June 2011 Visiting Teaching Message: Strengthening Families Through Temporal...
June sees the end of spring in the northern hemisphere and the end of autumn in the southern hemisphere, so it is no surprise to see this month’s message with a focus on temporal self-reliance, perhaps...
View ArticleJune 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Visiting Teaching—a Sacred Assignment
There is conflict in this month’s message. It is subtle, but I think it important to address. The message starts with a quote from former Relief Society General President Julie Beck in regard to the...
View ArticleGuest Post: What You Missed At Enrichment — Emergency Preparedness Edition
by Libby (On a three-child-induced career sabbatical, Libby spends her time sewing lavish Halloween costumes, reading, and volunteering on the board of her daughter’s cooperative preschool. She lives...
View ArticleMeaningful Work
When I started as a perma here a few months ago I told a friend about it, and his first response was, “I bet that pays you well.” This is someone I like and respect a lot, and at the time I took it as...
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August 2013 Visiting Teaching Message: Welfare
“Is that puppy going to be okay?” I asked. A dog, undoubtedly not a puppy, had just been carried out of the examination room at the veterinary surgery. He was curled up on a blanket being carried on...
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September 2013 Visiting Teaching Message: Self-Reliance
As a rule, I do not feel like I fit well in Relief Society. I’ve mentioned this feeling previously on the blog. But this past year, have been making a good-faith effort this past year in trying to...
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November Young Women Lesson Plan: Spiritual and Temporal Self-Reliance
Subtitle: What does it mean to be self-reliant? I really enjoyed thinking about this lesson because it is so empowering to women, especially to young woman. The September 2013 Visiting Teaching message...
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Comfort Box: The 72 Hour Kit that will save you from becoming a zombie.
Am I prepared? Anytime I am watching a zombie apocalypse roll forth on television I question if my emergency preparedness supplies are sufficient. Would I survive or become a zombie? The ward...
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The “Measure of our Creation”
Today is the end of my seventh week in a 24-week programming bootcamp. Three months ago, I was only non-chalantly applying for it, after having applied to another and had not gotten in. It wasn’t...
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Money and Power Within the Walls of the Church
Very early in the Book of Mormon, the Great and Abominable Church is described in 1 Nephi 13; it is described in many ways, but specific to fiscal wealth as a church that positions money, the power of...
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Relief Society Lesson 21: Principles of Temporal and Spiritual Welfare
Traducción española/Click for Spanish Translation Money is a stressful topic for any individual, couple, group or organization to discuss. Keep in mind that there may be members in your congregation...
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