Category: Youth

  • Guiding Principles and Changing Behavior

    Guiding Principles and Changing Behavior

    In the October 2022 General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new version of the “For the Strength of Youth” guidebook. This was announced by Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf in “Jesus Christ Is the Strength of Youth“. The subtitle of the pamphlet is “A Guide for Making Choices”. The intent…

  • Supporting Special Needs Members

    Supporting Special Needs Members

    I’m basing this post on Elder Kopischke’s talk “Addressing Mental Health“. While he discusses what we as parents can do to help our family members with special needs, I am going to focus on how Ward members can help those in their stewardship. If you’ve been to Gracefull Parenting, you know that we have three…

  • Identity and Purpose

    Identity and Purpose

    Sister Bonnie H. Cordon’s talk at the October 2021 General Conference discussed two important things each of us needs to know about ourselves. The first is our identity and the second is our purpose in life. Everyone at one point or another wants to know their identity and purpose in life. I believe that “who…