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{LDS How-to} Help Your Kids Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
Here are some great ideas of Sunday activities that bring the family together and keep the Spirit of Sunday alive the whole day. We’ve been told to keep the Sabbath day holy, but with a spirited eight-year-old, a flighty Valiant eleven-year-old, and a misunderstood teen, teaching them to choose...
{LDS How-to} Get the Most Out of Sunday School: 10 Tips
Do you ever come away from Sunday School, Relief Society, or Priesthood feeling like you didn't get anything from that hour? You're not alone. The good news is this probably has more to do with you than the teacher - which means it can be remedied. Each of us can do more to prepare ourselves to...
{LDS How-to} Change the World on Make a Difference Day (or Any Day)
It’s that time of year again! No, not the time when we grow weary of all the painful politics and would like to just detach from Facebook for a couple of weeks if we could. It’s the time to do good! One of my favorite national holidays is coming up October 27—national Make a Difference Day....
{LDS How-to} Play the Organ - for Pianists
You know the two people in your ward who play the organ? They could use some help. Put your piano skills to use and learn some quick tips for pinch-hitting as an organist. If you're a pianist and a member of the LDS Church, chances are you (like me) have been asked to play the organ at some...
{LDS How-to} Use BYU Football to Help Raise Your Family
A new leadership book about the coach of BYU’s football team has wider applications that just football—it can help you in parenting, too. A few months after our son Jacob turned twelve, he began to resist participating in family work routines, such as setting the table at dinner or Saturday...
{LDS How-to} Prepare a Great Sacrament Meeting Talk
Giving a Sacrament meeting talk can be intimidating at the least, and terrifying at the most. Improve the quality of your experience and your final product with these 8 tips. I’m one of those weird people who actually likes to give talks, but I realize not everyone is as strange as I am....
{LDS How-to} When a Missionary Struggles: How to Help
Even though your missionary may be thousands of miles away from home, you can still help him or her handle difficult situations during the mission. Missionaries can deal with a slew of issues, and as a parent, sibling, or friend reading and writing letters from afar, you may feel helpless. But...
{LDS How-to} Help Teens Get More from Church - Top 10
No matter how wonderful our teens are, they're still growing physically and spiritually, and they need our help during the process. To improve your teens' church experience, check out these 10 tips. Our youth are magnificent, but we need to tap into their potential, ensuring that they will grow to...
{LDS How-to} Maintain a Second Language
Many Latter-day Saints know a second language, whether from a mission or education. How can you keep your hard-earned labor from going to waste? Check out these 10 tips. Picture this: It’s one of those rare occasions when you actually get to use that second language you acquired in school or on...
{LDS How-to} Help Kids Get the Most out of Primary
Help your kids get the most of Primary at church on Sunday and through the week with these 10 easy tips. 1. Buffer time. Always in a hurry to get out the door? Set the mood before church by allowing extra time to get ready. When you rush it is difficult to feel the Spirit. Play church music...
{LDS How-to} Teach (Not Babysit) Nursery
Teaching Nursery Class brings with it special challenges – use these tips to help make the most your time with the youngest Primary children. Nursery worker—it can be a very challenging calling in the Church. But it can also be one of the most fulfilling. You don’t have to be the...
{LDS How-to} Plan an Affordable Wedding: 6 Tips
Getting married amid stress isn't right. Save the financial frustration of wedding planning with these six easy tips. A wedding is a time to celebrate the eternal joy of the sacred ordinance of marriage. So why does planning a wedding make you want to pull your hair out? Flowers,...
{LDS How-to} Use LDS Employment Services
Unemployment can be stressful and scary, but the Church has provided some great resources to find work quickly. Whether you’ve just graduated from college and are looking for a job, or the economic downturn got the best of you, most of us will have to worry about unemployment at some point in...
{LDS How-to} Start Writing Your Life Story Now
Does the daunting thought of writing your life story overwhelm your desire to record it? Take a deep breath. The project is entirely doable if you start with a few simple steps. Recently my friend Cindy Johnson expressed frustration that she hasn’t recorded her richly-lived life in journals....
{LDS How-to} Jumpstart Your Family History
You’ve finally realized how much you don’t know about your family stories, and you want to learn them. But you’re no genealogist. How can you start capturing your heritage today in a fun and interesting way? 1) Learn at home from: Your own memories. There’s probably more stored in...
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