled by a description of the prophet Ammon that I had not previously noticed, in Alma, chapter 18, verse 22: Now Ammon being wise, yet harmless, he said unto Lamoni: Wilt thou hearken unto my words, if I tell thee...
