About eighteen years ago my Relief Society president, Sue Smith, came to me with a proposal. She expressed concern that the younger mothers didn’t have the advantage, as we did, of mother education lessons that were once part of the Relief Society curriculum. She asked if I would write a mother education lesson each month that would be printed on the back of the visiting teaching message to be left in the homes of the sisters. She gave me a list of topics, and I enthusiastically agreed to write the lessons if I could remain anonymous. I felt the teachings would be more effective if no one knew who authored them. The plan worked, and the ward sisters were receptive. But as the lessons emerged, I realized that most of the lessons were not specifically for mothers, because all women inspire children, and the lessons were basically the gospel in action—which, of course, applies to everyone. (With the church-wide restructuring of visiting teaching, m...
Chapter 1: The Ministering Dilemma Chapter 2: Can Everyone Find Happiness ? Chapter 3: It's Fine to Have Problems Chapter 4: Parallel Marriage and Grandeur Peak Chapter 5: Surviving Hard Times Chapter 6: Bad and Good Marriage Advice Chapter 7: What's in a Name? Chapter 9: The Code Word is Lift Chapter 10: Why July? Chapter 11: Who Can Help You Reach your Potential? Chapter 12: Praying with Please and Thank You Chapter 13: My Way or God's Way Chapter 14: Continuing or Beginning a Strong Family Legacy Chapter 15: Miserable or Joyful ? Chapter 16: Getting from Regret to Reconciliation Chapter 17: On Living in Someone Else's Home Chapter 18: RebuildingRelationships Chapter 19: On the Street Where You Live Chapter 20: I Was There and I Was Famous Chapter 21: Dining with Jesus Chapter 22: Feeling Another's Pain Chapter 23: Experiencing Experience s Chapter 24: Feeling Unappreciated and Alone? Chapter 25: In Good and Bad Times Chapter 26: See the Good i...
Like many of you, I have been thinking about ministering . My Relief Society president assigned me a companion and a few sisters to watch over. I am to minister to them according to their needs as guided by the spirit—however, whenever, and wherever. As I tried to put this new assignment into practical application, I thought about the geography that is involved. (If you are thinking, “geography? really?,” stay with me.) All ward leaders from Primary president to bishop are limited in their service by ward boundaries. Stake leaders are the same. The stake president has no jurisdiction outside the borders of his stake. Missionaries receive a call to serve in a specific mission and, as assigned by the mission president, have authority to preach and teach in whatever area within the mission he directs. General church leaders have assigned limits. Members of the quorums of the Seventy receive changing local...
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