by Angie Gardner | Oct 1, 2012 | for Spirit
There are quite a few people in my ward (previous wards too) who seem to skip out on Sunday School. Sacrament Meeting attendance seems to be good, as does Relief Society, but Sunday School is sparse. Why is this? I have been observing and it seems to be for different...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 28, 2012 | Lifestyle Design
If you are considering joining me in the 100 Day Challenge to finish off the year with a huge burst of accomplishments, this is your last chance! The challenge closes at midnight tonight and won't reopen until 2013. Start making huge changes in your life,...
by Amy Lockhart | Sep 28, 2012 | for Body, for Spirit
So I was invited to attend a tea party at a friends home. This friend is LDS, and so were all the people invited. She was very careful to state that it was herbal tea and all the herbs came fresh from her garden. I don't drink tea. I am not claiming doctrinal...
by Amy Lockhart | Sep 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Food Storage, humph. A friend of mine worked miracles with food storage while her husband was in law school and they were growing their young family. Her daughter called powdered milk, “tasty milk,” and she, my friend, seemed to always have the best things...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 20, 2012 | Lifestyle Design
Here's a bold prediction concerning your future. Outside of your wedding day and the birth of your children, today may very well prove to be the most important day of your life. Why? It marks the final 100 days of the year. It provides you with an opportunity to...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 14, 2012 | for Good
I just sat through the complete 13:02 misery of an anti-Islam movie, Innocence of Muslims, that mocks the Islamic prophet Muhammed and is supposedly “igniting” massive protests, uprisings, rioting, and murder around the Muslim world. I noticed a few...
by Angie Gardner | Sep 13, 2012 | for Spirit, Uncategorized
There has been a bit of a situation going on in my ward for the last few weeks. At first, it didn't really bother me so much. I found it odd, but it was nothing I would lose sleep over. A couple of friends were more upset about it than I was. Apparently, there were...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 12, 2012 | for Good
“Tolerance” has become the supreme value for the politically correct. It trumps everything, including common sense. In order to be acceptable in our culture, we must tolerate—and even embrace, support, and pay for—almost any behavior or...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 11, 2012 | for Good
We hear it all the time. “Never forget 9/11!” But I don't know that I'm climbing aboard that bandwagon. The same has been said about Pearl Harbor and the Holocaust. And plenty of people have tried to keep that memory alive, but I don't think I can ever...
by Tracy Polyak | Sep 10, 2012 | for Spirit
This Sunday morning, while eating breakfast, Grasshopper (7 years old) told me that she was going to ask the Primary President if they could learn a pioneer song. Knowing that the music leader is working at the very edge of her abilities and that the Primary is...
