Great article from John W. Welch and the Religious Studies Center
https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/book-mormon-treasury/19-ten-testimonies-jesus-christ-book-mormon
Names of Christ study
http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2007/12/names-of-christ-complete-unit-study.html#.UqATJuJPnrk
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
talk written to give in the Austin branch, rough version
We “Come Unto Him” by Doing the Small and Simple Things and We Will Find Rest and Joy
I. Introduction of our family
Brief intro of conversion and family.
II. Introduction of my talk
We often notice themes in General Conference. When asked about this past GC, several said missionary work was the theme they heard. And even though we have missionaries out from our family, the main thing I noticed was the balm for the wounded soul that was offered by several speakers. Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
How do we “come unto Him” so that we may rest? We come unto Him by doing the small and simple things we’ve been asked to do.
III. Small and Simple Things
Elder David A. Bednar and his wife, Susan spoke at BYU’s Women’s Conference in April 2011. The title of their talk was By Small and Simple Things Great Things Are Brought to Pass.
When her husband was in the doctoral program at Purdue and she had a very active 2 year old and an infant, Sis Bednar asked for a priesthood blessing to help her cope with her situation--2 little kids, husband hardly ever home, and a small income. She said the blessing advised her to exercise, get more sleep, eat regular meals, have meaningful prayer morning and night and engage in more purposeful and consistent scripture study, and if she did that, she would receive the physical and spiritual tools to cope with her circumstances and the discouragement she was feeling.
She balked a little at first because they were typical Sunday School answers and she could rationalize away each item. She likened it to the story of Naaman in the Old Testament who was sent to be healed by the king and the servant of the prophet Elisha came out and told him to wash 7 times in the river Jordan. Naaman hesitated and his servant told him that if he had been asked to do some great thing, would he not have done it? Naaman went and washed and was healed.
Sis Bednar said she would have seen the wisdom at first if her blessing had told her to do something great, like take a cruise to Hawaii or have a make over, but she humbled herself and found that these things really did allow her to run and not be weary and walk and not faint.
The things that Sis Bednar was told in her blessing dealt with her physical body and her spirit. We are here to gain a body and to show that we will follow Christ…or, in other words, learn to have our spirit control that body--obedience.
There are a few things said about Christ taking care of His body. We know he grew in wisdom and stature. And we know He took care of His spirit and that it was in control of His body. He knew the scriptures, he fasted to prepare for His ministry…
If we take care of our bodies and our spirits, we will be following Christ and becoming more like him.
IV. Adam’s Obedience
One of my favorite scripture stories that causes me to ponder is where Adam and Eve, after leaving the Garden of Eden, are told to make animal sacrifices to the Lord, without understanding the meaning behind it--that it was in the similitude of the sacrifice that Christ was to make for our sins many years in the future. I often wonder how long Adam was obedient, not understanding why he was doing what he was doing, before the angel finally taught him that the sacrifices were to help them look forward to the Atonement. How long am I willing to do what I’ve been asked even when I don’t see the picture?
I teach in Young Women’s. Last week’s lesson was on developing Christlike attributes. One of the points of our lesson was that our experiences here can, if we allow them, lead us to do gain Christlike attributes. As we serve we can learn humility, compassion, charity, selflessness, and so on. Just the daily course of our lives brings lessons that can be learned if we have the ears to hear and the eyes to see.
That is why keeping the covenants we have made with Heavenly Father changes us, makes us more like Him and Christ, and prepares us to live in their presence. As President Thomas S. Monson said in CG, making the gospel of Jesus Christ the center of our lives is what will pull us through.
Making the gospel the center of our lives means following Christ, doing what He did, though maybe not as well or perfectly as He did, and doing what has been asked of us.
V. Denise’s friend (Living the Gospel makes us Christlike, so what’s preventing us from doing that?)
Now, what we notice about conference usually applies to what is happening in our lives. Maybe I saw the comfort angle being offered because I know people who have been struggling. For example, my sister’s friend and her family were considered stalwarts of their ward. But the wife felt that what she did was never good enough--no matter what she did, there was always another step to take, and there was never an end--never a resting place. She felt pressure to always improve and felt she was never good enough the way she was. The gospel didn’t bring her rest or joy, but brought stress to her life. I say the gospel did, but I don’t think that’s totally correct. Her actions and reactions to her life are what brought the stress.
To escape these negative feelings, she, her husband who had served in the Bishopric, and their 3 teenaged boys, stopped going to church. I do not know this woman personally, but I wondered why she found trying to live the gospel so difficult.
What I think it really might be is that we feel overwhelmed by all we take upon herself…we don’t just going the extra mile, we run faster than we have strength. We are depleted and depressed and moving too fast, as Elder Jeffrey R. Holland talked about in CG this month.
Aren’t scriptures and prayer the things that replenish us and fill us up? Church and Temple attendance
VI. Living the Gospel as it was meant to be lived
The gospel is here to help us return to Heavenly Father. If we don’t think that is happening, it’s not the gospel that is missing something, but somehow we are missing something in our application of it.
We are struggling, imperfect, and exhausted even, as Elder Holland mentioned. But it’s in living the gospel that we receive strength for our struggle, move toward perfection, and can be renewed and find rest. We don’t find rest by taking a break from living the gospel, as much as Satan tries to convince us of that.
Elder Edward Dube had a great quote that I loved. He said that it’s not so much as where we have been or what we have done, but where we are willing to go that matters. Are we willing to follow in the footsteps of Christ? That’s what counts. We have to remember that it’s in the following of Christ that we hope to become like Him.
“Our loving Heavenly wants us to become more like Him. God understands that we get there, not in an instant, but by taking one step at a time.” Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I. Introduction of our family
Brief intro of conversion and family.
II. Introduction of my talk
We often notice themes in General Conference. When asked about this past GC, several said missionary work was the theme they heard. And even though we have missionaries out from our family, the main thing I noticed was the balm for the wounded soul that was offered by several speakers. Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
How do we “come unto Him” so that we may rest? We come unto Him by doing the small and simple things we’ve been asked to do.
III. Small and Simple Things
Elder David A. Bednar and his wife, Susan spoke at BYU’s Women’s Conference in April 2011. The title of their talk was By Small and Simple Things Great Things Are Brought to Pass.
When her husband was in the doctoral program at Purdue and she had a very active 2 year old and an infant, Sis Bednar asked for a priesthood blessing to help her cope with her situation--2 little kids, husband hardly ever home, and a small income. She said the blessing advised her to exercise, get more sleep, eat regular meals, have meaningful prayer morning and night and engage in more purposeful and consistent scripture study, and if she did that, she would receive the physical and spiritual tools to cope with her circumstances and the discouragement she was feeling.
She balked a little at first because they were typical Sunday School answers and she could rationalize away each item. She likened it to the story of Naaman in the Old Testament who was sent to be healed by the king and the servant of the prophet Elisha came out and told him to wash 7 times in the river Jordan. Naaman hesitated and his servant told him that if he had been asked to do some great thing, would he not have done it? Naaman went and washed and was healed.
Sis Bednar said she would have seen the wisdom at first if her blessing had told her to do something great, like take a cruise to Hawaii or have a make over, but she humbled herself and found that these things really did allow her to run and not be weary and walk and not faint.
The things that Sis Bednar was told in her blessing dealt with her physical body and her spirit. We are here to gain a body and to show that we will follow Christ…or, in other words, learn to have our spirit control that body--obedience.
There are a few things said about Christ taking care of His body. We know he grew in wisdom and stature. And we know He took care of His spirit and that it was in control of His body. He knew the scriptures, he fasted to prepare for His ministry…
If we take care of our bodies and our spirits, we will be following Christ and becoming more like him.
IV. Adam’s Obedience
One of my favorite scripture stories that causes me to ponder is where Adam and Eve, after leaving the Garden of Eden, are told to make animal sacrifices to the Lord, without understanding the meaning behind it--that it was in the similitude of the sacrifice that Christ was to make for our sins many years in the future. I often wonder how long Adam was obedient, not understanding why he was doing what he was doing, before the angel finally taught him that the sacrifices were to help them look forward to the Atonement. How long am I willing to do what I’ve been asked even when I don’t see the picture?
I teach in Young Women’s. Last week’s lesson was on developing Christlike attributes. One of the points of our lesson was that our experiences here can, if we allow them, lead us to do gain Christlike attributes. As we serve we can learn humility, compassion, charity, selflessness, and so on. Just the daily course of our lives brings lessons that can be learned if we have the ears to hear and the eyes to see.
That is why keeping the covenants we have made with Heavenly Father changes us, makes us more like Him and Christ, and prepares us to live in their presence. As President Thomas S. Monson said in CG, making the gospel of Jesus Christ the center of our lives is what will pull us through.
Making the gospel the center of our lives means following Christ, doing what He did, though maybe not as well or perfectly as He did, and doing what has been asked of us.
V. Denise’s friend (Living the Gospel makes us Christlike, so what’s preventing us from doing that?)
Now, what we notice about conference usually applies to what is happening in our lives. Maybe I saw the comfort angle being offered because I know people who have been struggling. For example, my sister’s friend and her family were considered stalwarts of their ward. But the wife felt that what she did was never good enough--no matter what she did, there was always another step to take, and there was never an end--never a resting place. She felt pressure to always improve and felt she was never good enough the way she was. The gospel didn’t bring her rest or joy, but brought stress to her life. I say the gospel did, but I don’t think that’s totally correct. Her actions and reactions to her life are what brought the stress.
To escape these negative feelings, she, her husband who had served in the Bishopric, and their 3 teenaged boys, stopped going to church. I do not know this woman personally, but I wondered why she found trying to live the gospel so difficult.
What I think it really might be is that we feel overwhelmed by all we take upon herself…we don’t just going the extra mile, we run faster than we have strength. We are depleted and depressed and moving too fast, as Elder Jeffrey R. Holland talked about in CG this month.
Aren’t scriptures and prayer the things that replenish us and fill us up? Church and Temple attendance
VI. Living the Gospel as it was meant to be lived
The gospel is here to help us return to Heavenly Father. If we don’t think that is happening, it’s not the gospel that is missing something, but somehow we are missing something in our application of it.
We are struggling, imperfect, and exhausted even, as Elder Holland mentioned. But it’s in living the gospel that we receive strength for our struggle, move toward perfection, and can be renewed and find rest. We don’t find rest by taking a break from living the gospel, as much as Satan tries to convince us of that.
Elder Edward Dube had a great quote that I loved. He said that it’s not so much as where we have been or what we have done, but where we are willing to go that matters. Are we willing to follow in the footsteps of Christ? That’s what counts. We have to remember that it’s in the following of Christ that we hope to become like Him.
“Our loving Heavenly wants us to become more like Him. God understands that we get there, not in an instant, but by taking one step at a time.” Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Sunday, September 8, 2013
notes from BYU's Provo YSA 5th Stake sacrament meeting 18 Aug 2013
Lindsey Porter of St. George, Utah "Lasting Happiness":
Christ asks Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane "What, could ye not watch with me one hour?" Can we not pay attention for one hour each week during Sacrament Meeting?
Mosiah 2:41 ...consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments...they are blessed in all things...and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven...in a state of never-ending happiness.
Individual things don't always bring immediate happiness, ie paying tithing when money is tight, but knowing you are right with God does.
Our Father has open arms and not a pointing, accusing finger. Isaiah--my hands are stretched out still. He pleads, "Come, follow me." He sees the end from the beginning.
When Alma the younger was shown the big picture, he was sick with what he had done. He wanted to be destroyed.
In Matthew 11:28-Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
That's zero threat--He's not pointing His finger, but is waiting with open arms.
Keeping the commandments is not always easy, but it's easier than what the world does.
Don't drink away the pain, as the world might do, but kneel down and give your pain and burdens to God.
We make it hard in thinking that we can find happiness in our own way.
George Albert Smith--"Though the world may be filled with distress, and the heavens gather blackness, and the vivid lightnings flash, and the earth quake from center to circumference, if we know that God lives, and our lives are righteous, we will be happy, there will be peace unspeakable because we know our Father approves [of] our lives."
Christ asks Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane "What, could ye not watch with me one hour?" Can we not pay attention for one hour each week during Sacrament Meeting?
Mosiah 2:41 ...consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments...they are blessed in all things...and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven...in a state of never-ending happiness.
Individual things don't always bring immediate happiness, ie paying tithing when money is tight, but knowing you are right with God does.
Our Father has open arms and not a pointing, accusing finger. Isaiah--my hands are stretched out still. He pleads, "Come, follow me." He sees the end from the beginning.
When Alma the younger was shown the big picture, he was sick with what he had done. He wanted to be destroyed.
In Matthew 11:28-Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
That's zero threat--He's not pointing His finger, but is waiting with open arms.
Keeping the commandments is not always easy, but it's easier than what the world does.
Don't drink away the pain, as the world might do, but kneel down and give your pain and burdens to God.
We make it hard in thinking that we can find happiness in our own way.
George Albert Smith--"Though the world may be filled with distress, and the heavens gather blackness, and the vivid lightnings flash, and the earth quake from center to circumference, if we know that God lives, and our lives are righteous, we will be happy, there will be peace unspeakable because we know our Father approves [of] our lives."
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Notes from Ed Week Lecture on Effective Lesson Preparation
Link to a great article that connects with this lecture:
https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-teaching-and-learning-a-handbook-for-teachers-and-leaders-in-seminaries-and-institutes-of-religion/preparing-to-teach?lang=eng
Powerful Gospel Teaching: From Preparation to Presentation
I. Effective Lesson Preparation:
Recap from yesterday’s class: The elevated purposes of gospel teaching:
1-to invite the Holy Ghost so he can act in His role as agent of the Atonement
2-to get people in the scriptures and word of the prophets
3-to get involved in leaning by faith--spiritually, mentally, and physically engaged
4-to get people to act based on what we teach--invite them to do
The barometer of success for how a lesson went should be how edifying it was, not if you got through all the material.
How many times do you think Jesus prepared a lesson? Maybe the Sermon on the Mount.
The Bible that Jesus Read by Philip Yancey
It is more important to prepare yourself spiritually than it is to prepare a lesson outline. If we spend more time in personal prep rather than lesson prep, we will be a far more effective teacher.
Preach My Gospel, p 17: “To teach effectively, you need to obtain spiritual knowledge.”
The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley p 619-620 “We must strengthen ourselves and our people to get our teachers to speak out of their hearts rather than out of their books…”
He who sees me, sees the teaching. --Buddha
3 Keys to Preparation:
1) Understand the context and the content of the scriptures/words of the prophets and the inspired intent of the author
2) Identify and articulate the converting doctrines and principles
3) Consider the relevance and application of those doctrines and principles
First, read the scripture block/prophetic words more than once. Do it on your own first before you look at the curriculum. Ask yourself what is inspiring you out of that chapter. You have to teach out of your passion.
Understand the context--teach context so they can understand the content.
Context-”knit or woven together” “the part(s) of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect”
Look at the background, circumstance, the culture, the setting, the intent.
What is the intent? Why did they write it?
D&C 19 --Martin Harris had promised to mortgage his farm to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon and he was hesitating. The Lord tells Martin of his own suffering because He wants Martin to sacrifice, too.
What’s the circumstance?
The Last Supper happened at the Passover, which was celebrated to remember their deliverance from Egypt. Now they were going to be delivered from sin.
What is the cultural context?
The parable of the Good Samaritan if often used to teach the lesson that we must serve, but it is more than that. In John 8:48, Jesus is called a Samaritan. It’s about the Atonement. The parts represent the premortal life…being left half spiritually dead--Satan is the priest and Levite and can’t save you. The Samaritan saves. “When I return again…” is about the Second Coming.
What is the historical context?
D&C 82:7 is about the United Order--a select group of Church leaders. If they lived the Order, He would forgive their sins, but if they broke the Order, all their former sins would return. Today we often teach that if we repent of a sin and then commit it again, all our former sins return. That is incorrect. If we repent, the Lord, God, will remember them no more.
To help you understand the context
--read the preceding verses or chapters
--understand who is speaking to whom and why
--look at the question or situation that prompted the teaching
--check the Bible Dictionary
--consult maps and geography
--scriptural commentaries, institute manuals
--above all, ask the Holy Ghost
Content
What’s inside--the statement, words, themes, truths
Context and content illustrate
D&C 9 bosom shall burn--Elder Oaks said that = comfort, serenity
stupor of thought --Elder Packer says that = uneasy feeling
Doctrines and Principles--the truths
Don’t need to delineate the doctrines and principles and pick out which is which--Eyring
Doctrine-simple truths of the gospel, eternal and unchanging
Elder David A. Bednar--they can usually be summarized as the truths of the Plan
From doctrines, we derive principles. If the doctrine I the Atonement, the the first principle is faith. --Bednar
Principles--concentrated truth
Elder Richard G. Scott in October General Conference 1993 said, “Principles are concentrated truth, packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances. A true principle makes decisions clear even under the most confusing and compelling circumstances. It is worth great effort to organize the truth we gather to simple statements of principle.”
Know what principles you are going to teach and that leads you to how.
Always model when teaching--give me something you can cross-stitch or hang on the fridge.
When you can apply a principle to several things, you know it’s good.
Look at it as a parachute. The doctrine is the parachute--the overarching truth. The principles are where the cord connect to the parachute. The application is where the cords connect to the person. For example:
Doctrine--the parachute:
--Our body is created in God’s image
Principles--cords to the chute
--The body is sacred
--the body is necessary for exaltation
--creating bodies is God-like work and should be directed by God
--the body is the instrument of and affects our spirit
--our bodies belong to God and we are stewards over them
Applications (behaviors)--cords to the person
--don’t drink, smoke, get tattoos, piercings
--don’t dress immodestly
--don’t have premarital sex
--don’t take unnecessary risky actions…
Don’t only teach the behavior--teach the doctrine and the principles
Doctrine and Principles
Look for “therefore” and “wherefore” and “thus we see” and a principle will follow.
Write them out to be clear
D&C 9 talks about the “windows of expedience” in life that we miss because of fear
We must do what we have been called to do and let others do their part.
How does this apply? What is the relevance?
“Converting Principles” and address by Elder Henry B. Eyring on Feb 2, 1996 to the CES Religious Educators, p 1
Relevance = relatable application
Give the learners time to ponder and reflect on what they have been taught and should do. Avoid too much prescription--avoid telling them (all) the applications.
II. Effective Lesson Presentation
Principles--guidelines for our behavior based on doctrines
#1 most common method of lesson presentation is class discussion, which will be covered in part III.
A continuum of faith:
I hope → I think → I believe → I know it’s true
How do we get them to know?
Elder Howard W. Hunter, April 1967 General Conference:
“Action is one of the chief foundations of personal testimony. The surest witness is that which comes firsthand out of personal experience.... One knows because he has experienced.”
Alma 32
Awake → arouse →experiment → exercise → enlighten the understanding → increased faith
If they act, they will learn for themselves. John 7:17 1 Nephi 5:8
Act in faith and pay tithing, then you will know. Not before.
Feel (heart) → do (feet) → know (mind) → feel…
Get it into their minds, hearts, and feet
“Seek Learning by Faith” Elder David A. Bednar’s talk to religious educators on 3 February 2006
“A learner exercising agency by acting in accordance with correct principles opens his or her heart to the Holy Ghost and invites His teaching, testifying power, and confirming witness. Learning by faith requires spiritual, mental, and physical exertion and not just passive reception.”
How did Jesus do this? 3 Nephi 11:14 Arise and thrust in your hand (physical) --feel the prints (spiritual)-- and the mental happened the next day when he told them to ponder.
He took time for each one to touch him. The more you are personally involved, the more personal impact it has.
3 Nephi 11:15 They all see with eyes and feel with hands. They did know of a surety.
3 Nephi 17:2-3 go, ponder, ask that ye may understand and prepare your minds
The Sacrament is physical (we eat), mental (we reflect), and spiritual (we repent). The temple, our callings, and parenthood also follow this pattern.
Spiritual Involvement (feel)
--seeking for answers/promptings (invite them to listen for promptings and to follow them)
--praying (Elder Gene R. Cook stopped a meeting once and said that he perceived that they had stopped praying for him and he invited them to pray for him again)
--singing sacred music
--testimony bearing (ask things like “How do you know that’s true?” or “Who knows that’s true?”)
--sharing meaningful experiences which are related to the principles of what we are learning
--give quiet time to read and ponder (some might tune out and that’s OK)
--discussing/teaching eternal truths
--asking and answering inspired questions
--journal writing/inspired note taking (take notes on what is inspiring them and not necessarily notes on the topic)
--accepting commitments to repent and improve (ask things like “What did you feel prompted to do? I invite you to act on it and live it” Then follow up on it next class)
--role playing
Mental Involvement (think)
--brainstorm
--give them something to look for before reading
--have a picture
--have them read some material before they come (this on is huge)
--problem solving (ask “What do you think these have in common?”…)
--use case senarios
--have them reflect on past experiences
--have them find connections to other things, stories, videos…
-- front load with relevance by having them ”find” things in the scriptures (“look in verse 2 and find…”)
--use the imagination (“Picture this…”)
--derive doctrines, principles, and applications/behaviors (give them a “cross-stitch able, pinterest truth)
Fasting is a behavior → care for the poor → God is love
--recalling things from memory like a scripture story, scripture mastery (“When has God asked for something hard?)
--have them rephrase things in their own words (“in 5 words or less can you describe the Great Apostacy?”)
--analyzing object lessons
Physical Involvement (do)
--experiential learning activities (anything that requires the 5 senses)
--OOSAs (out of seat activities, like stand up and do this…)
--object lessons
--verbal involvement (pair and share, discussions)
--movies
--music
--writing/drawing
--taking notes
--making things
--visuals
Always: Mind-Heart-Feet/Know-Feel-Do/Mental-Spiritual-Physical
The TRAINED teacher:
1-Testifying --bear testimony during the lesson, bear frequently and often
2-Relevance--front load--to see the relevance and why it matters
3-Application--let them decide how to apply
4-Information--just tell this, don’t make them guess. When the angel asked Nephi a question and Nephi didn’t know the answer, the angel just answered instead of trying to give hints so Nephi could answer
5-No Rush--you don’t need to get through all the material. Don’t rush past the Holy Ghost.
6-Exertion (we ran out of time and #6&7 weren’t explained)
7-Dialogue
Use Bob Ross teaching methods--fill in the picture as you go along
III. Asking and Answering Questions with Power in Class Discussions
President Boyd K. Packer said that teaching is the finest of the fine arts.
The single thing you shouldn’t do is ask a pigeon-hole question--it must be open-ended. Do not say, “What is the one thing…?” Don’t play the “guess what the teacher is thinking” game.
President Henry B. Eyring said that to ask and answer questions is at the heart of all learning and teaching.
President Thomas S. Monson said, “The calling of lecturer does not exist in the Church. A lecturer merely imparts knowledge. But a teacher invites class members to learn, in part by teaching one another. One sure way to transform a dull lecture into a lively, Spirit-filled lesson is by asking effective questions.” Ensign April 2010
Jesus asked poignant questions. The Lord’s Question : Thoughts on the Life of Response by Dennis Greyson and Dennis Rasmussen
Think about how and why the Lord asks us questions.
--to get us to search the scriptures (Luke 10:26 What is written in the law?)
--to test/prove our understanding (John 6:5-6 Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?)
--to give a chance to bear testimony (Matt 16:13-15 But whom say ye that I am?)
--to invite commitment (John 6:67 Will ye also go away?)
There are 4 basic types of questions:
--those that invite learners to search for information (want you to search for info)
--those that lead them to analyze for understanding (want you to understand the info)
--those that invite feeling and testimony (want you to feel something about the info)
--those that encourage relevance and application (want you to do something about the info)
Search
--details, facts, and information can usually just be told! These types of questions (When did Joseph Smith die?) generally stifle revelation, not facilitate it. Just tell the facts.
D&C 87:1 The Civil War starting with the rebellion of South Carolina is foretold
Don’t ask things like “When did South Carolina rebel?” but “Why do you think the Lord gave this revelation 30 years before it was fulfilled?” Then follow it with something like “Has the Lord ever prompted you ahead of time to do something?”
Questions are like kisses--they are sacred and not to be just passed out.
Poorer example:
--Search 3 Nephi 6:18. Did the Nephites know the will of God?
Better example:
--Search 3 Nephi 6:18. What word about disobedience jumps out at you and why?
A good skill is that of “uptake.” Take up what someone says and go from there.
Search for:
--important context
--content
--doctrines and principles (truths)
--scriptural lists
--if/then relationships D&C 9:10-11 you feared and it is not expedient now
--patterns and themes (find a connection)
--repeated words
--what stands out to the student
--be like Nephi and the angel and point things out “Look!”
--gospel formulas
How many of you would like to see God? Let’s look in D&C 93:1 and see how to do that
forsake sins + come unto me + call on my name + obey my voice + keep my commandments = see my face
What’s the difference between obeying his voice and keeping his commandments?
Analyze
--get them to use their minds
What are some of the differences between…?
Why do you think…?
How might ____ and ____ be related?
If x is true, why do you think z sometimes happens?
What truths do you learn from this story?
--give them TIME to analyze before you open it up. They need to process (2 minutes). Don’t be afraid of silence. Wait then say…Any thoughts on that? If no one answers, then maybe say something like, “Was that a terrible question?”
If you have someone who answers to often, you could try something (privately) like “Will you be my back-up? If no one else answers after 10 seconds, will you answer?”
D&C 88:122 that all may be edified
Pair and share.
President Boyd K. Packer in Teach Ye Diligently p 73-74 said that technical questions don’t invite responses.
“Why did Joseph Smith go to Carthage?” could be replaced by the better question, “In your opinion, why did Joseph Smith go to Carthage?”
Feeling and Testimony
--ask questions that cause people to reflect on spiritual experiences.
If someone gives false information, you don’t want them to feel shut down and belittled. (Thanks for sharing that. That’s interesting. I haven’t heard that before. Can you bring me a reference?) Or (What do the scriptures say about that?…Well, the scriptures are pretty silent about that)
President Henry B. Eyring “How is a true prophet recognized?” or “When have you felt that you were in the presence of a prophet?” That will invite the individual to search their memories or feelings
--search memory banks
--who can give me a second witness?
--when have you experienced this?
--how do you know this is true?
--if Joseph Smith were here today, what would you tell him and why?
--don’t only ask questions for the mind, but move into the heart (feel) and then do (feet)
Cautions:
D&C 63:64 “Constaint”--didn’t want to but the Spirit will make them do it
Sometimes when we are “in the Spirit” it really isn’t the right time to share (Mary kept and pondered things in her heart). Don’t make a class share.
Relevance and Application
Questions that will drive lesson into their lives
--what are you going to do about this?
--how is this going to affect your life?
--how does this related to us today?
--what is this telling you about how to live the gospel?
--what has impressed you the most and you want to work on it?
Practice writing questions to ask.
https://www.lds.org/manual/gospel-teaching-and-learning-a-handbook-for-teachers-and-leaders-in-seminaries-and-institutes-of-religion/preparing-to-teach?lang=eng
Powerful Gospel Teaching: From Preparation to Presentation
I. Effective Lesson Preparation:
Recap from yesterday’s class: The elevated purposes of gospel teaching:
1-to invite the Holy Ghost so he can act in His role as agent of the Atonement
2-to get people in the scriptures and word of the prophets
3-to get involved in leaning by faith--spiritually, mentally, and physically engaged
4-to get people to act based on what we teach--invite them to do
The barometer of success for how a lesson went should be how edifying it was, not if you got through all the material.
How many times do you think Jesus prepared a lesson? Maybe the Sermon on the Mount.
The Bible that Jesus Read by Philip Yancey
It is more important to prepare yourself spiritually than it is to prepare a lesson outline. If we spend more time in personal prep rather than lesson prep, we will be a far more effective teacher.
Preach My Gospel, p 17: “To teach effectively, you need to obtain spiritual knowledge.”
The Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley p 619-620 “We must strengthen ourselves and our people to get our teachers to speak out of their hearts rather than out of their books…”
He who sees me, sees the teaching. --Buddha
3 Keys to Preparation:
1) Understand the context and the content of the scriptures/words of the prophets and the inspired intent of the author
2) Identify and articulate the converting doctrines and principles
3) Consider the relevance and application of those doctrines and principles
First, read the scripture block/prophetic words more than once. Do it on your own first before you look at the curriculum. Ask yourself what is inspiring you out of that chapter. You have to teach out of your passion.
Understand the context--teach context so they can understand the content.
Context-”knit or woven together” “the part(s) of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect”
Look at the background, circumstance, the culture, the setting, the intent.
What is the intent? Why did they write it?
D&C 19 --Martin Harris had promised to mortgage his farm to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon and he was hesitating. The Lord tells Martin of his own suffering because He wants Martin to sacrifice, too.
What’s the circumstance?
The Last Supper happened at the Passover, which was celebrated to remember their deliverance from Egypt. Now they were going to be delivered from sin.
What is the cultural context?
The parable of the Good Samaritan if often used to teach the lesson that we must serve, but it is more than that. In John 8:48, Jesus is called a Samaritan. It’s about the Atonement. The parts represent the premortal life…being left half spiritually dead--Satan is the priest and Levite and can’t save you. The Samaritan saves. “When I return again…” is about the Second Coming.
What is the historical context?
D&C 82:7 is about the United Order--a select group of Church leaders. If they lived the Order, He would forgive their sins, but if they broke the Order, all their former sins would return. Today we often teach that if we repent of a sin and then commit it again, all our former sins return. That is incorrect. If we repent, the Lord, God, will remember them no more.
To help you understand the context
--read the preceding verses or chapters
--understand who is speaking to whom and why
--look at the question or situation that prompted the teaching
--check the Bible Dictionary
--consult maps and geography
--scriptural commentaries, institute manuals
--above all, ask the Holy Ghost
Content
What’s inside--the statement, words, themes, truths
Context and content illustrate
D&C 9 bosom shall burn--Elder Oaks said that = comfort, serenity
stupor of thought --Elder Packer says that = uneasy feeling
Doctrines and Principles--the truths
Don’t need to delineate the doctrines and principles and pick out which is which--Eyring
Doctrine-simple truths of the gospel, eternal and unchanging
Elder David A. Bednar--they can usually be summarized as the truths of the Plan
From doctrines, we derive principles. If the doctrine I the Atonement, the the first principle is faith. --Bednar
Principles--concentrated truth
Elder Richard G. Scott in October General Conference 1993 said, “Principles are concentrated truth, packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances. A true principle makes decisions clear even under the most confusing and compelling circumstances. It is worth great effort to organize the truth we gather to simple statements of principle.”
Know what principles you are going to teach and that leads you to how.
Always model when teaching--give me something you can cross-stitch or hang on the fridge.
When you can apply a principle to several things, you know it’s good.
Look at it as a parachute. The doctrine is the parachute--the overarching truth. The principles are where the cord connect to the parachute. The application is where the cords connect to the person. For example:
Doctrine--the parachute:
--Our body is created in God’s image
Principles--cords to the chute
--The body is sacred
--the body is necessary for exaltation
--creating bodies is God-like work and should be directed by God
--the body is the instrument of and affects our spirit
--our bodies belong to God and we are stewards over them
Applications (behaviors)--cords to the person
--don’t drink, smoke, get tattoos, piercings
--don’t dress immodestly
--don’t have premarital sex
--don’t take unnecessary risky actions…
Don’t only teach the behavior--teach the doctrine and the principles
Doctrine and Principles
Look for “therefore” and “wherefore” and “thus we see” and a principle will follow.
Write them out to be clear
D&C 9 talks about the “windows of expedience” in life that we miss because of fear
We must do what we have been called to do and let others do their part.
How does this apply? What is the relevance?
“Converting Principles” and address by Elder Henry B. Eyring on Feb 2, 1996 to the CES Religious Educators, p 1
Relevance = relatable application
Give the learners time to ponder and reflect on what they have been taught and should do. Avoid too much prescription--avoid telling them (all) the applications.
II. Effective Lesson Presentation
Principles--guidelines for our behavior based on doctrines
#1 most common method of lesson presentation is class discussion, which will be covered in part III.
A continuum of faith:
I hope → I think → I believe → I know it’s true
How do we get them to know?
Elder Howard W. Hunter, April 1967 General Conference:
“Action is one of the chief foundations of personal testimony. The surest witness is that which comes firsthand out of personal experience.... One knows because he has experienced.”
Alma 32
Awake → arouse →experiment → exercise → enlighten the understanding → increased faith
If they act, they will learn for themselves. John 7:17 1 Nephi 5:8
Act in faith and pay tithing, then you will know. Not before.
Feel (heart) → do (feet) → know (mind) → feel…
Get it into their minds, hearts, and feet
“Seek Learning by Faith” Elder David A. Bednar’s talk to religious educators on 3 February 2006
“A learner exercising agency by acting in accordance with correct principles opens his or her heart to the Holy Ghost and invites His teaching, testifying power, and confirming witness. Learning by faith requires spiritual, mental, and physical exertion and not just passive reception.”
How did Jesus do this? 3 Nephi 11:14 Arise and thrust in your hand (physical) --feel the prints (spiritual)-- and the mental happened the next day when he told them to ponder.
He took time for each one to touch him. The more you are personally involved, the more personal impact it has.
3 Nephi 11:15 They all see with eyes and feel with hands. They did know of a surety.
3 Nephi 17:2-3 go, ponder, ask that ye may understand and prepare your minds
The Sacrament is physical (we eat), mental (we reflect), and spiritual (we repent). The temple, our callings, and parenthood also follow this pattern.
Spiritual Involvement (feel)
--seeking for answers/promptings (invite them to listen for promptings and to follow them)
--praying (Elder Gene R. Cook stopped a meeting once and said that he perceived that they had stopped praying for him and he invited them to pray for him again)
--singing sacred music
--testimony bearing (ask things like “How do you know that’s true?” or “Who knows that’s true?”)
--sharing meaningful experiences which are related to the principles of what we are learning
--give quiet time to read and ponder (some might tune out and that’s OK)
--discussing/teaching eternal truths
--asking and answering inspired questions
--journal writing/inspired note taking (take notes on what is inspiring them and not necessarily notes on the topic)
--accepting commitments to repent and improve (ask things like “What did you feel prompted to do? I invite you to act on it and live it” Then follow up on it next class)
--role playing
Mental Involvement (think)
--brainstorm
--give them something to look for before reading
--have a picture
--have them read some material before they come (this on is huge)
--problem solving (ask “What do you think these have in common?”…)
--use case senarios
--have them reflect on past experiences
--have them find connections to other things, stories, videos…
-- front load with relevance by having them ”find” things in the scriptures (“look in verse 2 and find…”)
--use the imagination (“Picture this…”)
--derive doctrines, principles, and applications/behaviors (give them a “cross-stitch able, pinterest truth)
Fasting is a behavior → care for the poor → God is love
--recalling things from memory like a scripture story, scripture mastery (“When has God asked for something hard?)
--have them rephrase things in their own words (“in 5 words or less can you describe the Great Apostacy?”)
--analyzing object lessons
Physical Involvement (do)
--experiential learning activities (anything that requires the 5 senses)
--OOSAs (out of seat activities, like stand up and do this…)
--object lessons
--verbal involvement (pair and share, discussions)
--movies
--music
--writing/drawing
--taking notes
--making things
--visuals
Always: Mind-Heart-Feet/Know-Feel-Do/Mental-Spiritual-Physical
The TRAINED teacher:
1-Testifying --bear testimony during the lesson, bear frequently and often
2-Relevance--front load--to see the relevance and why it matters
3-Application--let them decide how to apply
4-Information--just tell this, don’t make them guess. When the angel asked Nephi a question and Nephi didn’t know the answer, the angel just answered instead of trying to give hints so Nephi could answer
5-No Rush--you don’t need to get through all the material. Don’t rush past the Holy Ghost.
6-Exertion (we ran out of time and #6&7 weren’t explained)
7-Dialogue
Use Bob Ross teaching methods--fill in the picture as you go along
III. Asking and Answering Questions with Power in Class Discussions
President Boyd K. Packer said that teaching is the finest of the fine arts.
The single thing you shouldn’t do is ask a pigeon-hole question--it must be open-ended. Do not say, “What is the one thing…?” Don’t play the “guess what the teacher is thinking” game.
President Henry B. Eyring said that to ask and answer questions is at the heart of all learning and teaching.
President Thomas S. Monson said, “The calling of lecturer does not exist in the Church. A lecturer merely imparts knowledge. But a teacher invites class members to learn, in part by teaching one another. One sure way to transform a dull lecture into a lively, Spirit-filled lesson is by asking effective questions.” Ensign April 2010
Jesus asked poignant questions. The Lord’s Question : Thoughts on the Life of Response by Dennis Greyson and Dennis Rasmussen
Think about how and why the Lord asks us questions.
--to get us to search the scriptures (Luke 10:26 What is written in the law?)
--to test/prove our understanding (John 6:5-6 Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?)
--to give a chance to bear testimony (Matt 16:13-15 But whom say ye that I am?)
--to invite commitment (John 6:67 Will ye also go away?)
There are 4 basic types of questions:
--those that invite learners to search for information (want you to search for info)
--those that lead them to analyze for understanding (want you to understand the info)
--those that invite feeling and testimony (want you to feel something about the info)
--those that encourage relevance and application (want you to do something about the info)
Search
--details, facts, and information can usually just be told! These types of questions (When did Joseph Smith die?) generally stifle revelation, not facilitate it. Just tell the facts.
D&C 87:1 The Civil War starting with the rebellion of South Carolina is foretold
Don’t ask things like “When did South Carolina rebel?” but “Why do you think the Lord gave this revelation 30 years before it was fulfilled?” Then follow it with something like “Has the Lord ever prompted you ahead of time to do something?”
Questions are like kisses--they are sacred and not to be just passed out.
Poorer example:
--Search 3 Nephi 6:18. Did the Nephites know the will of God?
Better example:
--Search 3 Nephi 6:18. What word about disobedience jumps out at you and why?
A good skill is that of “uptake.” Take up what someone says and go from there.
Search for:
--important context
--content
--doctrines and principles (truths)
--scriptural lists
--if/then relationships D&C 9:10-11 you feared and it is not expedient now
--patterns and themes (find a connection)
--repeated words
--what stands out to the student
--be like Nephi and the angel and point things out “Look!”
--gospel formulas
How many of you would like to see God? Let’s look in D&C 93:1 and see how to do that
forsake sins + come unto me + call on my name + obey my voice + keep my commandments = see my face
What’s the difference between obeying his voice and keeping his commandments?
Analyze
--get them to use their minds
What are some of the differences between…?
Why do you think…?
How might ____ and ____ be related?
If x is true, why do you think z sometimes happens?
What truths do you learn from this story?
--give them TIME to analyze before you open it up. They need to process (2 minutes). Don’t be afraid of silence. Wait then say…Any thoughts on that? If no one answers, then maybe say something like, “Was that a terrible question?”
If you have someone who answers to often, you could try something (privately) like “Will you be my back-up? If no one else answers after 10 seconds, will you answer?”
D&C 88:122 that all may be edified
Pair and share.
President Boyd K. Packer in Teach Ye Diligently p 73-74 said that technical questions don’t invite responses.
“Why did Joseph Smith go to Carthage?” could be replaced by the better question, “In your opinion, why did Joseph Smith go to Carthage?”
Feeling and Testimony
--ask questions that cause people to reflect on spiritual experiences.
If someone gives false information, you don’t want them to feel shut down and belittled. (Thanks for sharing that. That’s interesting. I haven’t heard that before. Can you bring me a reference?) Or (What do the scriptures say about that?…Well, the scriptures are pretty silent about that)
President Henry B. Eyring “How is a true prophet recognized?” or “When have you felt that you were in the presence of a prophet?” That will invite the individual to search their memories or feelings
--search memory banks
--who can give me a second witness?
--when have you experienced this?
--how do you know this is true?
--if Joseph Smith were here today, what would you tell him and why?
--don’t only ask questions for the mind, but move into the heart (feel) and then do (feet)
Cautions:
D&C 63:64 “Constaint”--didn’t want to but the Spirit will make them do it
Sometimes when we are “in the Spirit” it really isn’t the right time to share (Mary kept and pondered things in her heart). Don’t make a class share.
Relevance and Application
Questions that will drive lesson into their lives
--what are you going to do about this?
--how is this going to affect your life?
--how does this related to us today?
--what is this telling you about how to live the gospel?
--what has impressed you the most and you want to work on it?
Practice writing questions to ask.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Ed Week classes I've attended
The master list of classes attended at BYU Ed Week:
ALDANA, Steven G.
25-Ten to Twenty Years of Extra Life-the Choice is Yours (2006)
ALLEN, Steven W.
32-Wilford Woodruff Ordained These Men High Priest: Benjamin Franklin: The Man Who Snatched the Lightening (2004)
ALLRED, Michael W.
14- It’s Time for a Spiritual Tune-Up: Did You Hear That? Feeling and Following the Promptings of the Spirit (2001)
24-Feasting on the Scriptures: An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet: Kingdoms of Glory: A Message of Hope and Love (2004)
8-Learning by the Spirit: A Pattern for Conversion Deciding What to Learn: Getting the Most Out of Gospel Study (2006)
ANDERSON, Angelle
Creating a Gospel-Centered Home:
31-What Do We Want to Have Happen? (2000)
38- “Hands On” Ideas to Increase Family Unity (2000)
45-Tools that Teach, “Treasure Up,” and Internalize Gospel Truths (2000)
32-A Mom for All Seasons: To Do or Not To Do-A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven (2000)
ANDERSON, Christian B and Lili D.
21-Emotional and Spiritual Preparation for Families in the Last Days: Preparing Our Children--Setting Standards and Expectations (2010)
ASHBY, Devin R.
4-Family History--I am doing it online: utilizing the latest tools from Google to Capture and Organize Your Family History (2011)
3-Creating a Family Focus for Temple and Family History Work—Start with Family Stories: Find, Organize, Preserve and Share, Part 1 of 3 (2013)
ASLETT, Don and PHILLIPS, Sandra S
23-Creating an Organized Family-Friendly Home Cleaning Faster as a Family (2008)
BAHR, Kathleen; LOVELESS, Cheri; MANWARING, Kristine
Improving Family Work Patterns in Your Home:
27- the Sacred Nature of Everyday Work (2000)
35- The Myth of “Running Our Home Like a Business” (2000)
41-Should Children Be Hired or Inspired? (2000)
49-Living the Lord’s Work Ethic in Today’s World (2000)
BALLAM, Michael
2- Creative Arts for All Ages (2002)
BALLARD, Elder M. Russell
5-Devotional: Family: “Central to the Creator’s Plan” (2003)
8-Devotional: A People of Profound Learning (2013)
BARRETT, S. Dee
24-The Spirit: Your Personal Survival Guide: Contention-How to Eliminate It (2003)
BARTHOLOMEW, Ronald
Developing Spiritual Strength—It’s What’s Inside that Counts:
36-Living a Temple Life (2002)
31- Discernment: Telling the Real Heroes from the Real Villains (2004)
BASSETT, K. Douglas
32- Faces of Pride in the Book of Mormon: Humility-the Antidote of Pride (2001)
14-Parent and Child-Growing Together in Love: Gaining and Keeping the Holy Ghost in the Home (2003)
BASTOW, Karen P.
12-Incredible, Edible Gardening--Becoming More Provident and Self-Sufficient: A Bounteous Harvest--Gardening Tips and Hints (2013)
BECKERT, Charles B.
42- Making Any Marriage Better: What it Means to Be Partners in Marriage (2000)
BEECHER, Mark E.
30-Charity, Tough Love, and Discipleship: “I Know that He Loveth His Children; Nevertheless, I Do Not Know the Meaning of All Things.” (1 Nephi 11:17) (2011)
BEECHER, Matthew J.
9-Sharing the Gospel in Natural, Normal, Everyday Ways: Proven Ways Member Missionaries Find the Elect (2013)
BENSON, Kimball
3-The Internet Toolbox for Keeping Families and Friends Connected--Keeping the Internet a Tool for Good and Not a Weapon of the Adversary-Using Filters, Establishing Family Rules, etc. (2010)
24-Four Principles of Finding Happiness and Success, Intentionally! Good, Better, Best: Putting That Which Matters Most, First (2010)
BERGIN, Christi Ann
Becoming a Better Parent
14-Teaching Children Self-Control through Discipline (2008)
29-Enjoying Living with Teenagers (2008)
BIRD, Randall C.
27-Doctrinal Themes from the Scriptures: Revelation--Receiving the Mind and Will of the Lord (2010)
BLACK, Susan Easton
1-The Life and Times of Jesus Christ (2002)
BLONQUIST, Lawrence B.
4- Nurturing the Soul: “Yea My Soul Was Filled with Joy” “Humanism vs. Gospel Worldview-How to Discriminate Truth and
Beauty in Arts, Letters, and Science Giotto, Caravaggio, Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, Picasso and Stravinski (2001)
BOKOVOY, David E
Into the Presence of God: Ancient Temple Worship and the Gospel of Jesus Christ
18- Temple Imagery in the Garden of Eden (2007)
27-Temple Imagery in the Book of Mormon (2007)
BOTHELL, Timothy W
31-Helping Others Feel and Recognize the Spirit Increasing the Spirit in Your Life through the Ordinance of the Sacrament (08)
18-Helping Others Learn by the Holy Ghost: Raising Children to Learn by the Holy Ghost (2010)
BOTT, Randy L.
30-Marriage: Ordained of God: Solving Problems the Lord’s Way (2004)
23-Finding Safety in the Last Days-“If Ye are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear”:“Stand in Holy Places and Be Not Moved” (2004)
26-Edified Through Understanding: Scriptural Teachings of What’s Between Today and the Second Coming (2011)
BOWEN, Debbie
7-Raising Children So They Know How to Work:
7-Delegation: A Key to Sanity (2003)
17-How to Begin to Delegate (2003)
26-Possible Stumbling Blocks to Your Success in Delegation (2003)
36-Rewards of Delegation (2003)
BOWEN, Donna Lee and WELCH, John W.
1-Landmark Scholarships: The Best of BYU Studies, 1959-2006” Bridging the “Study and Faith” Gap (2006)
BOYACK, Merrilee
The Parent’s Owner’s Manual They Forgot to Give You:
25-What Every Parent Should Know…So Now You Tell Me! (2000)
34-Training a Child to be Independent (2000)
40-Teaching Children About Money (2000)
48-Parental Potpourri—Surviving Day to Day (2000)
10- Becoming Strong Saints: Emulating Christ’s Strengths (2001)
How to Be a Better Wife in Three Easy Lessons!:
15-Ten Do’s and Don’ts of Wifehood (2002)
24-But How Can I Change My Husband?!? (2002)
BRAILSFORD, John C
Sunshine in My Soul: Discovering the Joy of Self-Mastery by Submitting Ourselves to the Master
12-The Spirit Indeed Is Willing, but the Flesh Is Weak: Understanding the Two Components of the Human Soul (2008)
21-According to the Will of the Flesh: How Our Agency Is Abused and Lost When We Give In to Human Weakness (08)
27-Led by the Spirit of God: How Our Agency Is Nurtured and Restored When We Accept Divine Strength (2008)
34-Partakers of the Divine Nature: The Outward Manifestations of the Pure Love of Christ Within Us (2008)
BREWSTER, Hoyt W.
22- O Divine Redeemer: Witnesses of Jesus the Christ: Prophets and Special Witnesses (2001)
BRINLEY, Douglas E.
22-The Book of Mormon and the Promised Land (2000)
22-Marriage and Family Helps How Couples Talk Together (2007)
BRINLEY, Geri
11- The Book of Mormon as a Parenting Manual (2001)
BRISSON-BANKS, Claire V.
27-It’s a Family Affair-Genealogy and Family History: Overcoming Brick Walls (2011)
7-Researching the British Isles Online: England Online Resources (2013)
BROWN, S. Kent and JOHNSON, Peter N.
36-Film Premiere-Journey of Faith: The Book of Mormon in the New World (2007)
BUTLER, Mark H.
4-The Adolescent Brain and the Atonement—Meant for Each Other (2013)
CAMILO, Fernando V.
23-The Church’s Digital Resources Tools, Treasures, What’s New and You: New 2013 Resources--Come, Follow Me, Gospel Study, New Scriptures, and More (2013)
CARROLL, James L.
Basic Computer Safety for the LDS Family
17-Avoiding Identity Theft, Fraud, and Other Dangers of E-commerce (2006)
23-Avoiding Spam, Viruses, Spyware, and Hackers (2006)
30-Avoiding Stalkers and Pornography While on the Internet (2006)
CARROLL, James L. and RICKS, Stephen D
Temples of the Ancient World
11- The Temple Typology: Space (2007)
20- The Temple Typology: Building Motifs (2007)
29- The Temple Typology: Rites (2007)
CASTAGNA, John A.
Financial Preparedness in Challenging Times:
7-Saving, Spending, Debt Control, and Avoiding Scams and Frauds, pt 1 (2004)
16-Saving, Spending, Debt Control, and Avoiding Scams and Frauds, pt 2 (2004)
CHERRY, Linda Christian
13-“I Have Called Thee by Thy Name” (Isaiah 43:1): The Sacred Connection The Meaning and Importance of Names to the
Lord (2007)
CHRISTENSEN, Bernell L.
19- From Controlling Anger to Forgiving Even When You Don’t Want To: Managing Your Own Emotions: When I Get
Angry, What Can I Do? (2001)
CHRISTENSEN, David A.
Improving Your Home Without Losing Your Sanity:
8-Being a Parent-The Agony and the Ecstacy (2002)
18-Teaching the Gospel to the Children… with a Smile! (2002)
21-Receiving Revelation Without Being Deceived! How Revelation Comes (2013)
COLLIER, Nancy
37- Strengthen the Needy in Distress: Remember the Poor & the Needy the Same Who Does Not This Is Not My Disciple (2002)
COVEY, Stephen R.
1-Creating a Gospel-Centered Family Life-How to Effectively Deal with Everyday Problems within a Family Setting (2003)
COWEN, Richard O.
36-Preparing for the Latter Days: Latter-day Prophets: the Right Man at the Right Time (2004)
37-Timely Teachings of the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants: Give Diligence to Make Your Calling and
Election Sure (2004)
DASTRUP, Linda
It’s All About Time:
24-Home Organization (2000)
33-Take Time to Strengthen the Family (2000)
39-In and Out of the Kitchen in Record Time (2000)
47-Now Is the Time to Raise a Righteous Posterity—Eternal Principles That Will Lead Our Children to the Lord (2000)
DEATON, Dennis B.
The Mind of the Faith-Filled Disciple:
6-Overcoming the World and Our Weaknesses by Faith (2002)
16-Cultivating Righteous Desires and Discipleship (2002)
6-Receiving a “Fullness of the Holy Ghost” (D&C 109:15): “Seek Ye Earnestly”(D&C 46:8) (2003)
DEGN, Patrick D.
Types and Shadows of the Great Plan of Happiness:
9-The Creation: How the Creative Periods of the Earth Typify Our Progression (2004)
39-Josephof Egypt: His Life Typifies the Latter-day House of Joseph (2004)
40-The Coming Prince: Messianic Types and Shadows for the Latter Days: The Kinsman-Redeemer: Reconciling Ruth (2004)
26-Models of Faith: From Weakness to Strength: Gideon: Faith Against Overwhelming Odds (2010)
DYMOCK, Julie L.
50- “Rise Up, O Women of Zion”—Becoming Valiant Sisters in Christ: Use Your Talents to Build Up Zion—Service Brings
Sanctification (2000)
7- Making the Most of Motherhood, part 1 Set the “Home Ton” by First Caring for Self (2001)
EARL, Ted and PINEGAR, Ed
The Gospel of Christ: Our Pattern for Living:
7-Christ-His Life and Teachings (2002)
17-The Sermon on the Mount: the Celestial Law (2002)
EATON, Robert I.
Finding Balance by Avoiding Life’s Extremes
7-“Wingers” and Rigid Planners (2008)
15-Permissive Parents and Overcontrollers (2008)
EDWARDS, Deanna
5- Seven Shortcuts to Happiness Personal Authenticity: Being True to Yourself (2001)
EHLERS, E. Tal
1-Look to Christ in Every Thought; Doubt Not, Fear Not by Tad Ehlers (2010)
Emergency Preparedness: Finding Comfort Until A Sense of Normalcy Returns:
31-Preparedness: “Here a Little and There a Little (2 Nephi 28:30) (2010)
39-Using Your Provisions in the “Eye of the Storm” (2010)
ELDRIDGE, J. Lloyd
54- Enhancing Reading Attitudes and Abilities of Children, Youth, and Adults: Motivating Children to Read (2000)
27-How to Be a Powerful, Positive Influence on the Lives of Others: Motivating Children and Youth to Live According to
Gospel Teachings (2001)
ERICKSON, Andrea
15-Seeking To Sanctify Our Lives Through Careful Scripture Study Will Increase Our Ability to Receive Revelation: Pondering and Reflection Invites Revelation (2010)
23-Living Life According to the Covenants We Have Made Allows Us to Always Have His Spirit to Be with Us: We are Spiritual Beings Who Need to Create and Work Hard (2010)
EWELL, Barry J
5-Top Twenty Lessons Family Historians Need to Know-Lessons 15-20: Field Research, Software and Web, Census, Family
History Process, Etc. (2008)
13-Family Historian’s Cookbook: Recipes for Research Success If Sherlock Holmes Were a Family Historian—Learning to
Solve Mysteries in Family History Work (2008)
20-Genealogist Cookbook: Recipes for Research Success: Ancestor Immigration and Migration-Keys to Unlocking Family History (2010)
2-Extremely Effective Habits 20-29 of Genealogists (2013)
EYRING, Elder Henry B
26-Devotional : Building on the Rock of Truth 3 Nephi 11:39-40 (2000)
FARLEY, S. Brent
38-Holding to the Rod: Recognizing and Developing Spiritual Gifts (2004)
FAUST, Elder James E
6-Devotional: Brigham Young: An Example of Faith and Service (2001)
FULLMER, Susan and NYLAND, Nora
Food “To Please the Eye and to Gladden the Heart” (D&C 59:18)
9- Weighty Matters:Weight, Health, and Good Nutrition (2008)
32-So What’s for Dinner? Stocking a Healthy and Convenient Pantry (2008)
What’s On Today’s Table?
29-Kitchen Nutrition--What Are My Choices? (2010)
38-Eating and Health--What’s the Link? (2010)
GANTT, Edwin E
9-Sifting the Sacred from the Secular in Psychology and Everyday Life: Sifting by the Spirit and by the Intellect-- “Even by Study and Also by Faith (2011)
GASKILL, Alonzo
The Savior and the Serpent: Unlocking the Doctrine of the Fall
9- A Common Misunderstanding: Misconceptions About the Fall (2007)
17-You and I as Adam and Eve: Finding Personal Meaning in the Fall-Part One (2007)
26- You and I as Adam and Eve: Finding Personal Meaning in the Fall-Part Two (2007)
34-Textual Insights into the Doctrine of the Fall (2007)
GIBBONS, Andrew S. and OSGUTHORPE, Pres. Russell T
7-The Skills of a Saint--Developing a Personal Plan for Gospel Growth and Progress: Developing Skills--A Key to Change and Improvement (2011)
GODDARD, H. Wallace
29-The Complete Parent: The Law of the Harvest: The Fundamental Principles of Accountability (2011)
GRANNY, Joseph and PATTERSON, Kerry J. and McMILLAN, Ron
Change Anything: Principles for Changing Overwhelming Habits in Yourself:
14-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 1): How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Improvements (2011)
23-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 2): How to make Change Almost Inevitable (2011)
32-Make a Bad Day Good Data: How to Increase Our Resilience and Effectiveness (2011)
GREEN, Jon and JACCARD, Jerry and WRIGHT, Rita
25- At Home with the Arts: Cultivating Civility in Daily Living: The Finer Things (2001)
GREER, Becky
16- F.I.T.N.E.S.S. Keys to Optimal Health (2001)
GUBLER, Ronald K
26-Reaching for Heaven-Finding the Savior in Our Journey Learning to be Heaven-Led—Getting the Most Out of Prayer (08)
12-Activating the Power of the Atonement--A More Excellent Way: Finding Faith--Have You Seen His Hand? (2010)
HALES, Elder Robert D.
8-Devotional: The Journey of Lifelong Learning (2008)
HALL, John F.
12-New Light on the Apostasy: Four Processes in the Demise of Early Christianity: Changing the Doctrine of Christ (2002)
HANSEN, Garth A.
5-Moving from childhood into life as a Young Single Adult, especially after a mission (for parents and YSAs) (2011)
HARPER, Steven C.
The Law of Consecration: Past and Present
6- Common Misunderstandings (2007)
14- The Law of Consecration in the Doctrine and Covenants (2007)
23- The Law of Consecration is Not the United Order (2007)
31- What Is the Relationship Between Tithing and Consecration? (2007)
HARRISON, R. Colleen
Knowing Yourself and the Lord Through Journaling and Personal “Life-Writing”:
22-Finding Your Own Truth and Peace Through Journal-Keeping (2003)
39-Coming to Christ Through Our Journal Writing (2003)
20-Understanding Codependency from a Gospel Perspective: How to Tell Codependency for Charity (2004)
HAUGLID, Brian M.
The Book of Abraham: Pearls of Great Price:
30-Traditions About the Early Life of Abraham (2003)
38-Go and Do the Works of Abraham (2003)
HAYNIE, Orson C.
29- Man’s Journey in Space…God’s Creations: Worlds without Number (2001)
HAWKS, Steven R.
35- Making Peace with Your Image in the Mirror: Spiritual Solutions for Self-Esteem and Inner Acceptance; Practicing a
Model for Healthy Weight Management (2001)
HILL, Claralyn Martin
8-Planning for Life and Death: Wills, Trusts and Estates (2004)
HILL, E. Jeffrey
Seeking Harmony: Finding Peace in a Busy Life:
6-Creating Personal Energy (2011)
13-Making the Most of your Time (2011)
HINCKLEY, Jaren S.
18-Don’t Know Much About Classical Music? How to Seek Out Quality Music Hidden Treasures from the World’s Greatest
Composers (2008)
HINCKLEY, Kevin
Was It a Prompting or Just Me? Being Led by the Spirit
35-Fine-Tuning Your Spiritual Sensitivities (2007)
25-Cast Not Away Thy Confidence: Avoiding the Second Guessing and Questioning of Divine Guidance (2008)
13-Promptings or Me?Was It a Prompting or Was it Just Me? (2010)
HOLZAPFEL, Richard Neitzel
2-Jesus Before Easter-Key Stories before Jesus’ Final Week (2007)
HOOLE, Daryl
6-The Ultimate Career: The Art of Homemaking for Today Little Things That Can Make a Big Difference at Home—Right
Now! (2008)
HOPKIN, Shon D.
11-Unraveling Isaiah: Digging into Nephi’s Tips for Understanding Isaiah (2013)
HUMPHRIS, Maurine R.
51- Practical Skills for Eternal Families…Time for Your “Living Family Tree” (2000)
HYATT, Beverly--see NEVILLE, Beverly Hyatt
JACCARD, Jerry and WRIGHT, Rita and GREEN, Jon
25- At Home with the Arts: Cultivating Civility in Daily Living: The Finer Things (2001)
JENSEN, Elder Jay E
8-Campus Devotional: That All May Be Edified (2011)
JOHNSON, Lynn D.
“To Be Carnally-Minded Is Death and to Be Spiritually-Minded Is Life Eternal”-Possible Parallels with Brain Structure
and Function:
9-Making Celestial, Terrestrial, or Telestial Choices: Cultivating the Spiritual Mind and the Role of the Brain (2003)
19-Putting Off the Natural Man-A Spiritual Approach to Daily Behavior (2003)
28-Choosing Joy (2003)
37-Letting Your Light So Shine (2003)
38-Destructive and Constructive Emotions Being Anxiously Engaged in Good Works: How Gospel Principles Are Being
Supported by Science (D&C58:27) (2007)
JOHNSON, Peter N. and BROWN, S. Kent
36-Film Premiere-Journey of Faith: The Book of Mormon in the New World (2007)
JOHNSON, Sherrie Mills
11- “Come What May and Love It”--but How? Discerning Truth and Applying It in our Lives (2011)
JOHNSON, Stanley A.
27- Have You Been Saved?: Our Covenant Relationship (2002)
JONES, Barbara Barrington
23-Especially for Husbands and Wives (Deni’s notes) (2000)
36-The Confident Woman--Outward Appearance: Instant Changes for a Better Appearance (2011)
JONES, James
18-Parenting: In the Garden: Choices and Consequences, Not Intimidation and Coercion (2003)
29-Overcoming Devastating Parent Traps that Destroy Family Relationships Trap #4-Lazy Kids: Learn the Key to Motivation
and Your Kids Will Beg You for More Housework-the Power of NEED (2006)
KNOWLTON, Benjamin J.
10-The Words of the Lord’s Servants Today: Their Messages, Our Blessing: A Look at Some Less-Obvious, Oft-Repeated
Counsel from President Gordon B. Hinckley (2003)
22-General Conference: Taking It Personally: If It’s on the Prophet’s Mind, It Matters (2010)
LAMB, Stephen E.
Women’s Health Issues Through the Life Cycles:
23-Middle-Married Years—Avoiding “Midlife Crisis” (2002)
33-Perimenopause and Menopause: Making the “Golden Years” Golden (2002)
LATHAM, Glen
21-The Making of a Stable Family (2000)
LeBARON, E. Dale
11-Revelation: Received or Deceived?: Revelation: It’s Sources, Blessings, and Hazards (2003)
LINE, C. Robert
17-Power in Principles: Timeless Truths and Fresh Perspectives from the Book of Mormon: The Middoni Principle--Blind Obedience vs. Intelligent Obedience (2011)
LINFORD, Steven T.
Applications of the First Four Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel:
5-Walking by Faith (2004)
14-Repentance: Come Unto Christ and Become Like Him (2004)
34-The Gift of the Holy Ghost: “And I Was Led by the Spirit” (2004)
LIVINGSTONE, John P.
Matters of the Mind: Emotions and Relationships:
16-Spiritual Roots of Human Problems (2011)
34-Helping Teens and Young Single Adults Negotiate Spiritual Minefields (2011)
LUBBERS, Dee Ann P.
1-Planning Your Retirement: It’s Never too Early (2001)
LUDLOW, Daniel
28- Suggestions on Studying the Scriptures: Old Testament (2000)
29- Special References to Ponder from the Scriptures: Old Testament (2000)
LUDLOW, Jared W.
41-The Apocrypha--What’s In It and Where Did It Come From? Heroines and Heroes--Judith and Tobit (2010)
LUDLOW, V-Ann W.
34- Developing Spirituality Through Family Traditions: “Holiday” Traditions Can Result in “Holy-Day” Experiences-
Christmas Observances (2002)
LUDLOW, Victor L.
17-Covenants: Our Bond with the Divine The Nature of Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial Covenants (2008)
LUND, John L.
25-Relationships: What Men Want, What Women Want, and Understanding the Differences: Bringing Out the Best in
Men: What Men Want Women to Know (2002)
21-It’s All About Your Expectations: Forgiveness for Self and Others: Don’t Let Your Yesterday’s Rob You (2003)
12-Loving and Being Loved: Called to Love, Not Called to Resent (2003)
LYON, Joseph Lynn
6-Physical Evidence at Carthage Jail and What It Reveals about the Assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith (2010)
MacARTHUR, James D.
35-Improving Family Relationships: Building a Functional Family: Essential Elements You Should Know-Part B (2003)
MACDONALD, Taylor (Macdonald)
Writing Personal and Family Histories:
19-Researching Personal and Family Histories (2013)
25-Organizing Material Gathered in Research (2013)
31-Writing, Editing, and Producing Your History (2013)
MARSH, Scott C.
Prosperity in Wisdom and Order:
46-Enjoying an Abundant Life on Any Income or with Any Assets (2000)
9- Mastering Human Behavior and Opening the Channels (2001)
17-The Storehouse: Efficiently Creating Excess by Prioritizing Wants and Needs (2001)
53- Financial Planning Strategies We Know Work: Financial Planning Tools for the 21st Century (2000)
2-Advanced Financial Planning Strategies (2004)
4-The Science of Personal Prosperity-The Financial Essentials of Behavioral Intelligence, Financial Intelligence, and Spiritual Intelligence (2007)
4-Critical Financial Choices and the Finest Information Sources (2008)
33-Million Dollar Choices—Empowering a Lifetime of Maximum Personal Choice through Small, Insightful, Daily Choices The Spiritual Seeds of Prosperity—Maximizing Prosperity through the Dynamics of Scriptural and Prophetic Wisdom (08)
4-Up the Down Economy--America’s Financial Future (2010)
5-So Your Money Has a Death Wish—Bad Advice That Some Financial Advisors Give, and Seven Ways to Avoid Bad Advice (2013)
MARSH, W. Jeffrey
2-The Gift and Spirit of Revelation (2001)
MARSHALL, Jack S.
16-Teachings on Hope: How God Judges-Part 2 (2006)
MATHESON, Kenneth W.
Making a Good Marriage Better:
30-Challenges Facing LDS Marriages (2000)
37-Improving Communication (2000)
44-Resolving Marital Differences (2000)
MATTHEWS, Robert J.
3- The Great Millenium Shall Come (2001)
McCALLISTER, Gary L.
The Brain: Implications for Learning, Teaching, and Believing
2-The Biology of the Mind (2006)
12-Object-Oriented Education: “Changing Minds” (2006)
19-The Arts and Science Connection (2006)
26-Parenting with the Brain in Mind (2006)
27-Making More than Music The Biology of Music and the Brain: How It Works (2006)
McCONKIE, Joseph F.
8-Understanding Scripture: The “How” of Scripture Study (2003)
15-Angels-Our Companions Angels-How They Minister (2006)
From Eternity to Eternity:
14-Kolob and Christ (2006)
21-Eden as an Allegory (2006)
19-Great Revelations Law and Light (2007)
10-Great Doctrines Distinctive to the Restoration Personal Revelation (2007)
McKAY, Quinn G.
28-Being Honest and Trustworthy in Today’s World: Handling Conflicts in Pursuit of Integrity Requires Wisdom and
Knowledge (2004)
McMILLAN, Ron and GRANNY, Joseph and PATTERSON, Kerry J.
Change Anything: Principles for Changing Overwhelming Habits in Yourself:
14-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 1): How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Improvements (2011)
23-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 2): How to make Change Almost Inevitable (2011)
32-Make a Bad Day Good Data: How to Increase Our Resilience and Effectiveness (2011)
MILLER, Kevin R.
26- Increasing Personal Effectiveness: Living a Balanced Life (2002)
Teach Ye Creatively: Facilitating Adult Learning
12-Andragogy: How Adults (and Children!) Learn (2007)
21- Teaching to the Three Learning Styles (2007)
30- Creative Classroom Techniques I: The Unforgettable Learning Zone (2007)
37- Creative Classroom Techniques II: Teaching to All Learning Styles (2007)
MILLET, Robert L.
7-From Doing to Becoming: The Path from Being Active to Being Alive Purifying Our Motives (2007)
MILNE, Don L
35-Ten Steps for Debt Elimination and Financial Peace Teaching Your Children Good Lifetime Money Habits (2008)
MORTENSEN, Kurt W.
32-Lessons in Leadership The Science of Self-Discipline (Self-Leadership): Four Crucial Steps to Achieve Your Goals (2006)
NEVILLE, Beverly Hyatt
Stealth Appetities: Satisfying Our Hidden Hungers without Overeating
15-Ending Carbohydrate Craving: Balancing Blood Sugar (2011)
24-Mistaking Loneliness and Boredom for Hunger: Understanding Nutrient Density and Satiety (2011)
33-Distinguishing Between Physical Needs and Cravings: Developing Positive Food Habits (2011)
Feed Your Stealth Appetites Without Overeating: Lessons from Fasting that Help with Food-Related Challenges (2013)
NIBLEY, Reid
34- Music and the Refinement of the Senses: Listening by the Spirit (2001)
NIELSEN, Donna B.
How to Clarify Scriptures Using Biblical Customs and Idioms:
13-What Does Your Dad Do? Tools of Scripture Trades (2001)
21-Ancient Covenant Making and Its Application for Us—Why Blood is Thicker than Water (2001)
4-What’s for Dinner? Spiritual Insights from Biblical Food, Manners, and Etiquette (2003)
28-Finding Patterns An Old Testament Perspective Enriches Latter-Day Scripture (2007)
NORTON, Walter A.
27-Gospel Programs and Principles: A Medley of Timely Topics: Writing a Worthy Biography of a Cherished Ancestor (2013)
NYLAND, Nora and FULLMER, Susan
Food “To Please the Eye and to Gladden the Heart” (D&C 59:18)
9- Weighty Matters:Weight, Health, and Good Nutrition (2008)
32-So What’s for Dinner? Stocking a Healthy and Convenient Pantry (2008)
What’s On Today’s Table?
29-Kitchen Nutrition--What Are My Choices? (2010)
38-Eating and Health--What’s the Link? (2010)
NYMAN, Monte S.
17-The Book of Helaman:Learn from It or Repeat It:Helaman 4-6: Nephites Dwindle in Unbelief, Parallels to Our Day (2004)
OAKS, Dallin D.
35-Our English LanguageThen and Now:It’s Etymology, Not Entomology:Some Places to Look for Linguistic Fossils(2002)
OGDEN, D. Kelly
29-Strengthening You in Your Family-Part 2: How to Get Rid of Pride (2003)
10-Pursuing Treasures of Knowledge and Wisdom: Come Unto Christ Through Temple Worship (2004)
OGLETREE, Mark D.
28- Family Matter: Families Matter: Children Matter: Rearing Successful Children (2002)
For the Strength of Parents: Helping Our Teens Follow Prophets
24-Helping Teens Make Good Media Choices in Entertainment, Media, and Friends (2007)
32-Teaching Our Children the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2007)
37-Improve Your Marriage This Week: Sunday is Service (2010)
18-Healing the Time-Starved Marriage Using Marriage Rituals to Reconnect Your Marriage (2013)
OLSON, Terrance D.
How Parents Prepare Youth to Be the Leaven in the Loaf:
3-Principles of Influence (2003)
13-Making Moral Arguments Without Being Moralistic (2003)
23-Being a Tool in Zion While Living in Babylon (2003)
32-Practical Realities: Being Modest, Being Moral, Dissolving Peer Pressure (2003)
11-The Family and the Gospel: A Parent Seminar: Parents Presenting the Moral--Making the Gospel the Lens Through Which We View the World and Not Vice Versa (2010)
OSBORN, Alice
Save More, Spend Less: Living Frugally with Style and Flair:
7-Stretching the Grocery Dollar--An Avenue to Food Storage and Extra Money (2010)
20-Stretching the Clothing Dollar--More Dash for Less Cash (2011)
OSGUTHORPE, Pres. Russell T and GIBBONS, Andrew S.
7-The Skills of a Saint--Developing a Personal Plan for Gospel Growth and Progress: Developing Skills--A Key to Change and Improvement (2011)
PACKER, Rand H.
33-Powerful Scriptures in Solving Life’s Problems: Seven Powerful Scriptures (2004)
10-Foundational Teachings from the Garden of Eden Eve, Adam, the Garden of Eden, and Us (2006)
9-Significant Signs of the Last Days
9-Surviving Latter-Day Adversity and Calamity (2006)
31-The Zion Society, Us, and the Law of Consecration (2006)
PARKER, Jimmy B.
18-Fundamentals of Family History Research: Organizing Research Notes for Success (2004)
19-Discovering Our Ancestors: What Their Lives Were Really Like: Finding Details of Our Ancestors Lives (2004)
PARRY, Donald and PARRY, Jay
33- Isaiah’s Glorious Visions of Our Lord and Messiah: the Second Coming (2001)
6-All Things Testify of Christ: Scriptural Images of the Atonement: Prophecies Word Connections, Hidden Language (2004)
PATTERSON, Kerry J. and McMILLAN, Ron and GRANNY, Joseph
Change Anything: Principles for Changing Overwhelming Habits in Yourself:
14-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 1): How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Improvements (2011)
23-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 2): How to make Change Almost Inevitable (2011)
32-Make a Bad Day Good Data: How to Increase Our Resilience and Effectiveness Patterson (2011)
PEARSON, Todd
11- Stress Management and Its Impact on Living the Gospel: The S.O.S Plan for Becoming Orderly (2002)
PERRY, Elder L. Tom
5-Devotional: Finding a Refuge from the Storm Isaiah 25:4; D&C 115:6 (2002)
PETERSEN, Brad
Those Wonderful Grains
10-Enjoy the Good Life—Eat More Grains (part 1) (2008)
19-Enjoy the Good Life—Eat More Grains (part 2) (2008)
Those Wonderful Grains—Cooking Demonstration
11-Breakfast, the Most Important Meal of the Day (2008)
20-The Art of “Sneak Nutrition” (2008)
5-The Word of Wisdom-- “The Do’s” (2010)
PETERSON, Daniel
31- Other Voices from the Dust (2002)
PETERSON, Scott M
Retire Right: A Guide to Making the Best Financial Decisions at Retirement
15- Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Retiring Baby Boomer (2013)
28- Managing Your Investments to Last Through Retirement (2013)
PHILLIPS, Sandra S. and ASLETT, Don
23-Creating an Organized Family-Friendly Home Cleaning Faster as a Family (2008)
PINEGAR, Ed
1-Strengthening You and Your Family (2004)
PINEGAR, Ed and EARL, Ted
The Gospel of Christ: Our Pattern for Living:
7-Christ-His Life and Teachings (2002)
17-The Sermon on the Mount: the Celestial Law (2002)
PLATT, Jennifer Brinkeroff
6-The Fullness of Time: Putting Our Desires to Work What Happened to me Really Wanting This? Remembering our Desires (Psalms 21:2) (2013)
14-Mighty Changes Bring Ritual to the Routine of Daily Living (Mosiah 5:2): Ritualizing Your Routine: Living What We Really Believe (Mosiah 4:9-10) (2013)
POLL, Gary
Making Our Homes a Refuge from the Storm:
21-Teaching Youth Respect (2002)
30-Helping Youth Gain and Recognize Testimonies (2002)
40-Teaching Youth to Prepare for Missions, Marriage, and Moving On (2002)
POOL, Karen and ELIASON, Susan
9- The Creativity/Personal Revelation Connection: The Laws of Creation (2002)
POWELL, Lindsay D.
28-Saviors on Mount Zion-Our Latter-Day Family History Mission The Power of Temple Worship to Bless Our Lives (2006)
PRINCE, Diane Bills
39- Solutions for the Stresses Women Face: Joy, Satisfaction, and Fulfillment (2002)
Getting Meaningful Answers for your Life-to Bless You, Your Family, and Others:
22-His Promise with Overwhelming Blessings--”I the Lord am Bound When Ye Do What I Say…” (2011)
31-He Will Use You--Being and Instrument in His Hands by Diane Bills Prince (2011)
PROBERT, Leslie
24-Food Storage ASAP (Amazingly Simple and Practical) Beans—Simply Planned and Simply Delicious (2008)
29-Food Storage--for Success, Keep it Simple! Adapt Food Storage for Your Stage in Life (2013)
REEVE, Laurie A.
2-Organize Your Home: Tips for Downsizing, Decluttering, and Sorting Your Belongings (2010)
RICHARDSON, Marianna E.
15-Alfred Edersheim: A Jewish Scholar for the LDS Community His Life and Conversion to Christianity (2007)
RICHARDSON, Matthew O.
21-Acting Well Thy Part: Understanding Roles, Stewardship, and Seasons in Fulfilling God’s Great Plan of Happiness:
Understanding and Maintaining Stewardships (2004)
Establish a House:
12-A House of Learning (2004)
22-House of Glory (2004)
RICKS, Marie C.
33-Home Organization: The Better Way to Live -part 2: Teaching Children to Excel Scholastically: The Benefits of a Nurturing Environment (2010)
21-Home Organization: The Better Way to Live (part 2): Food and Home Storage: a Better Way to be Self-Sufficient for those Who Don’t Have Time for Another Trip to the Store (2011)
RICKS, Stephen D.
36-The Dead Sea Scrolls: What They Are, What They Mean: The Dead Sea Scrolls and LDS Scripture (2001)
10- The Book of Mormon as an Ancient Document: Proper Names in the Book of Mormon (2013)
RICKS, Stephen D. and CARROLL, James L.
Temples of the Ancient World
11- The Temple Typology: Space (2007)
20- The Temple Typology: Building Motifs (2007)
29- The Temple Typology: Rites (2007)
RIDGES, David J.
7-The Old Testament, a Powerful Member of the Standard Works of the Church Atonement Symbols in the OT (2006)
ROGERS, Daniel
26- Seven Keys to Understanding the Book of Revelation (2001)
RUSSELL, Robert A.
Foreign Language Learning--and Maintaining--for Young and Old, Including Those Who Think They Can’t
16-Learners Keepers, Losers Weepers: Maintaining or Recovering Your Foreign Language Skills, Part 1 (2013)
24-Learners Keepers, Losers Weepers: Maintaining or Recovering Your Foreign Language Skills, Part 2 (2013)
SCHMIDT, Darren T.
17-“Instructed More Perfectly” (D&C 88:78): The Family Meeting: How to Make Family Home Evenings, Scripture Studies, and Recreation More Effective and Worthwhile (2010)
SCHWENDIMAN, Ronald J.
22-LDS.org:Resources for Teaching and Learning on the Internet Hard to Find Treasures on LDS.org and Mormon.Org (06)
SCORESBY, A. Lynn
4-The Amazing and Dangerous Times in Which We Live The Future is about the Abilities to Learn and Know: Make Certain
Everyone Knows How to Learn Better (2006)
28-One Heart and One Mind: A Model for Creating Emotionally Intimate Relationships (2010)
SCOTT, Elder Richard G.
8-Devotional: The Dawning of a Brighter Day (2007)
SCOTT, Richard K.
Celestial Marriage: Gospel Foundations
18-The Christian Paradox: You Must Lose Yourself to Find Yourself (2001)
25-Celestial Marriage Is a Process, Not an Event (2004)
25-Isaiah for the Everyday Person: The Law of Blessings and Cursings (2011)
SKINNER, Andrew C.
3-The Joys, Blessings, and Doctrinal Foundation of Our Temple Worship (2004)
SMITH, Emmett
43- Excellence—A Goal for Everyone: Service + Sacrifice = Self-Esteem (2000)
SMITH, Melissa and TAYLOR, Melissa K.
32-Battling Body Image: Exposing the Influence of the World and Encouraging True Beauty:
32-Avoidance--Focusing on the Underlying Issues of Body Image Problems (2010)
40-Prevention: What You Can Do to Help Girls and Other Individuals to Overcome Negative Self-Talk about Their Own Bodies (2010)
SNOW, Elder Steven E.
9-Devotional: Teach One Another Words of Wisdom (2010)
SOKOL, Connie
2- “Tidy up your life” workshop--part 1: Create a life plan (2011)
3- “Tidy up your life” workshop--part 2: Effectively Manage your time (2011)
STEPHAN, Eric G.
2-Overworked and Overwhelmed: An Astonishing, Simple Plan for How to Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off, and Get
Going (2003)
22-Jesus Christ: The Perfect Leader Strengthen Yourself—Principles of Daily Self-Renewal (2008)
STEVENSON, Lawrence D.
11-How to Find and Compete for Scholarships (2006)
30-The Great Change We Call Repentance: Doing the Things That We Know We Should Do (2010)
STRONG, R. Scott
Justification and Sanctification Through Christ:
12-Justification part 1 (2001)
20-Justification part 2 (2001)
28-Sanctification part 1 (2001)
37-Sanctification part 2 (2001)
SU’A, Justin
18-Spiritual Peak Performance: “Look unto [the Lord] in Every Thought; Doubt Not, Fear Not” (D & C 6:36) Motivation: the Engine that Drives Your Actions (2011)
SUDWEEKS, Bryan L.
Personal Finance: A Christ-Centered Approach:
10-Nine Myths of Family Finance: What Wise Financial Stewards Know (2011)
35-Preparing for Retirement: What You Can Do Now to Prepare by Bryan L. Sudweeks (2011)
1-Beginning Investing—A Principles-Based Approach (2013)
SUMMERS, Kelly R.
14-Family History and Technology: Blog Your Family History (2010)
17-US Genealogical Research Online: Biographical Sources Online--Newspapers and Books (2013)
SWEAT, Anthony R.
Powerful Gospel Teaching: From Preparation to Presentation
13 - Effective Lesson Preparation (2013)
20 - Effective Lesson Presentation (2013)
26 - Asking and Answering Questions with Power in Class Discussions (2013)
SWOOFORD, Scott and Van WAGENEN, Sterling
24-Whose Work and Whose Glory? Media in the World and Our Place in It Bringing the Prophet Joseph Smith to Life in
Film (2006)
TAYLOR, Matthew A.
32-Central to the Creator’s Plan: Exploring God’s Creative Acts as a Pattern for Celestial Families: Using the Sabbath Day to Sanctify Our Lives (2013)
TAYLOR, Melissa K. and SMITH, Melissa
32-Battling Body Image: Exposing the Influence of the World and Encouraging True Beauty:
32-Avoidance--Focusing on the Underlying Issues of Body Image Problems (2010)
40-Prevention: What You Can Do to Help Girls and Other Individuals to Overcome Negative Self-Talk about Their Own Bodies (2010)
TAYLOR, Stephanie Halford
Placing One’s Will upon the Altar of God:
19-Following Nephi’s Example of Trusting the Lord Completely by Stephanie Halford Taylor (2011)
28-Lord, I Believe; Help Thou Mine Unbelief (Mark 9:24) Pushing Aside Fear and Weaknesses in Order to Strengthen Faith and Trust in the Lord (2011)
TERSIGNI, Steven A.
26-Obesity, a Modern-Day Pandemic: It Really Does Matter What You Eat (2004)
Manifestations of the Glory of God
16-“The Glory of God is Intelligence, or, in Other Words, Truth and Light” (D & C 93:36) (2007)
25- “Whatsoever Is Truth Is Light and Whatsoever Is Light Is Spirit” (D & C 84:45) (2007)
33- Man’s Path to Glory (2007)
THURSTON, Dawn Parrett
1-How to turn your genealogy data into a fascinating family history: turning pedigree chart data into a story (2011)
TOP, Brent
Trying to Be Like Jesus: Living, Loving, and Leading Like the Savior:
3-Cleansing the Inner Vessel-Purifying Our Hearts, Attitudes, Desires, and Motives (2002)
13-Living for the Lord: Taking Up the Cross Through Sacrifice and Service (2002)
22-Feed My Sheep: Ministering to Others Like the Good Shepherd (2002)
16-“What Is This Thing Than Men Call Death? –LDS Teachings About the Spirit World “Enveloped in Flaming Fire”—
Attributes and Abilities of the Spirit Body (2008)
TOP, Brent and CHADWICK, Bruce
31- Raising Righteous Youth in a Wicked World: Don’t Be Discouraged: “They that Be with Us Are More than They that Be
with Them” (2001)
TYLER, Thomas L.
16-“Walk in the Meekness of My Spirit” (D&C 19:23): Recognizing the Spirit’s Quiet and Simple Manifestations (2003)
UCHTDORF, President Dieter F.
3-Devotional: Seek Learning D&C 88:118 (2006)
VAN DYKE, Dr. Blair G.
1-To Parents and Grandparents of College-Age Young Single Adults—Countering the Epidemic of Entitlement among Young Single Adults: A Scriptorial View (2008)
Van WAGENEN, Sterling and SWOOFORD, Scott
24-Whose Work and Whose Glory? Media in the World and Our Place in It Bringing the Prophet Joseph Smith to Life in
Film (2006)
VINCENT, William J.
18-Personal and Family Healthy Lifestyles-An LDS Perspective (2006)
WARD, Donald and PARRY, Jay A.
33-Isaiah’s Glorious Visions of Our Lord and Messiah: Isaiah’s Vision of the Glorious Second Coming of Christ (2001)
WARNER, Paul R.
1-The Pursuit of Happiness: Understanding Your Personality (2007)
WELTE, Leah G
What Brain Research Reveals and Confirms about Raising Children
28-How Adults Can Facilitate Mind and Brain Function During Middle Childhood (2008)
36- The Adolescent Brain—How Adults Can Assist Teenagers (2008)
WICKMAN, Elder Lance B
4-Devotional: Finding “Wisdom and Great Treasures of Knowledge” D&C 89:19 (2004)
WILCOX, Bradley R.
52- Reading and Writing to, with, and by Children (for Adults): A Crash Course in Children’s Literature (2000)
3-Helping Youth Stay Morally Clean (2007)
5-Come to the House of the Lord (2007)
WILCOX, S. Michael
Finding Insight and Truth in the Scriptures:
10-Wisdom in Each Sentence-the Power of Words (2002)
19-Symbolic Language: Seeing What You Read (2002)
38-Applying the Scriptures: Ancient Truths in a Modern Setting (2002)
20-The Blessings of the House of the Lord: “Waters to Swim In”:Learning the Lord’s Way (2003)
31-The Writings and Contributions of C. S. Lewis: Mere Christianity: The Essential Foundation of Christian Thought (2003)
27-Communing with the Father: Bread or Stones—Receiving What Is Given (2004)
29-Foundation of a Peaceful Life: Qualities of Deep Conversion—Let None Fall Away (2004)
5-Faith to Move Mountains: When God Asks of Us the Seemingly Impossible- Part 1 (2006)
6-Faith to Move Mountains: When God Asks of Us the Seemingly Impossible- Part 2 (2006)
2-Reisiting Eden—The Scriptural Path to an Eternal Companionship (2008)
3-The Rising Generation—Children Who “Never Fall Away” (2008)
WILLARDSON, Glen L.
36- Obtaining Financial Self-Reliance (2000)
WILLIAMS, Clyde J.
8- Guiding Principles in a Troubled World: The Need for and Power of Eternal Perspective (2001)
33- Building Spiritual Strength: Importance of Gospel Scholarship (2002)
33-Strengthening the Family: Principles That Will Strengthen and Fortify the Family: Keys to Maintaining a Celestial
Marriage (2003)
13-Insights I Missed the First Fifty Times through the Book of Mormon: Insights I Missed from Lehi’s Dream (2004)
15-Significant Themes from the Book of Mormon: The Book of Mormon and the Latter Days (2004)
Powerful Lessons from the Old Testament:
8-The Trials and Tests of Abraham (2010)
35-Unusual Old Testament Stories (2010)
36-Building Spiritual Strength and Understanding: Recognizing and Resisting the Tactics of Satan (2010)
WILSON, Don
12-Marriage: Growing Together in Love: Evaluating your Marriage Relationship (2011)
WITT, Celeste Elain
Feed My Sheep: Speaking More Effectively in Sacrament Meeting-
16-Develop Your Message by Celeste Elain Witt (2010)
25-Organize Your Message (2010)
34-Deliver Your Message (2010)
WOODGER, Mary Jane
11-Prisoners of War No More: Escaping from Satan’s Prisons: Offerings: Making the Right One (2004)
WOODWARD, Scott R.
Genes from the Ancient World: Mummies, Relatives, and the Dead Sea Scrolls:
4-Reconstructing Recent Genealogies: How Can DNA Help? (2002)
14-Secrets of the Ancient World Revealed Through DNA (2002)
WOOLLEY, Bruce H.
27-Are Mormons Christian?: The Fall of Adam (2003)
WOOLLEY, Doreen
24- Bright Children, Can They Make It on Their Own?: Bibliotherapy: How Books Can Be Used to Help (2001)
The Nature of the Gifted Child:
23-Perfectionism and Giftedness (2001)
15-Characteristics (2001)
30-Gifted, ADHD, or both? A Look at Similarities and Differences (2001)
Helping Bright Children Succeed:
20-Working with Schools for Your Child (2002)
29-Understanding and Meeting Emotional Needs: Underachievement, Learning Styles, and Success (2002)
WRIGHT, Chris and Kory
Living in Harmony with the Law of the Harvest: A Principle-Based Approach to Financial Self-Reliance:
15-Understanding the Principles of Financial Stewardship (2003)
25- Applying a Seven-Step Process to Financial Self-Reliance (2003)
34- Organizing Your “Family Bank” (2003)
WRIGHT, Randal A.
Ideas to Help You Discover and Achieve Your Life Mission
13-Ideas to Help You Get Motivated About Your Life and Mission (2006)
20-Ideas to Help You Overcome the Weaknesses that Hold You Back (2006)
19-You Have a Mission to Perform on Earth: Discover It! Discovering Your Unique Gifts, Talents, and Capabilities (2010)
WRIGHT, Rita and GREEN, Jon and JACCARD, Jerry
25- At Home with the Arts: Cultivating Civility in Daily Living: The Finer Things (2001)
WRIGLEY, Carrie Maxwell
10-”Male and Female Created He Them” (Gen 1:27) Understanding, Honoring, and Bridging Gender Differences--Chemistry: Creating Meaningful Connections Between How His Brain Works and How Her Brain Works (2010)
WRIGHT, Kristen D.
30-Health, Hormones, and Happiness Through the Female Life Cycle: Hurdling Hot Flashes and Other Health Issues for the “Maturing” Woman (2013)
YOUNG, Robert P.
35-Overcoming Personal Adversity: Inspiring Examples from the Lives of Great Americans: J. Golden Kimball: Humility
and Overcoming Personal Weakness (2004)
30-Healthy Skin at Any Age Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Skin but Were Afraid to Ask (2008)
ALDANA, Steven G.
25-Ten to Twenty Years of Extra Life-the Choice is Yours (2006)
ALLEN, Steven W.
32-Wilford Woodruff Ordained These Men High Priest: Benjamin Franklin: The Man Who Snatched the Lightening (2004)
ALLRED, Michael W.
14- It’s Time for a Spiritual Tune-Up: Did You Hear That? Feeling and Following the Promptings of the Spirit (2001)
24-Feasting on the Scriptures: An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet: Kingdoms of Glory: A Message of Hope and Love (2004)
8-Learning by the Spirit: A Pattern for Conversion Deciding What to Learn: Getting the Most Out of Gospel Study (2006)
ANDERSON, Angelle
Creating a Gospel-Centered Home:
31-What Do We Want to Have Happen? (2000)
38- “Hands On” Ideas to Increase Family Unity (2000)
45-Tools that Teach, “Treasure Up,” and Internalize Gospel Truths (2000)
32-A Mom for All Seasons: To Do or Not To Do-A Time to Every Purpose Under Heaven (2000)
ANDERSON, Christian B and Lili D.
21-Emotional and Spiritual Preparation for Families in the Last Days: Preparing Our Children--Setting Standards and Expectations (2010)
ASHBY, Devin R.
4-Family History--I am doing it online: utilizing the latest tools from Google to Capture and Organize Your Family History (2011)
3-Creating a Family Focus for Temple and Family History Work—Start with Family Stories: Find, Organize, Preserve and Share, Part 1 of 3 (2013)
ASLETT, Don and PHILLIPS, Sandra S
23-Creating an Organized Family-Friendly Home Cleaning Faster as a Family (2008)
BAHR, Kathleen; LOVELESS, Cheri; MANWARING, Kristine
Improving Family Work Patterns in Your Home:
27- the Sacred Nature of Everyday Work (2000)
35- The Myth of “Running Our Home Like a Business” (2000)
41-Should Children Be Hired or Inspired? (2000)
49-Living the Lord’s Work Ethic in Today’s World (2000)
BALLAM, Michael
2- Creative Arts for All Ages (2002)
BALLARD, Elder M. Russell
5-Devotional: Family: “Central to the Creator’s Plan” (2003)
8-Devotional: A People of Profound Learning (2013)
BARRETT, S. Dee
24-The Spirit: Your Personal Survival Guide: Contention-How to Eliminate It (2003)
BARTHOLOMEW, Ronald
Developing Spiritual Strength—It’s What’s Inside that Counts:
36-Living a Temple Life (2002)
31- Discernment: Telling the Real Heroes from the Real Villains (2004)
BASSETT, K. Douglas
32- Faces of Pride in the Book of Mormon: Humility-the Antidote of Pride (2001)
14-Parent and Child-Growing Together in Love: Gaining and Keeping the Holy Ghost in the Home (2003)
BASTOW, Karen P.
12-Incredible, Edible Gardening--Becoming More Provident and Self-Sufficient: A Bounteous Harvest--Gardening Tips and Hints (2013)
BECKERT, Charles B.
42- Making Any Marriage Better: What it Means to Be Partners in Marriage (2000)
BEECHER, Mark E.
30-Charity, Tough Love, and Discipleship: “I Know that He Loveth His Children; Nevertheless, I Do Not Know the Meaning of All Things.” (1 Nephi 11:17) (2011)
BEECHER, Matthew J.
9-Sharing the Gospel in Natural, Normal, Everyday Ways: Proven Ways Member Missionaries Find the Elect (2013)
BENSON, Kimball
3-The Internet Toolbox for Keeping Families and Friends Connected--Keeping the Internet a Tool for Good and Not a Weapon of the Adversary-Using Filters, Establishing Family Rules, etc. (2010)
24-Four Principles of Finding Happiness and Success, Intentionally! Good, Better, Best: Putting That Which Matters Most, First (2010)
BERGIN, Christi Ann
Becoming a Better Parent
14-Teaching Children Self-Control through Discipline (2008)
29-Enjoying Living with Teenagers (2008)
BIRD, Randall C.
27-Doctrinal Themes from the Scriptures: Revelation--Receiving the Mind and Will of the Lord (2010)
BLACK, Susan Easton
1-The Life and Times of Jesus Christ (2002)
BLONQUIST, Lawrence B.
4- Nurturing the Soul: “Yea My Soul Was Filled with Joy” “Humanism vs. Gospel Worldview-How to Discriminate Truth and
Beauty in Arts, Letters, and Science Giotto, Caravaggio, Mozart, Hayden, Beethoven, Picasso and Stravinski (2001)
BOKOVOY, David E
Into the Presence of God: Ancient Temple Worship and the Gospel of Jesus Christ
18- Temple Imagery in the Garden of Eden (2007)
27-Temple Imagery in the Book of Mormon (2007)
BOTHELL, Timothy W
31-Helping Others Feel and Recognize the Spirit Increasing the Spirit in Your Life through the Ordinance of the Sacrament (08)
18-Helping Others Learn by the Holy Ghost: Raising Children to Learn by the Holy Ghost (2010)
BOTT, Randy L.
30-Marriage: Ordained of God: Solving Problems the Lord’s Way (2004)
23-Finding Safety in the Last Days-“If Ye are Prepared Ye Shall Not Fear”:“Stand in Holy Places and Be Not Moved” (2004)
26-Edified Through Understanding: Scriptural Teachings of What’s Between Today and the Second Coming (2011)
BOWEN, Debbie
7-Raising Children So They Know How to Work:
7-Delegation: A Key to Sanity (2003)
17-How to Begin to Delegate (2003)
26-Possible Stumbling Blocks to Your Success in Delegation (2003)
36-Rewards of Delegation (2003)
BOWEN, Donna Lee and WELCH, John W.
1-Landmark Scholarships: The Best of BYU Studies, 1959-2006” Bridging the “Study and Faith” Gap (2006)
BOYACK, Merrilee
The Parent’s Owner’s Manual They Forgot to Give You:
25-What Every Parent Should Know…So Now You Tell Me! (2000)
34-Training a Child to be Independent (2000)
40-Teaching Children About Money (2000)
48-Parental Potpourri—Surviving Day to Day (2000)
10- Becoming Strong Saints: Emulating Christ’s Strengths (2001)
How to Be a Better Wife in Three Easy Lessons!:
15-Ten Do’s and Don’ts of Wifehood (2002)
24-But How Can I Change My Husband?!? (2002)
BRAILSFORD, John C
Sunshine in My Soul: Discovering the Joy of Self-Mastery by Submitting Ourselves to the Master
12-The Spirit Indeed Is Willing, but the Flesh Is Weak: Understanding the Two Components of the Human Soul (2008)
21-According to the Will of the Flesh: How Our Agency Is Abused and Lost When We Give In to Human Weakness (08)
27-Led by the Spirit of God: How Our Agency Is Nurtured and Restored When We Accept Divine Strength (2008)
34-Partakers of the Divine Nature: The Outward Manifestations of the Pure Love of Christ Within Us (2008)
BREWSTER, Hoyt W.
22- O Divine Redeemer: Witnesses of Jesus the Christ: Prophets and Special Witnesses (2001)
BRINLEY, Douglas E.
22-The Book of Mormon and the Promised Land (2000)
22-Marriage and Family Helps How Couples Talk Together (2007)
BRINLEY, Geri
11- The Book of Mormon as a Parenting Manual (2001)
BRISSON-BANKS, Claire V.
27-It’s a Family Affair-Genealogy and Family History: Overcoming Brick Walls (2011)
7-Researching the British Isles Online: England Online Resources (2013)
BROWN, S. Kent and JOHNSON, Peter N.
36-Film Premiere-Journey of Faith: The Book of Mormon in the New World (2007)
BUTLER, Mark H.
4-The Adolescent Brain and the Atonement—Meant for Each Other (2013)
CAMILO, Fernando V.
23-The Church’s Digital Resources Tools, Treasures, What’s New and You: New 2013 Resources--Come, Follow Me, Gospel Study, New Scriptures, and More (2013)
CARROLL, James L.
Basic Computer Safety for the LDS Family
17-Avoiding Identity Theft, Fraud, and Other Dangers of E-commerce (2006)
23-Avoiding Spam, Viruses, Spyware, and Hackers (2006)
30-Avoiding Stalkers and Pornography While on the Internet (2006)
CARROLL, James L. and RICKS, Stephen D
Temples of the Ancient World
11- The Temple Typology: Space (2007)
20- The Temple Typology: Building Motifs (2007)
29- The Temple Typology: Rites (2007)
CASTAGNA, John A.
Financial Preparedness in Challenging Times:
7-Saving, Spending, Debt Control, and Avoiding Scams and Frauds, pt 1 (2004)
16-Saving, Spending, Debt Control, and Avoiding Scams and Frauds, pt 2 (2004)
CHERRY, Linda Christian
13-“I Have Called Thee by Thy Name” (Isaiah 43:1): The Sacred Connection The Meaning and Importance of Names to the
Lord (2007)
CHRISTENSEN, Bernell L.
19- From Controlling Anger to Forgiving Even When You Don’t Want To: Managing Your Own Emotions: When I Get
Angry, What Can I Do? (2001)
CHRISTENSEN, David A.
Improving Your Home Without Losing Your Sanity:
8-Being a Parent-The Agony and the Ecstacy (2002)
18-Teaching the Gospel to the Children… with a Smile! (2002)
21-Receiving Revelation Without Being Deceived! How Revelation Comes (2013)
COLLIER, Nancy
37- Strengthen the Needy in Distress: Remember the Poor & the Needy the Same Who Does Not This Is Not My Disciple (2002)
COVEY, Stephen R.
1-Creating a Gospel-Centered Family Life-How to Effectively Deal with Everyday Problems within a Family Setting (2003)
COWEN, Richard O.
36-Preparing for the Latter Days: Latter-day Prophets: the Right Man at the Right Time (2004)
37-Timely Teachings of the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants: Give Diligence to Make Your Calling and
Election Sure (2004)
DASTRUP, Linda
It’s All About Time:
24-Home Organization (2000)
33-Take Time to Strengthen the Family (2000)
39-In and Out of the Kitchen in Record Time (2000)
47-Now Is the Time to Raise a Righteous Posterity—Eternal Principles That Will Lead Our Children to the Lord (2000)
DEATON, Dennis B.
The Mind of the Faith-Filled Disciple:
6-Overcoming the World and Our Weaknesses by Faith (2002)
16-Cultivating Righteous Desires and Discipleship (2002)
6-Receiving a “Fullness of the Holy Ghost” (D&C 109:15): “Seek Ye Earnestly”(D&C 46:8) (2003)
DEGN, Patrick D.
Types and Shadows of the Great Plan of Happiness:
9-The Creation: How the Creative Periods of the Earth Typify Our Progression (2004)
39-Josephof Egypt: His Life Typifies the Latter-day House of Joseph (2004)
40-The Coming Prince: Messianic Types and Shadows for the Latter Days: The Kinsman-Redeemer: Reconciling Ruth (2004)
26-Models of Faith: From Weakness to Strength: Gideon: Faith Against Overwhelming Odds (2010)
DYMOCK, Julie L.
50- “Rise Up, O Women of Zion”—Becoming Valiant Sisters in Christ: Use Your Talents to Build Up Zion—Service Brings
Sanctification (2000)
7- Making the Most of Motherhood, part 1 Set the “Home Ton” by First Caring for Self (2001)
EARL, Ted and PINEGAR, Ed
The Gospel of Christ: Our Pattern for Living:
7-Christ-His Life and Teachings (2002)
17-The Sermon on the Mount: the Celestial Law (2002)
EATON, Robert I.
Finding Balance by Avoiding Life’s Extremes
7-“Wingers” and Rigid Planners (2008)
15-Permissive Parents and Overcontrollers (2008)
EDWARDS, Deanna
5- Seven Shortcuts to Happiness Personal Authenticity: Being True to Yourself (2001)
EHLERS, E. Tal
1-Look to Christ in Every Thought; Doubt Not, Fear Not by Tad Ehlers (2010)
Emergency Preparedness: Finding Comfort Until A Sense of Normalcy Returns:
31-Preparedness: “Here a Little and There a Little (2 Nephi 28:30) (2010)
39-Using Your Provisions in the “Eye of the Storm” (2010)
ELDRIDGE, J. Lloyd
54- Enhancing Reading Attitudes and Abilities of Children, Youth, and Adults: Motivating Children to Read (2000)
27-How to Be a Powerful, Positive Influence on the Lives of Others: Motivating Children and Youth to Live According to
Gospel Teachings (2001)
ERICKSON, Andrea
15-Seeking To Sanctify Our Lives Through Careful Scripture Study Will Increase Our Ability to Receive Revelation: Pondering and Reflection Invites Revelation (2010)
23-Living Life According to the Covenants We Have Made Allows Us to Always Have His Spirit to Be with Us: We are Spiritual Beings Who Need to Create and Work Hard (2010)
EWELL, Barry J
5-Top Twenty Lessons Family Historians Need to Know-Lessons 15-20: Field Research, Software and Web, Census, Family
History Process, Etc. (2008)
13-Family Historian’s Cookbook: Recipes for Research Success If Sherlock Holmes Were a Family Historian—Learning to
Solve Mysteries in Family History Work (2008)
20-Genealogist Cookbook: Recipes for Research Success: Ancestor Immigration and Migration-Keys to Unlocking Family History (2010)
2-Extremely Effective Habits 20-29 of Genealogists (2013)
EYRING, Elder Henry B
26-Devotional : Building on the Rock of Truth 3 Nephi 11:39-40 (2000)
FARLEY, S. Brent
38-Holding to the Rod: Recognizing and Developing Spiritual Gifts (2004)
FAUST, Elder James E
6-Devotional: Brigham Young: An Example of Faith and Service (2001)
FULLMER, Susan and NYLAND, Nora
Food “To Please the Eye and to Gladden the Heart” (D&C 59:18)
9- Weighty Matters:Weight, Health, and Good Nutrition (2008)
32-So What’s for Dinner? Stocking a Healthy and Convenient Pantry (2008)
What’s On Today’s Table?
29-Kitchen Nutrition--What Are My Choices? (2010)
38-Eating and Health--What’s the Link? (2010)
GANTT, Edwin E
9-Sifting the Sacred from the Secular in Psychology and Everyday Life: Sifting by the Spirit and by the Intellect-- “Even by Study and Also by Faith (2011)
GASKILL, Alonzo
The Savior and the Serpent: Unlocking the Doctrine of the Fall
9- A Common Misunderstanding: Misconceptions About the Fall (2007)
17-You and I as Adam and Eve: Finding Personal Meaning in the Fall-Part One (2007)
26- You and I as Adam and Eve: Finding Personal Meaning in the Fall-Part Two (2007)
34-Textual Insights into the Doctrine of the Fall (2007)
GIBBONS, Andrew S. and OSGUTHORPE, Pres. Russell T
7-The Skills of a Saint--Developing a Personal Plan for Gospel Growth and Progress: Developing Skills--A Key to Change and Improvement (2011)
GODDARD, H. Wallace
29-The Complete Parent: The Law of the Harvest: The Fundamental Principles of Accountability (2011)
GRANNY, Joseph and PATTERSON, Kerry J. and McMILLAN, Ron
Change Anything: Principles for Changing Overwhelming Habits in Yourself:
14-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 1): How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Improvements (2011)
23-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 2): How to make Change Almost Inevitable (2011)
32-Make a Bad Day Good Data: How to Increase Our Resilience and Effectiveness (2011)
GREEN, Jon and JACCARD, Jerry and WRIGHT, Rita
25- At Home with the Arts: Cultivating Civility in Daily Living: The Finer Things (2001)
GREER, Becky
16- F.I.T.N.E.S.S. Keys to Optimal Health (2001)
GUBLER, Ronald K
26-Reaching for Heaven-Finding the Savior in Our Journey Learning to be Heaven-Led—Getting the Most Out of Prayer (08)
12-Activating the Power of the Atonement--A More Excellent Way: Finding Faith--Have You Seen His Hand? (2010)
HALES, Elder Robert D.
8-Devotional: The Journey of Lifelong Learning (2008)
HALL, John F.
12-New Light on the Apostasy: Four Processes in the Demise of Early Christianity: Changing the Doctrine of Christ (2002)
HANSEN, Garth A.
5-Moving from childhood into life as a Young Single Adult, especially after a mission (for parents and YSAs) (2011)
HARPER, Steven C.
The Law of Consecration: Past and Present
6- Common Misunderstandings (2007)
14- The Law of Consecration in the Doctrine and Covenants (2007)
23- The Law of Consecration is Not the United Order (2007)
31- What Is the Relationship Between Tithing and Consecration? (2007)
HARRISON, R. Colleen
Knowing Yourself and the Lord Through Journaling and Personal “Life-Writing”:
22-Finding Your Own Truth and Peace Through Journal-Keeping (2003)
39-Coming to Christ Through Our Journal Writing (2003)
20-Understanding Codependency from a Gospel Perspective: How to Tell Codependency for Charity (2004)
HAUGLID, Brian M.
The Book of Abraham: Pearls of Great Price:
30-Traditions About the Early Life of Abraham (2003)
38-Go and Do the Works of Abraham (2003)
HAYNIE, Orson C.
29- Man’s Journey in Space…God’s Creations: Worlds without Number (2001)
HAWKS, Steven R.
35- Making Peace with Your Image in the Mirror: Spiritual Solutions for Self-Esteem and Inner Acceptance; Practicing a
Model for Healthy Weight Management (2001)
HILL, Claralyn Martin
8-Planning for Life and Death: Wills, Trusts and Estates (2004)
HILL, E. Jeffrey
Seeking Harmony: Finding Peace in a Busy Life:
6-Creating Personal Energy (2011)
13-Making the Most of your Time (2011)
HINCKLEY, Jaren S.
18-Don’t Know Much About Classical Music? How to Seek Out Quality Music Hidden Treasures from the World’s Greatest
Composers (2008)
HINCKLEY, Kevin
Was It a Prompting or Just Me? Being Led by the Spirit
35-Fine-Tuning Your Spiritual Sensitivities (2007)
25-Cast Not Away Thy Confidence: Avoiding the Second Guessing and Questioning of Divine Guidance (2008)
13-Promptings or Me?Was It a Prompting or Was it Just Me? (2010)
HOLZAPFEL, Richard Neitzel
2-Jesus Before Easter-Key Stories before Jesus’ Final Week (2007)
HOOLE, Daryl
6-The Ultimate Career: The Art of Homemaking for Today Little Things That Can Make a Big Difference at Home—Right
Now! (2008)
HOPKIN, Shon D.
11-Unraveling Isaiah: Digging into Nephi’s Tips for Understanding Isaiah (2013)
HUMPHRIS, Maurine R.
51- Practical Skills for Eternal Families…Time for Your “Living Family Tree” (2000)
HYATT, Beverly--see NEVILLE, Beverly Hyatt
JACCARD, Jerry and WRIGHT, Rita and GREEN, Jon
25- At Home with the Arts: Cultivating Civility in Daily Living: The Finer Things (2001)
JENSEN, Elder Jay E
8-Campus Devotional: That All May Be Edified (2011)
JOHNSON, Lynn D.
“To Be Carnally-Minded Is Death and to Be Spiritually-Minded Is Life Eternal”-Possible Parallels with Brain Structure
and Function:
9-Making Celestial, Terrestrial, or Telestial Choices: Cultivating the Spiritual Mind and the Role of the Brain (2003)
19-Putting Off the Natural Man-A Spiritual Approach to Daily Behavior (2003)
28-Choosing Joy (2003)
37-Letting Your Light So Shine (2003)
38-Destructive and Constructive Emotions Being Anxiously Engaged in Good Works: How Gospel Principles Are Being
Supported by Science (D&C58:27) (2007)
JOHNSON, Peter N. and BROWN, S. Kent
36-Film Premiere-Journey of Faith: The Book of Mormon in the New World (2007)
JOHNSON, Sherrie Mills
11- “Come What May and Love It”--but How? Discerning Truth and Applying It in our Lives (2011)
JOHNSON, Stanley A.
27- Have You Been Saved?: Our Covenant Relationship (2002)
JONES, Barbara Barrington
23-Especially for Husbands and Wives (Deni’s notes) (2000)
36-The Confident Woman--Outward Appearance: Instant Changes for a Better Appearance (2011)
JONES, James
18-Parenting: In the Garden: Choices and Consequences, Not Intimidation and Coercion (2003)
29-Overcoming Devastating Parent Traps that Destroy Family Relationships Trap #4-Lazy Kids: Learn the Key to Motivation
and Your Kids Will Beg You for More Housework-the Power of NEED (2006)
KNOWLTON, Benjamin J.
10-The Words of the Lord’s Servants Today: Their Messages, Our Blessing: A Look at Some Less-Obvious, Oft-Repeated
Counsel from President Gordon B. Hinckley (2003)
22-General Conference: Taking It Personally: If It’s on the Prophet’s Mind, It Matters (2010)
LAMB, Stephen E.
Women’s Health Issues Through the Life Cycles:
23-Middle-Married Years—Avoiding “Midlife Crisis” (2002)
33-Perimenopause and Menopause: Making the “Golden Years” Golden (2002)
LATHAM, Glen
21-The Making of a Stable Family (2000)
LeBARON, E. Dale
11-Revelation: Received or Deceived?: Revelation: It’s Sources, Blessings, and Hazards (2003)
LINE, C. Robert
17-Power in Principles: Timeless Truths and Fresh Perspectives from the Book of Mormon: The Middoni Principle--Blind Obedience vs. Intelligent Obedience (2011)
LINFORD, Steven T.
Applications of the First Four Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel:
5-Walking by Faith (2004)
14-Repentance: Come Unto Christ and Become Like Him (2004)
34-The Gift of the Holy Ghost: “And I Was Led by the Spirit” (2004)
LIVINGSTONE, John P.
Matters of the Mind: Emotions and Relationships:
16-Spiritual Roots of Human Problems (2011)
34-Helping Teens and Young Single Adults Negotiate Spiritual Minefields (2011)
LUBBERS, Dee Ann P.
1-Planning Your Retirement: It’s Never too Early (2001)
LUDLOW, Daniel
28- Suggestions on Studying the Scriptures: Old Testament (2000)
29- Special References to Ponder from the Scriptures: Old Testament (2000)
LUDLOW, Jared W.
41-The Apocrypha--What’s In It and Where Did It Come From? Heroines and Heroes--Judith and Tobit (2010)
LUDLOW, V-Ann W.
34- Developing Spirituality Through Family Traditions: “Holiday” Traditions Can Result in “Holy-Day” Experiences-
Christmas Observances (2002)
LUDLOW, Victor L.
17-Covenants: Our Bond with the Divine The Nature of Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial Covenants (2008)
LUND, John L.
25-Relationships: What Men Want, What Women Want, and Understanding the Differences: Bringing Out the Best in
Men: What Men Want Women to Know (2002)
21-It’s All About Your Expectations: Forgiveness for Self and Others: Don’t Let Your Yesterday’s Rob You (2003)
12-Loving and Being Loved: Called to Love, Not Called to Resent (2003)
LYON, Joseph Lynn
6-Physical Evidence at Carthage Jail and What It Reveals about the Assassinations of Joseph and Hyrum Smith (2010)
MacARTHUR, James D.
35-Improving Family Relationships: Building a Functional Family: Essential Elements You Should Know-Part B (2003)
MACDONALD, Taylor (Macdonald)
Writing Personal and Family Histories:
19-Researching Personal and Family Histories (2013)
25-Organizing Material Gathered in Research (2013)
31-Writing, Editing, and Producing Your History (2013)
MARSH, Scott C.
Prosperity in Wisdom and Order:
46-Enjoying an Abundant Life on Any Income or with Any Assets (2000)
9- Mastering Human Behavior and Opening the Channels (2001)
17-The Storehouse: Efficiently Creating Excess by Prioritizing Wants and Needs (2001)
53- Financial Planning Strategies We Know Work: Financial Planning Tools for the 21st Century (2000)
2-Advanced Financial Planning Strategies (2004)
4-The Science of Personal Prosperity-The Financial Essentials of Behavioral Intelligence, Financial Intelligence, and Spiritual Intelligence (2007)
4-Critical Financial Choices and the Finest Information Sources (2008)
33-Million Dollar Choices—Empowering a Lifetime of Maximum Personal Choice through Small, Insightful, Daily Choices The Spiritual Seeds of Prosperity—Maximizing Prosperity through the Dynamics of Scriptural and Prophetic Wisdom (08)
4-Up the Down Economy--America’s Financial Future (2010)
5-So Your Money Has a Death Wish—Bad Advice That Some Financial Advisors Give, and Seven Ways to Avoid Bad Advice (2013)
MARSH, W. Jeffrey
2-The Gift and Spirit of Revelation (2001)
MARSHALL, Jack S.
16-Teachings on Hope: How God Judges-Part 2 (2006)
MATHESON, Kenneth W.
Making a Good Marriage Better:
30-Challenges Facing LDS Marriages (2000)
37-Improving Communication (2000)
44-Resolving Marital Differences (2000)
MATTHEWS, Robert J.
3- The Great Millenium Shall Come (2001)
McCALLISTER, Gary L.
The Brain: Implications for Learning, Teaching, and Believing
2-The Biology of the Mind (2006)
12-Object-Oriented Education: “Changing Minds” (2006)
19-The Arts and Science Connection (2006)
26-Parenting with the Brain in Mind (2006)
27-Making More than Music The Biology of Music and the Brain: How It Works (2006)
McCONKIE, Joseph F.
8-Understanding Scripture: The “How” of Scripture Study (2003)
15-Angels-Our Companions Angels-How They Minister (2006)
From Eternity to Eternity:
14-Kolob and Christ (2006)
21-Eden as an Allegory (2006)
19-Great Revelations Law and Light (2007)
10-Great Doctrines Distinctive to the Restoration Personal Revelation (2007)
McKAY, Quinn G.
28-Being Honest and Trustworthy in Today’s World: Handling Conflicts in Pursuit of Integrity Requires Wisdom and
Knowledge (2004)
McMILLAN, Ron and GRANNY, Joseph and PATTERSON, Kerry J.
Change Anything: Principles for Changing Overwhelming Habits in Yourself:
14-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 1): How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Improvements (2011)
23-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 2): How to make Change Almost Inevitable (2011)
32-Make a Bad Day Good Data: How to Increase Our Resilience and Effectiveness (2011)
MILLER, Kevin R.
26- Increasing Personal Effectiveness: Living a Balanced Life (2002)
Teach Ye Creatively: Facilitating Adult Learning
12-Andragogy: How Adults (and Children!) Learn (2007)
21- Teaching to the Three Learning Styles (2007)
30- Creative Classroom Techniques I: The Unforgettable Learning Zone (2007)
37- Creative Classroom Techniques II: Teaching to All Learning Styles (2007)
MILLET, Robert L.
7-From Doing to Becoming: The Path from Being Active to Being Alive Purifying Our Motives (2007)
MILNE, Don L
35-Ten Steps for Debt Elimination and Financial Peace Teaching Your Children Good Lifetime Money Habits (2008)
MORTENSEN, Kurt W.
32-Lessons in Leadership The Science of Self-Discipline (Self-Leadership): Four Crucial Steps to Achieve Your Goals (2006)
NEVILLE, Beverly Hyatt
Stealth Appetities: Satisfying Our Hidden Hungers without Overeating
15-Ending Carbohydrate Craving: Balancing Blood Sugar (2011)
24-Mistaking Loneliness and Boredom for Hunger: Understanding Nutrient Density and Satiety (2011)
33-Distinguishing Between Physical Needs and Cravings: Developing Positive Food Habits (2011)
Feed Your Stealth Appetites Without Overeating: Lessons from Fasting that Help with Food-Related Challenges (2013)
NIBLEY, Reid
34- Music and the Refinement of the Senses: Listening by the Spirit (2001)
NIELSEN, Donna B.
How to Clarify Scriptures Using Biblical Customs and Idioms:
13-What Does Your Dad Do? Tools of Scripture Trades (2001)
21-Ancient Covenant Making and Its Application for Us—Why Blood is Thicker than Water (2001)
4-What’s for Dinner? Spiritual Insights from Biblical Food, Manners, and Etiquette (2003)
28-Finding Patterns An Old Testament Perspective Enriches Latter-Day Scripture (2007)
NORTON, Walter A.
27-Gospel Programs and Principles: A Medley of Timely Topics: Writing a Worthy Biography of a Cherished Ancestor (2013)
NYLAND, Nora and FULLMER, Susan
Food “To Please the Eye and to Gladden the Heart” (D&C 59:18)
9- Weighty Matters:Weight, Health, and Good Nutrition (2008)
32-So What’s for Dinner? Stocking a Healthy and Convenient Pantry (2008)
What’s On Today’s Table?
29-Kitchen Nutrition--What Are My Choices? (2010)
38-Eating and Health--What’s the Link? (2010)
NYMAN, Monte S.
17-The Book of Helaman:Learn from It or Repeat It:Helaman 4-6: Nephites Dwindle in Unbelief, Parallels to Our Day (2004)
OAKS, Dallin D.
35-Our English LanguageThen and Now:It’s Etymology, Not Entomology:Some Places to Look for Linguistic Fossils(2002)
OGDEN, D. Kelly
29-Strengthening You in Your Family-Part 2: How to Get Rid of Pride (2003)
10-Pursuing Treasures of Knowledge and Wisdom: Come Unto Christ Through Temple Worship (2004)
OGLETREE, Mark D.
28- Family Matter: Families Matter: Children Matter: Rearing Successful Children (2002)
For the Strength of Parents: Helping Our Teens Follow Prophets
24-Helping Teens Make Good Media Choices in Entertainment, Media, and Friends (2007)
32-Teaching Our Children the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2007)
37-Improve Your Marriage This Week: Sunday is Service (2010)
18-Healing the Time-Starved Marriage Using Marriage Rituals to Reconnect Your Marriage (2013)
OLSON, Terrance D.
How Parents Prepare Youth to Be the Leaven in the Loaf:
3-Principles of Influence (2003)
13-Making Moral Arguments Without Being Moralistic (2003)
23-Being a Tool in Zion While Living in Babylon (2003)
32-Practical Realities: Being Modest, Being Moral, Dissolving Peer Pressure (2003)
11-The Family and the Gospel: A Parent Seminar: Parents Presenting the Moral--Making the Gospel the Lens Through Which We View the World and Not Vice Versa (2010)
OSBORN, Alice
Save More, Spend Less: Living Frugally with Style and Flair:
7-Stretching the Grocery Dollar--An Avenue to Food Storage and Extra Money (2010)
20-Stretching the Clothing Dollar--More Dash for Less Cash (2011)
OSGUTHORPE, Pres. Russell T and GIBBONS, Andrew S.
7-The Skills of a Saint--Developing a Personal Plan for Gospel Growth and Progress: Developing Skills--A Key to Change and Improvement (2011)
PACKER, Rand H.
33-Powerful Scriptures in Solving Life’s Problems: Seven Powerful Scriptures (2004)
10-Foundational Teachings from the Garden of Eden Eve, Adam, the Garden of Eden, and Us (2006)
9-Significant Signs of the Last Days
9-Surviving Latter-Day Adversity and Calamity (2006)
31-The Zion Society, Us, and the Law of Consecration (2006)
PARKER, Jimmy B.
18-Fundamentals of Family History Research: Organizing Research Notes for Success (2004)
19-Discovering Our Ancestors: What Their Lives Were Really Like: Finding Details of Our Ancestors Lives (2004)
PARRY, Donald and PARRY, Jay
33- Isaiah’s Glorious Visions of Our Lord and Messiah: the Second Coming (2001)
6-All Things Testify of Christ: Scriptural Images of the Atonement: Prophecies Word Connections, Hidden Language (2004)
PATTERSON, Kerry J. and McMILLAN, Ron and GRANNY, Joseph
Change Anything: Principles for Changing Overwhelming Habits in Yourself:
14-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 1): How Small Changes Can Lead to Big Improvements (2011)
23-Be the Scientist and the Subject (part 2): How to make Change Almost Inevitable (2011)
32-Make a Bad Day Good Data: How to Increase Our Resilience and Effectiveness Patterson (2011)
PEARSON, Todd
11- Stress Management and Its Impact on Living the Gospel: The S.O.S Plan for Becoming Orderly (2002)
PERRY, Elder L. Tom
5-Devotional: Finding a Refuge from the Storm Isaiah 25:4; D&C 115:6 (2002)
PETERSEN, Brad
Those Wonderful Grains
10-Enjoy the Good Life—Eat More Grains (part 1) (2008)
19-Enjoy the Good Life—Eat More Grains (part 2) (2008)
Those Wonderful Grains—Cooking Demonstration
11-Breakfast, the Most Important Meal of the Day (2008)
20-The Art of “Sneak Nutrition” (2008)
5-The Word of Wisdom-- “The Do’s” (2010)
PETERSON, Daniel
31- Other Voices from the Dust (2002)
PETERSON, Scott M
Retire Right: A Guide to Making the Best Financial Decisions at Retirement
15- Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Retiring Baby Boomer (2013)
28- Managing Your Investments to Last Through Retirement (2013)
PHILLIPS, Sandra S. and ASLETT, Don
23-Creating an Organized Family-Friendly Home Cleaning Faster as a Family (2008)
PINEGAR, Ed
1-Strengthening You and Your Family (2004)
PINEGAR, Ed and EARL, Ted
The Gospel of Christ: Our Pattern for Living:
7-Christ-His Life and Teachings (2002)
17-The Sermon on the Mount: the Celestial Law (2002)
PLATT, Jennifer Brinkeroff
6-The Fullness of Time: Putting Our Desires to Work What Happened to me Really Wanting This? Remembering our Desires (Psalms 21:2) (2013)
14-Mighty Changes Bring Ritual to the Routine of Daily Living (Mosiah 5:2): Ritualizing Your Routine: Living What We Really Believe (Mosiah 4:9-10) (2013)
POLL, Gary
Making Our Homes a Refuge from the Storm:
21-Teaching Youth Respect (2002)
30-Helping Youth Gain and Recognize Testimonies (2002)
40-Teaching Youth to Prepare for Missions, Marriage, and Moving On (2002)
POOL, Karen and ELIASON, Susan
9- The Creativity/Personal Revelation Connection: The Laws of Creation (2002)
POWELL, Lindsay D.
28-Saviors on Mount Zion-Our Latter-Day Family History Mission The Power of Temple Worship to Bless Our Lives (2006)
PRINCE, Diane Bills
39- Solutions for the Stresses Women Face: Joy, Satisfaction, and Fulfillment (2002)
Getting Meaningful Answers for your Life-to Bless You, Your Family, and Others:
22-His Promise with Overwhelming Blessings--”I the Lord am Bound When Ye Do What I Say…” (2011)
31-He Will Use You--Being and Instrument in His Hands by Diane Bills Prince (2011)
PROBERT, Leslie
24-Food Storage ASAP (Amazingly Simple and Practical) Beans—Simply Planned and Simply Delicious (2008)
29-Food Storage--for Success, Keep it Simple! Adapt Food Storage for Your Stage in Life (2013)
REEVE, Laurie A.
2-Organize Your Home: Tips for Downsizing, Decluttering, and Sorting Your Belongings (2010)
RICHARDSON, Marianna E.
15-Alfred Edersheim: A Jewish Scholar for the LDS Community His Life and Conversion to Christianity (2007)
RICHARDSON, Matthew O.
21-Acting Well Thy Part: Understanding Roles, Stewardship, and Seasons in Fulfilling God’s Great Plan of Happiness:
Understanding and Maintaining Stewardships (2004)
Establish a House:
12-A House of Learning (2004)
22-House of Glory (2004)
RICKS, Marie C.
33-Home Organization: The Better Way to Live -part 2: Teaching Children to Excel Scholastically: The Benefits of a Nurturing Environment (2010)
21-Home Organization: The Better Way to Live (part 2): Food and Home Storage: a Better Way to be Self-Sufficient for those Who Don’t Have Time for Another Trip to the Store (2011)
RICKS, Stephen D.
36-The Dead Sea Scrolls: What They Are, What They Mean: The Dead Sea Scrolls and LDS Scripture (2001)
10- The Book of Mormon as an Ancient Document: Proper Names in the Book of Mormon (2013)
RICKS, Stephen D. and CARROLL, James L.
Temples of the Ancient World
11- The Temple Typology: Space (2007)
20- The Temple Typology: Building Motifs (2007)
29- The Temple Typology: Rites (2007)
RIDGES, David J.
7-The Old Testament, a Powerful Member of the Standard Works of the Church Atonement Symbols in the OT (2006)
ROGERS, Daniel
26- Seven Keys to Understanding the Book of Revelation (2001)
RUSSELL, Robert A.
Foreign Language Learning--and Maintaining--for Young and Old, Including Those Who Think They Can’t
16-Learners Keepers, Losers Weepers: Maintaining or Recovering Your Foreign Language Skills, Part 1 (2013)
24-Learners Keepers, Losers Weepers: Maintaining or Recovering Your Foreign Language Skills, Part 2 (2013)
SCHMIDT, Darren T.
17-“Instructed More Perfectly” (D&C 88:78): The Family Meeting: How to Make Family Home Evenings, Scripture Studies, and Recreation More Effective and Worthwhile (2010)
SCHWENDIMAN, Ronald J.
22-LDS.org:Resources for Teaching and Learning on the Internet Hard to Find Treasures on LDS.org and Mormon.Org (06)
SCORESBY, A. Lynn
4-The Amazing and Dangerous Times in Which We Live The Future is about the Abilities to Learn and Know: Make Certain
Everyone Knows How to Learn Better (2006)
28-One Heart and One Mind: A Model for Creating Emotionally Intimate Relationships (2010)
SCOTT, Elder Richard G.
8-Devotional: The Dawning of a Brighter Day (2007)
SCOTT, Richard K.
Celestial Marriage: Gospel Foundations
18-The Christian Paradox: You Must Lose Yourself to Find Yourself (2001)
25-Celestial Marriage Is a Process, Not an Event (2004)
25-Isaiah for the Everyday Person: The Law of Blessings and Cursings (2011)
SKINNER, Andrew C.
3-The Joys, Blessings, and Doctrinal Foundation of Our Temple Worship (2004)
SMITH, Emmett
43- Excellence—A Goal for Everyone: Service + Sacrifice = Self-Esteem (2000)
SMITH, Melissa and TAYLOR, Melissa K.
32-Battling Body Image: Exposing the Influence of the World and Encouraging True Beauty:
32-Avoidance--Focusing on the Underlying Issues of Body Image Problems (2010)
40-Prevention: What You Can Do to Help Girls and Other Individuals to Overcome Negative Self-Talk about Their Own Bodies (2010)
SNOW, Elder Steven E.
9-Devotional: Teach One Another Words of Wisdom (2010)
SOKOL, Connie
2- “Tidy up your life” workshop--part 1: Create a life plan (2011)
3- “Tidy up your life” workshop--part 2: Effectively Manage your time (2011)
STEPHAN, Eric G.
2-Overworked and Overwhelmed: An Astonishing, Simple Plan for How to Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off, and Get
Going (2003)
22-Jesus Christ: The Perfect Leader Strengthen Yourself—Principles of Daily Self-Renewal (2008)
STEVENSON, Lawrence D.
11-How to Find and Compete for Scholarships (2006)
30-The Great Change We Call Repentance: Doing the Things That We Know We Should Do (2010)
STRONG, R. Scott
Justification and Sanctification Through Christ:
12-Justification part 1 (2001)
20-Justification part 2 (2001)
28-Sanctification part 1 (2001)
37-Sanctification part 2 (2001)
SU’A, Justin
18-Spiritual Peak Performance: “Look unto [the Lord] in Every Thought; Doubt Not, Fear Not” (D & C 6:36) Motivation: the Engine that Drives Your Actions (2011)
SUDWEEKS, Bryan L.
Personal Finance: A Christ-Centered Approach:
10-Nine Myths of Family Finance: What Wise Financial Stewards Know (2011)
35-Preparing for Retirement: What You Can Do Now to Prepare by Bryan L. Sudweeks (2011)
1-Beginning Investing—A Principles-Based Approach (2013)
SUMMERS, Kelly R.
14-Family History and Technology: Blog Your Family History (2010)
17-US Genealogical Research Online: Biographical Sources Online--Newspapers and Books (2013)
SWEAT, Anthony R.
Powerful Gospel Teaching: From Preparation to Presentation
13 - Effective Lesson Preparation (2013)
20 - Effective Lesson Presentation (2013)
26 - Asking and Answering Questions with Power in Class Discussions (2013)
SWOOFORD, Scott and Van WAGENEN, Sterling
24-Whose Work and Whose Glory? Media in the World and Our Place in It Bringing the Prophet Joseph Smith to Life in
Film (2006)
TAYLOR, Matthew A.
32-Central to the Creator’s Plan: Exploring God’s Creative Acts as a Pattern for Celestial Families: Using the Sabbath Day to Sanctify Our Lives (2013)
TAYLOR, Melissa K. and SMITH, Melissa
32-Battling Body Image: Exposing the Influence of the World and Encouraging True Beauty:
32-Avoidance--Focusing on the Underlying Issues of Body Image Problems (2010)
40-Prevention: What You Can Do to Help Girls and Other Individuals to Overcome Negative Self-Talk about Their Own Bodies (2010)
TAYLOR, Stephanie Halford
Placing One’s Will upon the Altar of God:
19-Following Nephi’s Example of Trusting the Lord Completely by Stephanie Halford Taylor (2011)
28-Lord, I Believe; Help Thou Mine Unbelief (Mark 9:24) Pushing Aside Fear and Weaknesses in Order to Strengthen Faith and Trust in the Lord (2011)
TERSIGNI, Steven A.
26-Obesity, a Modern-Day Pandemic: It Really Does Matter What You Eat (2004)
Manifestations of the Glory of God
16-“The Glory of God is Intelligence, or, in Other Words, Truth and Light” (D & C 93:36) (2007)
25- “Whatsoever Is Truth Is Light and Whatsoever Is Light Is Spirit” (D & C 84:45) (2007)
33- Man’s Path to Glory (2007)
THURSTON, Dawn Parrett
1-How to turn your genealogy data into a fascinating family history: turning pedigree chart data into a story (2011)
TOP, Brent
Trying to Be Like Jesus: Living, Loving, and Leading Like the Savior:
3-Cleansing the Inner Vessel-Purifying Our Hearts, Attitudes, Desires, and Motives (2002)
13-Living for the Lord: Taking Up the Cross Through Sacrifice and Service (2002)
22-Feed My Sheep: Ministering to Others Like the Good Shepherd (2002)
16-“What Is This Thing Than Men Call Death? –LDS Teachings About the Spirit World “Enveloped in Flaming Fire”—
Attributes and Abilities of the Spirit Body (2008)
TOP, Brent and CHADWICK, Bruce
31- Raising Righteous Youth in a Wicked World: Don’t Be Discouraged: “They that Be with Us Are More than They that Be
with Them” (2001)
TYLER, Thomas L.
16-“Walk in the Meekness of My Spirit” (D&C 19:23): Recognizing the Spirit’s Quiet and Simple Manifestations (2003)
UCHTDORF, President Dieter F.
3-Devotional: Seek Learning D&C 88:118 (2006)
VAN DYKE, Dr. Blair G.
1-To Parents and Grandparents of College-Age Young Single Adults—Countering the Epidemic of Entitlement among Young Single Adults: A Scriptorial View (2008)
Van WAGENEN, Sterling and SWOOFORD, Scott
24-Whose Work and Whose Glory? Media in the World and Our Place in It Bringing the Prophet Joseph Smith to Life in
Film (2006)
VINCENT, William J.
18-Personal and Family Healthy Lifestyles-An LDS Perspective (2006)
WARD, Donald and PARRY, Jay A.
33-Isaiah’s Glorious Visions of Our Lord and Messiah: Isaiah’s Vision of the Glorious Second Coming of Christ (2001)
WARNER, Paul R.
1-The Pursuit of Happiness: Understanding Your Personality (2007)
WELTE, Leah G
What Brain Research Reveals and Confirms about Raising Children
28-How Adults Can Facilitate Mind and Brain Function During Middle Childhood (2008)
36- The Adolescent Brain—How Adults Can Assist Teenagers (2008)
WICKMAN, Elder Lance B
4-Devotional: Finding “Wisdom and Great Treasures of Knowledge” D&C 89:19 (2004)
WILCOX, Bradley R.
52- Reading and Writing to, with, and by Children (for Adults): A Crash Course in Children’s Literature (2000)
3-Helping Youth Stay Morally Clean (2007)
5-Come to the House of the Lord (2007)
WILCOX, S. Michael
Finding Insight and Truth in the Scriptures:
10-Wisdom in Each Sentence-the Power of Words (2002)
19-Symbolic Language: Seeing What You Read (2002)
38-Applying the Scriptures: Ancient Truths in a Modern Setting (2002)
20-The Blessings of the House of the Lord: “Waters to Swim In”:Learning the Lord’s Way (2003)
31-The Writings and Contributions of C. S. Lewis: Mere Christianity: The Essential Foundation of Christian Thought (2003)
27-Communing with the Father: Bread or Stones—Receiving What Is Given (2004)
29-Foundation of a Peaceful Life: Qualities of Deep Conversion—Let None Fall Away (2004)
5-Faith to Move Mountains: When God Asks of Us the Seemingly Impossible- Part 1 (2006)
6-Faith to Move Mountains: When God Asks of Us the Seemingly Impossible- Part 2 (2006)
2-Reisiting Eden—The Scriptural Path to an Eternal Companionship (2008)
3-The Rising Generation—Children Who “Never Fall Away” (2008)
WILLARDSON, Glen L.
36- Obtaining Financial Self-Reliance (2000)
WILLIAMS, Clyde J.
8- Guiding Principles in a Troubled World: The Need for and Power of Eternal Perspective (2001)
33- Building Spiritual Strength: Importance of Gospel Scholarship (2002)
33-Strengthening the Family: Principles That Will Strengthen and Fortify the Family: Keys to Maintaining a Celestial
Marriage (2003)
13-Insights I Missed the First Fifty Times through the Book of Mormon: Insights I Missed from Lehi’s Dream (2004)
15-Significant Themes from the Book of Mormon: The Book of Mormon and the Latter Days (2004)
Powerful Lessons from the Old Testament:
8-The Trials and Tests of Abraham (2010)
35-Unusual Old Testament Stories (2010)
36-Building Spiritual Strength and Understanding: Recognizing and Resisting the Tactics of Satan (2010)
WILSON, Don
12-Marriage: Growing Together in Love: Evaluating your Marriage Relationship (2011)
WITT, Celeste Elain
Feed My Sheep: Speaking More Effectively in Sacrament Meeting-
16-Develop Your Message by Celeste Elain Witt (2010)
25-Organize Your Message (2010)
34-Deliver Your Message (2010)
WOODGER, Mary Jane
11-Prisoners of War No More: Escaping from Satan’s Prisons: Offerings: Making the Right One (2004)
WOODWARD, Scott R.
Genes from the Ancient World: Mummies, Relatives, and the Dead Sea Scrolls:
4-Reconstructing Recent Genealogies: How Can DNA Help? (2002)
14-Secrets of the Ancient World Revealed Through DNA (2002)
WOOLLEY, Bruce H.
27-Are Mormons Christian?: The Fall of Adam (2003)
WOOLLEY, Doreen
24- Bright Children, Can They Make It on Their Own?: Bibliotherapy: How Books Can Be Used to Help (2001)
The Nature of the Gifted Child:
23-Perfectionism and Giftedness (2001)
15-Characteristics (2001)
30-Gifted, ADHD, or both? A Look at Similarities and Differences (2001)
Helping Bright Children Succeed:
20-Working with Schools for Your Child (2002)
29-Understanding and Meeting Emotional Needs: Underachievement, Learning Styles, and Success (2002)
WRIGHT, Chris and Kory
Living in Harmony with the Law of the Harvest: A Principle-Based Approach to Financial Self-Reliance:
15-Understanding the Principles of Financial Stewardship (2003)
25- Applying a Seven-Step Process to Financial Self-Reliance (2003)
34- Organizing Your “Family Bank” (2003)
WRIGHT, Randal A.
Ideas to Help You Discover and Achieve Your Life Mission
13-Ideas to Help You Get Motivated About Your Life and Mission (2006)
20-Ideas to Help You Overcome the Weaknesses that Hold You Back (2006)
19-You Have a Mission to Perform on Earth: Discover It! Discovering Your Unique Gifts, Talents, and Capabilities (2010)
WRIGHT, Rita and GREEN, Jon and JACCARD, Jerry
25- At Home with the Arts: Cultivating Civility in Daily Living: The Finer Things (2001)
WRIGLEY, Carrie Maxwell
10-”Male and Female Created He Them” (Gen 1:27) Understanding, Honoring, and Bridging Gender Differences--Chemistry: Creating Meaningful Connections Between How His Brain Works and How Her Brain Works (2010)
WRIGHT, Kristen D.
30-Health, Hormones, and Happiness Through the Female Life Cycle: Hurdling Hot Flashes and Other Health Issues for the “Maturing” Woman (2013)
YOUNG, Robert P.
35-Overcoming Personal Adversity: Inspiring Examples from the Lives of Great Americans: J. Golden Kimball: Humility
and Overcoming Personal Weakness (2004)
30-Healthy Skin at Any Age Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Skin but Were Afraid to Ask (2008)
Monday, August 5, 2013
things to still accomplish
Well, my dad's personal history is typed up in rough draft form. I now have to work on my mom's. That's today's project.
But what else do I still need to do before the school year starts?
I haven't worked on my 72 hour kits yet or looked into alternative heat sources. I need to do that.
I attended a great lesson on journals in Relief Society and now I want to go and work on updating my scrapbooks and make a photo collage of my life. The teacher had a great example of hers--it wasn't photos of her but of cultural and historical things going on during her life. I want to change my family history photo wall, too.
I want to get back into family history research. We are paying for Ancestry.com so I'd really like to use it again.
But I think the project, which is a new one, that I want to get started on by the end of this week is my refashioning clothes project. I have a few very large blouses that I want to turn into skirts. I have a blouse to 2 that need to be re-sized smaller. I'm excited for this. I just hope my sewing skills will allow what I've altered to actually be worn by me.
I'm also still reading some books that I want to finish.
But what else do I still need to do before the school year starts?
I haven't worked on my 72 hour kits yet or looked into alternative heat sources. I need to do that.
I attended a great lesson on journals in Relief Society and now I want to go and work on updating my scrapbooks and make a photo collage of my life. The teacher had a great example of hers--it wasn't photos of her but of cultural and historical things going on during her life. I want to change my family history photo wall, too.
I want to get back into family history research. We are paying for Ancestry.com so I'd really like to use it again.
But I think the project, which is a new one, that I want to get started on by the end of this week is my refashioning clothes project. I have a few very large blouses that I want to turn into skirts. I have a blouse to 2 that need to be re-sized smaller. I'm excited for this. I just hope my sewing skills will allow what I've altered to actually be worn by me.
I'm also still reading some books that I want to finish.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
new projects--eating better and trying new grains
I've always leaned a little toward vegetarianism...I love spare ribs and a few dishes like sweet and sour pork or chicken, but often I feel I could take or leave meat. With my daughter becoming a vegetarian and the cost of meat going up, I've already been doing more meatless meals. Now I want to make sure that I get enough protein when I do go meatless. Turns out, it's not that hard for me. I'm not sure my kids are getting enough protein, however. Maybe I should look more closely at what they eat.
For my weight I'm supposed to get 60 g of protein a day. By just taking some food that I eat a few times a week and eating them more often, I should be just fine. A typical day might be, protein-wise, something like this:
breakfast (27 g total):
1/2 c cooked oatmeal (3 g)
2 T pecans (1 g)
1 c milk (8 g)
3 egg whites (15 g)
snack (27 + 14 = 41g):
1 c yogurt (14 g)
lunch (41 + 10 = 51 g):
1 slice whole wheat bread (4 g)
1 oz cheese (6 g)
snack (51 + 8 = 59 g):
2 T peanut butter (8 g)
dinner (59 + 18 = 77 g):
1/2 c brown rice (2.5 g)
1/2 cup cooked beans (7.5 g)
1 c milk (8 g)
So, it may not be too hard.
A great place to go to check the nutrition of a food is:
http://nutritiondata.self.com
Trying new grains is my new project, now that I'm done experimenting with cheese (though I plan on continuing to make my own butter, yogurt, and sour cream with occasional batches of cottage cheese and neufchatel cheese, but not mozzarella).
I've already made quinoa several times in the past and I grind spelt and kamut to go with my whole wheat flour. I made french bread using teff the other day. I have some amaranth I want to try out, too.
I want to make pita bread as one of my projects. And maybe whole wheat tortillas. I don't like store bought whole wheat tortillas and I have made tortillas with white flour at home before. Maybe I'll grind up some white wheat, spelt, and kamut and see if I like that in my tortillas.
I also really dislike whole wheat pasta...I wonder if I tried making my own if I would like it better. I have a #10 sized can of durum wheat in my pantry that I've never opened. But, I'm lazy, so I don't know how often I'd go through the trouble of making whole wheat pasta even if it did turn out.
I think I'll start with popped amaranth tomorrow.
For my weight I'm supposed to get 60 g of protein a day. By just taking some food that I eat a few times a week and eating them more often, I should be just fine. A typical day might be, protein-wise, something like this:
breakfast (27 g total):
1/2 c cooked oatmeal (3 g)
2 T pecans (1 g)
1 c milk (8 g)
3 egg whites (15 g)
snack (27 + 14 = 41g):
1 c yogurt (14 g)
lunch (41 + 10 = 51 g):
1 slice whole wheat bread (4 g)
1 oz cheese (6 g)
snack (51 + 8 = 59 g):
2 T peanut butter (8 g)
dinner (59 + 18 = 77 g):
1/2 c brown rice (2.5 g)
1/2 cup cooked beans (7.5 g)
1 c milk (8 g)
So, it may not be too hard.
A great place to go to check the nutrition of a food is:
http://nutritiondata.self.com
Trying new grains is my new project, now that I'm done experimenting with cheese (though I plan on continuing to make my own butter, yogurt, and sour cream with occasional batches of cottage cheese and neufchatel cheese, but not mozzarella).
I've already made quinoa several times in the past and I grind spelt and kamut to go with my whole wheat flour. I made french bread using teff the other day. I have some amaranth I want to try out, too.
I want to make pita bread as one of my projects. And maybe whole wheat tortillas. I don't like store bought whole wheat tortillas and I have made tortillas with white flour at home before. Maybe I'll grind up some white wheat, spelt, and kamut and see if I like that in my tortillas.
I also really dislike whole wheat pasta...I wonder if I tried making my own if I would like it better. I have a #10 sized can of durum wheat in my pantry that I've never opened. But, I'm lazy, so I don't know how often I'd go through the trouble of making whole wheat pasta even if it did turn out.
I think I'll start with popped amaranth tomorrow.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
notes from book about Eve
I recently read a book Eve and the Choice Made in the Garden of Eden by Beverly Campbell. I had borrowed the book, so I couldn't underline things as I usually do.There were 3 quotes I liked enough to make the effort to write down:
p 81
Might there be a symbolic parallel between the two Gardens in which death was the only real choice if souls were to be saved? Eden, where life was inaugurated into mortality; Gethsemane, where the Atonement and the Resurrection made immortality possible.
p 118
Elder Maxwell reminded us, "The only real veneration of Jesus is emulations of Him. Indeed striving to become like Him is a special way of bearing and sharing our testimony of Him."
p 136
C. S. Lewis "The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers...exist for one purpose only--and that is to support this ultimate career."
p 81
Might there be a symbolic parallel between the two Gardens in which death was the only real choice if souls were to be saved? Eden, where life was inaugurated into mortality; Gethsemane, where the Atonement and the Resurrection made immortality possible.
p 118
Elder Maxwell reminded us, "The only real veneration of Jesus is emulations of Him. Indeed striving to become like Him is a special way of bearing and sharing our testimony of Him."
p 136
C. S. Lewis "The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers...exist for one purpose only--and that is to support this ultimate career."
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Personal Progress Goals
The requirements for a Young Woman's leader is different than those for the Young Women. This is what I need to do in order to earn my Personal Progress award...
A leader needs to
--Serve for a total of 1 year as a Young Women leader (called 3-31-13) done 3-31-14
--Complete the required (and not the additional) value experiences in each of the 8 values will be done 4-7-14 (just 2 more days of living my standards and I will be done with Personal Progress)
--Complete 3 value projects, including the project for virtue done 8-11-13
Required Value Experiences
FAITH FINISHED!!!
1The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Learn about faith from the scriptures and living prophets. Read Hebrews 11; Alma 32:17–43; Ether 12:6–22; and Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20. Read two general conference talks on faith. Exercise your own faith by establishing a habit of prayer in your life. Begin by regularly saying your morning and evening prayers. After three weeks of following this pattern, discuss with a parent or leader what you have learned about faith and how daily personal prayer has strengthened your faith. In your journal express your feelings about faith and prayer. done 3-28-14
2Discover the principles of faith taught by the mothers of Helaman’s stripling warriors. Read Alma 56:45–48 and 57:21. Review what “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” says about a mother’s role. With a mother, grandmother, or leader, discuss the qualities a woman needs in order to teach children to have faith and to base their decisions on gospel truths. How can these principles help you in your life today and help you prepare to be a faithful woman, wife, and mother? Record your thoughts and feelings in your journal. done 3-29-14
3Living gospel principles requires faith. Read about faith in the Bible Dictionary or True to the Faith. Faith in the Savior Jesus Christ leads to action. Choose a principle such as prayer, tithing, fasting, repentance, or keeping the Sabbath day holy. In your own home or another setting, plan and present a family home evening lesson about how faith helps you live that gospel principle. If possible, ask a family member to share an experience that has strengthened his or her faith. Share your own experiences as well. In your journal write down one of those experiences and describe your feelings about faith. done 3-30-14
DIVINE NATURE FINISHED!!!
1What are some of the divine qualities of a daughter of God? Read “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”; 2 Peter 1; Alma 7:23–24; and Doctrine and Covenants 121:45. In your own words, list the divine qualities discussed in your reading. Think about how you can discover and develop each of these qualities. Record your ideas in your journal. done 3-29-14
2As a young woman you are blessed with divine feminine qualities. Increase your understanding of and appreciation for womanhood. Read Proverbs 31:10–31 and two talks on womanhood from a conference issue of the Church magazines. Review what “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” says about being a wife and a mother. Then ask your mother or another mother you admire what she thinks are important attributes for being a mother. List the attributes in your journal. Then choose one of those attributes and strive to develop it. After two weeks report your success to a parent or leader. done 4-5-14
3Make your home life better. For two weeks make a special effort to strengthen your relationship with a family member by showing love through your actions. Refrain from judging, criticizing, or speaking unkindly, and watch for positive qualities in that family member. Write notes of encouragement, pray for this family member, find ways to be helpful, and verbally express your love. Share your experiences and the divine qualities you’ve discovered with that family member or with a parent or leader. done 3-21-14
INDIVIDUAL WORTH FINISHED!!!
1You are a daughter of Heavenly Father, who knows you and loves you. Read Psalm 8:4–6; Jeremiah 1:5; John 13:34; Doctrine and Covenants 18:10; Abraham 3:22–23; and Joseph Smith—History 1:1–20. Write in your journal how these scriptures teach you that Heavenly Father knows you, loves you, and is mindful of you. (done 6-30-13)
2Learn about the importance of patriarchal blessings by studying about them in True to the Faith and recent conference talks. Find out why they are given and who can give them. Discuss with a parent or Church leader how to prepare to receive a patriarchal blessing and how it can teach you of your worth and identity and be a guide throughout your life. If you have not received your blessing, prepare to receive it. (done 7-7-13)
3Read Doctrine and Covenants 18:10 and 121:45. Do all you can to build others and make them feel of worth. Every day for two weeks notice the worthwhile qualities and attributes of others. Acknowledge them verbally or in writing. In your journal write what you have learned about the worth of individuals and how your own confidence grows when you build others. (done 7-21-13)
value project:write my parents' life histories done 8-11-13
KNOWLEDGE FINISHED!!!
1 Learn about the importance of gaining knowledge by reading Proverbs 1:5; 4:7; 2 Nephi 28:30; and Doctrine and Covenants 88:78–80, 118; 90:15; 130:18–19; 131:6. Think about why you need to gain knowledge and understanding about how to apply gospel principles to your present and future home and family life. Write in your journal what you have learned about knowledge, and discuss it with a family member or Young Women leader. (done 6-23-13)
2 In your journal list talents you have and others you would like to develop. Read Matthew 25:14–30. Learn a new skill or talent that will help you care for your own future family or home (for example, playing the piano, singing, budgeting, time management, cooking, sewing, or child care). Share with your family, class, or Young Women leader what you have learned. (6-23-13)
3 Memorize Article of Faith number thirteen and recite it to a parent, a leader, or another adult. Then visit a museum or exhibit or attend a performance that involves dance, music, speech, or drama. Using this article of faith as a guide, evaluate what you saw and heard. In your journal write your thoughts about how you can use this article of faith as a guide for all you do so the Holy Ghost will be your constant companion. Share those thoughts with a parent or leader. (done 6-8-13)
value project: Make cheeses (mozzarella, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, and maybe ricotta) (done 6-29-13)
CHOICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FINISHED!!!
1A daughter of God can make wise decisions and solve problems. Read 1 Nephi 15:8; 2 Nephi 32:3; Alma 34:19–27; Ether 2–3; and Doctrine and Covenants 9:7–9. Follow a pattern of regular scripture study and prayer to receive help in making personal decisions such as choosing good friends, being kind to others, getting up on time, or other decisions. Discuss with a parent or leader how regular scripture study and prayer helped you make correct decisions. done 3-21-14
2Read the pamphlet For the Strength of Youth. List in your journal each standard of righteous behavior the pamphlet outlines, and record why it is important to choose to live those standards. Practice living righteous standards by choosing three standards in which you need to improve. You might choose to be more selective about television, music, books, or other media, or you might improve your modesty, language, or honesty. After three weeks share your progress with your family, your class, or a leader. done 3-28-14
3Agency, or the ability to choose, is one of God’s greatest gifts to His children. Read about agency in Joshua 24:15; 2 Nephi 2; and Doctrine and Covenants 82:2–10. With a parent or leader, discuss the blessings and responsibilities of agency. Record in your journal your understanding of agency and the consequences of choices and actions. done 3-23-14
GOOD WORKS FINISHED!!!
1Learn why service is a fundamental principle of the gospel. Read Matthew 5:13–16; 25:34–40; Galatians 6:9–10; James 1:22–27; Mosiah 2:17; 4:26; and 3 Nephi 13:1–4. Others often give service you may not notice, such as preparing meals, reading to or listening to younger children, repairing clothing, or helping a brother or sister. For two weeks record in your journal the quiet acts of service your family members and others perform. Acknowledge their service in some meaningful way. done 2-11-14
2 Service is an essential principle of family living. Help plan your family’s menus, obtain the food, and prepare part of the meals for two weeks. During that time help your family gather to share mealtimes. Report to your class what you have learned. done 9-22-13
3Read Mosiah 18:7–10, and in your journal list three ways you can comfort others or help them bear their burdens. Do the things on your list, and tell a family member or leader about the experience and how your attitude and understanding have changed. done 3-8-14
INTEGRITY FINISHED!!!
1Integrity is the willingness and desire to live by our beliefs and standards. Read Moroni 10:30–33 and think about what it means to “deny yourselves of all ungodliness.” Read the pamphlet For the Strength of Youth. Reflect on how the Lord’s standards differ from the world’s standards. Record in your journal appropriate standards for behavior, dress, and conversation, as well as literature, movies, television, Internet, music, cell phones, and other media. Also write your plan to stay morally clean and worthy to attend the temple. After keeping your standards for at least one month, record your feelings in your journal and continue to keep your commitment. will be done 4-7-14
2Conduct a self-assessment of your personal integrity. Ask yourself the following questions: Do I avoid gossip, inappropriate jokes, swearing and profanity, and being light-minded about sacred subjects? Am I completely truthful, morally clean, honest, dependable, and trustworthy in my schoolwork and other activities? Pray daily for strength and for the guidance of the Holy Ghost to help you live with integrity. Write in your journal the things you can do to improve your personal integrity and at least one new habit you want to develop. done 3-8-14
3 The Savior is the perfect example of integrity; He did what He promised the Father He would do. Read 3 Nephi 11:10–11. Study the lives of other individuals in the scriptures who lived with integrity. Read Genesis 39; the book of Esther; Job 2:3; 27:3–6; Daniel 3 and 6; Acts 26; Doctrine and Covenants 124:15; and Joseph Smith—History 1:21–25. In your journal identify the ways these people demonstrated integrity. Think of a time when you had the courage to show integrity, especially when it was not easy or popular. Share your experience and your feelings about it in a testimony meeting or lesson or with a parent or leader. done 3-29-14
VIRTUEFINISHED!!!
1Virtue is a pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards. It includes chastity and purity. The power to create mortal life is an exalted power God has given His children. He has commanded that this power be used only between a man and a woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife. Study the meaning and importance of chastity and virtue by reading Moroni 9:9; Jacob 2:28; “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”; and the section on sexual purity in For the Strength of Youth. Also read Article of Faith number thirteen and Proverbs 31:10–31. In your journal write the promised blessings of being sexually clean and pure and your commitment to be chaste. (done 7-14-13)
2Virtuous living “at all times and in all things, and in all places” qualifies you for the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. When you are baptized and confirmed, you are given the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide all aspects of your life. Since the Holy Ghost does not dwell in unclean tabernacles, living a virtuous life is a prerequisite to having the companionship of the Holy Ghost and receiving the blessings of temple ordinances. Read the following scripture references and identify the promised blessings: John 14:26–27; 15:26; 2 Nephi 32:1–5; and Doctrine and Covenants 45:57–59; 88:3–4; 121:45–46. In your journal record what you have learned, and write about a time when you felt the guidance of the Holy Ghost. (done 7-21-13)
3Prepare to be worthy to enter the temple and to participate in temple ordinances. Read Alma chapter 5. Make a list of the questions Alma asks. Answer the questions for yourself, and make a list of the things you can and will do to prepare yourself to be pure and worthy to enter the temple and receive all the blessings our Heavenly Father has promised His beloved daughters. ( done 7-27-13)
4Because the Savior loves you and has given His life for you, you can repent. Repentance is an act of faith in Jesus Christ. Read Moroni 10:32-33, the book of Enos, and the section on repentance in For the Strength of Youth. The Savior’s atoning sacrifice has made it possible for you to be forgiven of your sins. Read the sacrament prayers
in Doctrine and Covenants 20:77, 79.
Determine to partake worthily of the
sacrament each week and fill your life with virtuous activities
that will bring spiritual power. As you do this, you will grow stronger
in your
ability to resist temptation, keep the commandments, and become
more like Jesus Christ. Determine what you can do daily to remain pure
and worthy,
and write your plan in your journal. (done 7-28-13)
VIRTUE VALUE PROJECT: You may begin this required value project at any time.
The Savior chose to live a virtuous life. Follow His admonition to “learn of me” (D&C 19:23) by reading the entire Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Liken the scriptures to your life and circumstances. As you read, record your thoughts regularly in your journal. Note the example of the Savior. What did He and those who followed Him do to live virtuous lives? At the completion of your reading, record your testimony. (done 6-26-13)
my first goal here was passed off on 6-8-13 and the last was 4-7-14...so 10 months of sometimes working on the goals...
A leader needs to
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Required Value Experiences
FAITH FINISHED!!!
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DIVINE NATURE FINISHED!!!
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INDIVIDUAL WORTH FINISHED!!!
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value project:
KNOWLEDGE FINISHED!!!
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CHOICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY FINISHED!!!
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GOOD WORKS FINISHED!!!
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INTEGRITY FINISHED!!!
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VIRTUEFINISHED!!!
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VIRTUE VALUE PROJECT: You may begin this required value project at any time.
my first goal here was passed off on 6-8-13 and the last was 4-7-14...so 10 months of sometimes working on the goals...
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