by Alison Moore Smith | May 14, 2014 | for Spirit, Videos of Jesus Christ
Don't Tell Me About Magical Genie Prayer Usually I hate sermons like this. Particularly when they come from general authorities. Years ago I read a book by Elder Gene Cook titled Receiving Answers to Our Prayers. I loved the book and poured over it again and...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 7, 2014 | for Body
I've shared my sleep woes with you in the past…including my efforts to sleep like a normal person. I've had trouble sleeping since I was a baby. That is no hyperbole. And I've tried every holistic and non-holistic solution I've ever heard of. I've tried light therapy,...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 5, 2014 | for Body, for Money
My daughters and I love to attend the Parade of Homes. It's an annual event where various builders open furnished model homes for tours. It's fun to see ideas and styles and cool innovations. But to date I've never seen a home—no matter the price range—that had a...
by Alison Moore Smith | May 3, 2014 | for Love, for Spirit, Videos of Jesus Christ
My mom died 11 years ago. Once my dad was unable to teach his BYU math classes, unable to be called to service missions, unable to drive, and unable to follow detailed conversations, he decided his time had come. He was ready to move on. He missed his sweetheart and...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 27, 2014 | for Spirit, Simple Family Home Evening Ideas
The day after BYU finals ended, our entire family sat down for a family counsel. We try to have one every Sunday afternoon, but this extra meeting was called to get us jump started on a good summer. One of the things we discussed was the desire to have good habits...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 23, 2014 | for Spirit, Videos of Jesus Christ
A common jab at the person who complains about something relatively trivial in the eternal scheme of things—bad service at a restaurant, annoying people at the theater, a car nice car with a flat tire, a slow internet connection—is to tag their complaint thusly:...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 20, 2014 | for Spirit, Simple Family Home Evening Ideas
My early adulthood made it easy to believe that God was a magical genie. If I prayed hard enough and worked hard enough and had just the right amount of faith mixed in, I could do anything or have anything. (Except the ever-elusive pony. That never happened.)...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 16, 2014 | for Spirit, Videos of Jesus Christ
When Jessica was a brand new baby in 1987 I made a solemn commitment to myself. I would live each day carefully and mindfully so I could be a mother with no regrets. In 1991, when she was almost four (and had a baby sister, Belinda) I lost my temper when she broke a...
by Angie Gardner | Apr 15, 2014 | for Mind
Book Review: Mormons: Tall Tales and Truths by Jenni Rose Maiava Do Mormons worship Joseph Smith? Do you work in your church for free? Can Mormons dance? These are just a few of the questions posed in this book by Jenni Rose Maiava. The author gives simple answers to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 13, 2014 | for Spirit, Simple Family Home Evening Ideas
You may have lived through the awful, error-filled object lessons that I did in Sunday School or seminary. Here are some examples of what not to do to teach children or anyone about sin and repentance: A teacher picked up a slab of wood. He drove four or five nails...
