By C.S. Bezas
Heard of the fun new family craze, Geocaching? Have no idea how to do it or even if your family would want to? Never fear. In about five minutes time, you’ll have all the information you need to begin or to at least sound like an expert.
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By Dave Ellis
I have five kids; four girls and one poor nitpicked boy, but he deserves it. When we bought our current house we only had three little kids, two girls and the boy. It seemed like we had too much space; cabinets were empty, we put both cars in the garage and we had a bedroom for each child. Then another girl was born, then another. I just calculated the bathroom to girl ratio as being 1/4 and realized I need to change it.
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As I write this letter, my kids are off on an adventure with one of their grandmas. She took the four oldest and planned to be gone for five hours. Rumor was they were going to make cookies and then go see a movie. Brave soul, that grandma! Yesterday, they got to have an adventure with their other grandma. They went to the park with a picnic lunch and popcorn for the ducks. That trip ended early for reasons that shall remain nameless. But they certainly created plenty of fun memories!
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By Benjamin Combs
I have four children, ages 13, 5, 3, and 1. About once a year we make a trip from Utah to California to visit family. The 10 hour trip can be an adventure and so we have, out of necessity, come up with solutions to the usual car trip troubles. Here are seven tips which we use to make the trip as pleasant as possible.
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Learning To Live In The World And Not Be Of The World
Book Review: How to Write an Interesting Personal History (Without Lying)
By Annette Lyon
As a young girl, I dreaded Mother’s Day.
I couldn’t have said why. My mother was the sun and the moon to me. Yet each year on Mother’s Day, she sat in the chapel listening to talks about amazing mothers. She inevitably broke down in tears and was miserable for the rest of the day.
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By Krista Ralston Oakes
As daughters of a loving Heavenly Father, we are anxious to understand and realize our divine nature. We believe that this divine nature includes the sacred calling of motherhood. But what does this mean for someone who cannot bear children?
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Book Review: Zion on the Muddy
By Gail Jackson
Picture the check register in your bank account.
If there are only withdrawals and no deposits you will quickly become financially bankrupt.
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By Natalie J. Hale
It’s as simple as cause and effect. If I do something a result follows. If I lie, there will be guilt; if I eat too many cookies, I gain weight; if I read my scriptures and say my prayers, I feel good. And I’m sure that if we were sitting together we could come up with nearly unlimited examples of choice and consequence combinations.
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By Alison Palmer
Scripture: Isaiah 29:14
Song: “An Angel Came to Joseph Smith,” Children’s Songbook p. 86
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Humility is a very important attribute if you want to learn and feel the spirit. We had two investigators recently that know the Bible really well. They aren’t active in their church but have a great knowledge of the gospel. When we taught them, they would talk forever and try to teach us. Neither of them got an answer from the Holy Ghost. Neither will be baptized.
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By Danielle Ellis
Although as members of the Church of Jesus Christ we are all doing our level best to be good people, we still need reminders that everyone we meet is fighting a hard battle and could use a kind word. I remember a church talk a few years ago, which commented that in today’s world new members of the church may be “increasingly battered and scarred by sin.”
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By Jonathan F. Camp, MD
About 100 children, mainly females ages 10 - 14, are diagnosed with scoliosis each year in Las Vegas. While not life threatening, if left untreated, scoliosis can cause serious health problems in adulthood.
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As we consider the history of
education in America we may be surprised to realize what religion has done for the great institutions of the country and the world. The following is from a talk given by Hugh B. Brown at a Brigham Young University graduation ceremony.
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Strangling Your Husband Is Not An Option: A Practical Guide To Dramatically Improving Your Marriage
