by Britt Kelly | Oct 30, 2014 | Britt Kelly: Learning at Home
It’s really impossible to write about anything else, so you’ll have to indulge me. About twenty-five years ago I was eight years old. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that means I could consider baptism. I wanted to be baptized in my childlike...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Oct 20, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Our homes are one of the most sacred places on earth. We rear our children and build our eternal marriage in our home, our own Eden, if you will. We have been counseled to protect our homes and children from the influences of the world. Sometimes, even when we have...
by Walter Penning | Oct 15, 2014 | Walter Penning: Arise and Be Men
Dear Family, I love to write. My escape from the mundane, drudgery, monotony, and the world of boredom is a blank sheet of paper. There I can make time come alive. I can repair what’s broken, celebrate the good, and mend what needs fixing. For me, even in my weakness...
by Valerie Steimle | Sep 27, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Deciding to bring children into the world takes great thought, and sometimes, soul searching reflection. For a married couple, raising another human being requires unselfish acts and integrity. It requires unselfishness for sacrificing what an adult would rather do...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Sep 22, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
In a world of ever increasing wickedness, the need for the Saints to have safe havens of cleanliness and purity to retire to is growing in lockstep with the world’s departure from the standards of the Lord. Isaiah told us that we have three places we can go to, sacred...