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Making the Most of the Sacrament

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Sometimes you have an epiphany about something you should have grasped long ago. This past Sunday was one of those days for me. After a long week, I was drained and ready for some spiritual recharging. As I sat in Sacrament meeting and thought about the week, I found a deeper understanding of the sacrament than I have in a long while. The sacrament is all about starting over. I have a whole new week to begin on. I have a clean slate. And all those things that weighed me down over the week were lightened as I began to … Continue reading →

Making the Choice to Believe

There may come a time in your life when you are faced with the choice of whether or not you will continue to have faith. In fact daily you make choices that either build upon your faith or tear it down. These choices can sometimes lead to the big moments that can affect you for the rest of your life. If you think back on your life you may have a moment or two that stand out as the times that you chose to continue to have faith or you chose to begin to have faith. These moments may not … Continue reading →

Sacrament Meeting Sign Language

My husband and I have a good relationship, but we’re not one of those couples who can read each other’s minds. I’ve heard of couples who can just glance at each other and know what the other wants them to do, and that would be nice, wouldn’t it? But in my marriage, it’s just not a reality. Right now, we’re working on one aspect of our communication, which is sacrament meeting sign language. We’re like most families—he sits on one end of the row to keep children from escaping out that end, I sit on the other end for the … Continue reading →

Making the Most of Your Saturdays

My husband often complains that he does not really get a weekend. It can be frustrating to find time to do things with family over the weekend, especially if you are attending church and keeping the Sabbath day holy. We both love that Sunday is a day that we set aside to honor the Lord, but it does make Saturday a little bit more hectic than it could be if we had two days to accomplish everything we want to on Saturday. Here are five tips to help make the most of your Saturdays. 1) If possible you can try … Continue reading →

Punctuality, Sacrament, and Small Kids

One of the first acting principles I learned when I joined the church was not a gospel principle; it was the concept of Mormon Standard Time. As a punctual person, the constant lateness grated on my nerves. It took me well over a year to adapt to the more laid back approach. I suppose the Lord must have decided I needed to learn patience! Now that I have three children, getting out the door for anything – especially church – seems to take major effort. And given the fact that most of the Sacrament meetings I have attended start five … Continue reading →

Top 10 Things You Don’t Want to Hear From Your Kids During Sacrament

The chapel is quiet. Every head is reverently bowed as men and women around you ponder the Savior’s atonement. Even the children seem to grasp the solemn nature of the divine gift from above. Then, suddenly, to your horror, your child makes an announcement that echoes through the silent room. Kids have a tendency to be oblivious to things that make their parents blush. They also seem to enjoy making the pronouncements in as a loud a voice as possible, particularly when everyone else can hear them. If you’re lucky, your kids won’t think to make one of these pronouncements: … Continue reading →

Picture Perfect

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The other day in church, a woman came up to me and told me that she loved sitting behind my little family. “Really?”, I thought. What I wanted to say was, “It doesn’t distract you to have my kids crying, thrashing around, wrestling with each other, making their toys talk to each other as loud as possible, and having to get up with them 5 times in the middle of the meeting?” She was trying to give me a compliment, so I took it. She said that we looked like such a “normal mormon family” and that my husband and … Continue reading →

Getting Ready for Church

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I’m not talking about the spiritual preparation that I’d like to be here…I’m talking about getting physically ready and making it to church on time (or at least somewhat close to on time). Before our baby came along, my husband and I were on time most of the time. Sadly, I can’t say that we were always on time as we both love to catch just a few more minutes of church. And with a 9:00 am Sacrament meeting, that can spell trouble. But we did pretty well. Now we have a baby, and I’m amazed at how much more … Continue reading →

Parenting at Church

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I want to know how some of these parents do it. Not only do they get their multiple children ready for church and appear on time (almost as by magic), they have an amazing way of teaching and disciplining their kids during church. Of course, I’m talking mostly about Sacrament meeting, as Primary is generally easier for kids and they’re not confined to a semi-hard bench for 70 minutes. My small experience with this includes helping Mom with my younger siblings when I was a teenager, watching a dear family in our ward while the parents sang in the ward … Continue reading →

A Lesson in Repentance

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Today I was sitting at home doing some Saturday chores when there came a knock on my door. I wasn’t expecting anyone, so I went to the door not knowing what to expect. I opened the door, and a man and boy from my ward stood on my doorstep. I greeted them and asked how I could help, and the answer startled me. They were there to tell me that the boy and his cousin had damaged our rock wall a few days earlier. My husband had come home from work that day to find pieces of the rock wall … Continue reading →