Part of A Happier Ward Series – (ward health) A Clear and Easy Guide In April of 2018, President Nelson announced the end of visiting and home teaching. “We have made the decisions to retire home teaching and visiting teaching as we have known them. Instead, we will implement a newer, holier approach to caring…
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Do Ward Activities Matter?
Part of A Happier Ward Series – (ward health) Joy and Celebration I hope you don’t mind; I borrowed this first bit from a recent ‘Come, Follow Me‘ reading assignment. In the Old Testament, spiritual occasions are often marked with happiness and a cause to celebrate with each other. They had lots of festivals and…
National Blood Supply Shortage
Another Grueling Semester Bites the Dust You may have noticed there have been no new posts lately? That’s because I just finished up a hard class in school called “Interactive Graphic Design.” My actual major is web media and this is one of those required classes I grit my teeth through. ESPECIALLY when they said,…
The Sneaky False God of ‘Family First’
Part of A Happier Ward Series – (warmth of congregation) First, this will push back on some rather darling, personal cultural teachings for a few people. If this is you – please read the quotes by Elder Oaks and Sister Beck more than once and contemplate them. My painting resembles “A Starry Night” by Vincent…
Reverence Has Almost Nothing To Do With Being Quiet
Part of A Happier Ward Series – (warmth of congregation) In Primary, we teach the children that reverence means “be quiet.” We have a generation of adults whose primary interpretation of reverence still is “be quiet.” If this happened to you, don’t feel unusual. It happened to me too. Does anyone know who came up…