Have you been asked to write an LDS Funeral Talk? It’s a daunting proposition. Fortunately, there are some guidelines you can use. When crafting your speech, you might also consider incorporating meaningful elements like memorial lockets to honor the memory…
Stolen Image!
Omigosh. I just about died this afternoon when I visited what may be the oldest Young Women website on the internet and found MY IMAGE being used on t-shirts this individual has been selling for years. This person was one…
Must the presidency sit at the front during meetings?
I’ve been in three Relief Society presidencies, and each group has had someone ask if they have to sit at at the front of the classroom during meetings. In the past I’ve said it’s up to you, but today I…
Teaching the Seminary manual with exactness or GTLH 3?
I’ve been subbing in seminary for less than 24 hours, and I’ve already got some feedback for Salt Lake. I love teaching Seminary, but I do wish it were under different circumstances. One of the Seminary teachers in our unit…
Why I’m switching from Drupal to WordPress
Despite years of fighting with Drupal to try to speed it up, I’ve just never been able to get things going fast enough. We tried everything — even paid for a second file server for downloads — to try to…
D&C 60-64
Well, that went well. I felt the spirit more strongly during this Relief Society gospel study lesson than in our previous lessons. I started out by debunking that Mormon myth about the devil having control of the waters in D&C…
D&C 57-59
I had a fun time with this lesson. I felt like I had a clear focus, which gave me a chance to really push my lesson home. I do wish I had more time to polish it, but I spent…
D&C 49-56
I followed up on our challenge to introduce ourselves to new move-ins and seek to welcome them to our ward at the beginning of class. No stories to share, but I’ll follow up again later. Last week we did not…
D&C 41-44
This lesson didn’t turn out how I expected, but it was a nice lesson. This is one of those rare cases where I probably got more out of the lesson than anyone, but I think we all learned something. To…