By: John Bytheway From the book What I Wish I’d Known in High School: Second Semester As a junior in high school, I found myself one afternoon at the bowling alley with some friends. I rented a pair of lovely, high-fashion bowling shoes, chose a bowling ball, and waited for my turn. As I stood […]
LDS Church News A few months ago we learned we were moving to a very small branch in eastern Alabama. Having grown up in a small branch, I knew the blessings and challenges that our family would be facing. There are five things we can do when our youth are few in number: Support and […]
From LDSWHY.com One of the most difficult aspects of mortality is that we experience trials. We know that the purpose of these trials is to help us become more like God. More refined. More pure. If God is patient, then I need to learn patience; and the primary way to learn patience is to not […]
By: Shane R. Barker From the book: Youth Leading Youth They looked like ordinary numbers. But anyone who knew James Allen knew they were more than that. He had them printed on the top of his school books, and he wrote them in the margins of his papers. He had them marked across his mirror […]
By: John Bytheway From the book: What I Wish I’d Known in High School: A Crash Course in Teenage Survival One of the fun things about working with teenagers is interpreting their body language. If you’re giving a talk that bores them, teenagers don’t have any problem letting you know. They’ll yawn, fall asleep, rest […]
From the blog: ldswhy.com “Should I be kind to my little sister, or should I kick a kitten?” That’s an easy choice (be kind—in case you weren’t sure). Sometimes it is very easy to tell what the right decision is. But sometimes people say it is harder to tell the difference between what is right […]
Is There Life Before Sixteen? On Your Mark, Get Ready, Get Set, Date PART 3
By: Michael Allred From the book: Serving With Strength Throughout the World Let’s do some reasoning. If Satan has been hanging around the earth for more than six thousand years, and we’ve been hanging around for fewer than twenty, who do you think knows the most about temptation? I think you can probably figure that […]