To help each grandchild feel special, President Oaks has a tradition of honoring a “Grandchild of the Month.”
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“We can get together as surfers to not only share our love for the water but to also share our beliefs and strengthen each other.”
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We’ve gathered some inspiration for posters you can make to bring to the airport or hang up at home.
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“I’ve felt a lingering heaviness about the state of the world, but this repeated message was a clear call to action.”
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“He truly loves people, and I hope the Church membership and people in general get to see that side of him,” shared his daughter.
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“On your birthday, I want to thank you for making me happy.”
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“To serve in the temple is a sweet experience,” Therese Steadman said. “To serve with family is like icing on the cake.”
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The ideas come from a recent article in Church magazines.
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Shannon Foster knows what it’s like to struggle with scripture study—and she’s found a solution.
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“It’s going to be OK,” he reassured. “Be still and know that God is God and all flesh is in His hands.”
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Try this simple practice to stay centered on what you want your life to be.
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“This may be the most memorable thing we did when my sister returned home from serving her mission.”
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“To be here, and to be enveloped in the light and the love and the faith of these people, is just the most beautiful blessing,” said Elder Kearon.
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The words come from the war chapters in the Book of Mormon.
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The belt is constantly moving between missionaries in the Ashby family.
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Give this a quick read before your next family vacation or reunion (or even before your next Sunday dinner!).
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When Geri and Grant arrived in Europe, they had a goal to find their family. Two miracles helped them find their way.
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“I remember when she walked in the door,” Travis says. “She was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen in my life.”
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“With a little more advance thought, this can become a weekend retreat different from any other.”
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The Apostle also answered the question, “What is the greatest thing you can do for your children?”
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If you're struggling to feel peace about your family situation, studying these five talks will help.
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Now he's called “The Dancing Dad.”
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Share this powerful prompt during your dinner to foster happy feelings.
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Answering this simple question may just be the key to true satisfaction and eternal joy.
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A Latter-day Saint father recently pulled off something amazing for his family.
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In a world where trust in authority figures is often broken, how do we teach our children to trust God’s living prophet? Here is one idea.
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There is more to understand about the famous quote, “No other success can compensate for failure in the home.”
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Here is one activity that has worked for our family that doesn’t require lots of planning or time to execute.
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Ore Kaffo lived with her foster parents until a fateful day when she was almost 7 years old.
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One young woman wrote, “When I reflect back on the years I spent living at home and how we spent our Sundays, I can distinctly remember power hour.”
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This principle from 3 Nephi (and some help from my stopwatch) reveals an empowering truth.
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Try these powerful ideas to nurture more feelings of love and unity within your family.
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“If you follow those three things, you can be safe. You can raise your family.”
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Can we do something to help our family want to linger just a little longer at the dinner table?
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In June 2024, the Montoya family reunited with the families who introduced them to the gospel 50 years ago.
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On those days or nights when I am really sick, I especially feel Robin pushing me on, as she always has.
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The family couldn’t believe it. With 414 missions worldwide, all three young men are learning Spanish to serve in the same country.
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The blessings given to deceased, direct-line family members are available to most users online, even without submitting a request. Here’s where you can find them.
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Weave strong relationships with children who question or leave the Church with these practical steps
Drawing on her experience as a psychologist, professional mediator, and Latter-day Saint mother, Emily’s advice is invaluable to any parent.
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Alma chapter 8 is a well of wisdom for ministering to loved ones struggling with their faith. Jared Halverson highlights 7 principles from the chapter.
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With over 300 temples built or announced worldwide, the Alcantar family’s goal to visit every temple keeps growing.
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“I felt a missing part of me kind of fill in a little,” said Elder Micah Beckstead of reuniting with his biological sister.
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This activity includes all ages, requires minimal prep, and creates lasting family memories.
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Here are a few ways to help your little ones get more actively involved in your next family get-together.
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Author Taylor Ricks Mele hesitated at first, but she felt compelled to write about her experience moving forward from a divorce.
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A bunch of these old commercials were recently added to the Mormon Messages channel on YouTube. So fun!
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The traditional family—father, mother, and children—is in rapid decline, though “children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows,” a Church leader warned at the World Congress of Families held in Madrid on May 25–27 (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Liahona and Ensign, Nov. 2010, 129). Elder Erich W. Kopischke of the Seventy addressed the audience at the opening plenary session of the congress. He was introduced by Sister Mary Ellen Smoot, former Relief Society general president.
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Manual 1; Excerpt from "Priesthood Authority in the Family and the Home," Dallin H. Oaks
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Manual 1; Excerpt from "Strengthen Home and Family," by Mary N. Cook
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A couple of recent articles have Mormons thinking about best practices in teaching our children church history and doctrine, and in particular whether we should deliberately acquaint them with the most challenging issues in Mormon experience—issues like historical polygamy, for instance, that are largely absent from official church discourse. Like other observers, I would welcome a more open approach from the Church itself, and that may be coming. But in my experience there's a lot more to a successful inoculation than the institutional pedagogy children encounter at church. Everyday family life fosters or hinders a child's spiritual growth than any Sunday manual ever could.
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For some deaf recipients of cochlear implants, it can take up to 10 years to learn to distinguish sounds and to speak. But for Emily Thomas, from Oklahoma, it was a miraculously short period of less than two years — years that coincided with her finding the gospel and deciding that God’s gift of words to her was a sacred trust. In this audio interview with Thomas, a professional counselor who has been deaf since birth, you’ll learn three things deaf church members wish hearing members understood about them, hear a remarkable story of the gospel of Jesus Christ bringing a family together after a decade and generally bask in the glow of someone full of the light of the Lord.
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