Personal Progress-- Becoming a Mother Who Knows

I love my 13 year old. She has been setting her own goals and working on them. Reading her book of Mormon again and working on her own personal progress. My sweet daughter and I discussed requirement #2 for Faith, in her personal Progress book-- "With a mother, grandmother, or leader discuss the qualities a woman needs in order to teach her children faith and to base their decisions on gospel truths. How can these principles help you in your life today, and help you prepare to be a faithful woman, wife, and mother?"

Icebergs in My Life?

April 15, 2012, besides being our annual federal tax day (will be the 16th this year because the 15th is a Sunday) is also the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic! On its maiden voyage, just four days out at sea, the Titanic hit an iceberg just 20 minutes before midnight, and just before 2:20 am on the 15th of April the Titanic broke up and sank. As I look at the state of the nation, I consider the icebergs we are dealing with.  A sobering thought!  Then as I look at my own life,  I see the need to remove the icebergs from my life or navigate around them, before I become their next victim!

Teaching the Gospel in the Home

Today, I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting at church. My assigned talk was Teaching the Gospel in the Home. I approached it from the angle of using "family work" to teach the Gospel in the home. I thought I would share the written version here...