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{LDS How-to} Use LDS Employment Services
Mormon Life says: Unemployment can be stressful and scary, but the Church has provided some great resources to find work quickly.
Whether you’ve just graduated from college and are looking for a job, or the economic downturn got the best of you, most of us will have to worry about unemployment at some point in time. Below is a...
{LDS How-to} Start Writing Your Life Story Now
Mormon Life says: Does the daunting thought of writing your life story overwhelm your desire to record it? Take a deep breath. The project is entirely doable if you start with a few simple steps.
Recently my friend Cindy Johnson expressed frustration that she hasn’t recorded her richly-lived life in journals. “Now I’ll have to resort to writing my memoirs!” she lamented. “I don’t even know...
{LDS How-to} Jumpstart Your Family History
Mormon Life says: You’ve finally realized how much you don’t know about your family stories, and you want to learn them. But you’re no genealogist. How can you start capturing your heritage today in a fun and interesting way?
1) Learn at home from: Your own memories. There’s probably more stored in your memory banks than you think. Start a notebook or computer file in which you record any family stories that come to...
{LDS How-to} Write a Family History Worth Reading
Mormon Life says: This is the first of a four-part series on family history, so keep checking back each week for more great advice!
Some people think they can’t write an interesting family history. “My ancestors were boring,” they say. There’s nothing to tell.” Others find too much drama in the past, and find it painful or...
{LDS How-to} Love Life and See Good Days
Mormon Life says: A horribly embarrassing trip to the grocery store in PJs turned into a funny experience and then a life-changing lesson.
Several years ago we spent the Christmas holidays skiing at a cabin. That was a really good idea for the first two days, but by the end of the third day I could no longer walk, so I ended up...
{LDS How-to} Help the Church in 5 Minutes
Mormon Life says: In addition to the many traditional ways of providing service within the church, through callings, service projects, or setting up tables and putting them away, the Church now offers several opportunities to serve that can easily be managed in a short time frame and from the comfort of your home.
You can take five minutes from your day to visit Helping in the Vineyard (vineyard.lds.org) to apply your skills and talents to a greater cause. This official Church website for online service...
{LDS How-to} Create Your Own Book of Wedding Letters
Mormon Life says: Everyone gets (and needs) advice when they get married. Why not organize preserve that advice in a beautiful book for the bride and groom?
The Wedding Letters, a new book by a New York Times Bestseller Jason F. Wright (author of The Wednesday Letters and The Christmas Jars), goes on sale today. And just as The Christmas Jars spurred a...
{LDS How-to} Survive and Thrive at a Non-LDS University
Mormon Life says: Deciding to go to a non-Church school isn't easy, but, to borrow a common phrase, it can definitely be worth it.
“So, are you excited to go up to BYU?” I so wanted to lie to the sweet old woman who had watched me grow up in her ward, but, alas, I knew that if I was making this decision, I had to stand by it or...
{LDS How-to} Host a Cyber FHE
Many of us have come to the truth that as our children grow up they fly the coop. Some may end up around the block, but many relocate to distances over hundreds or even thousands of miles away. While in the past the only means of connection required weeks of waiting for snail-mail letters, today’s...
{LDS How-to} Talk to Your Neighbor About a Mormon Candidate
In case you haven’t heard by now, Jon Huntsman Jr. is running for president. Now that Huntsman has joined fellow Mormon Mitt Romney, you’re probably going to have more than one conversation with a neighbor or co-worker about these prominent Mormon candidates.Here are some tips for talking to your...
{LDS How-to} Help Your Kids Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
We’ve been told to keep the Sabbath day holy, but with a spirited eight-year-old, a flighty Valiant 11, and a misunderstood teen, teaching them to choose the right may appear to be more of a cross to bear than a duty to do with a heart full of song. So what can you do to truly make Sunday a...
{Lifestyle} Chore Charts for Kids
Learn how to make and implement a chore chart for multiple children from the ladies at the popular blog How Does She?.Happy, well adjusted, self sufficient, gracious, competent, and helpful; are these some of the attributes you would like to use when describing your children? How do we turn...
{LDS How-to} Unite Your Relief Society
Do the gaps in your Relief Society span a little bit farther than the space between seats? When Relief Society sisters come together and work with one heart and one mind, miracles happen. Here are some tips for reaching that goal:1. Do your visiting teaching. You might be thinking, “Is that really...
{LDS How-to} Combine Scouting and Duty to God
Mormon Life says: Help a young man earn the two most important awards of his life.
One might not think Scouting and Duty to God go hand in hand. One is doctrine-related, and the other is all about tents, badges, and fire, right? While both programs have a unique take on fostering...
{LDS How-to} Lead Music
Mormon Life says: Don't let conducting music intimidate you. Learn how with these tips.
Conducting music in church can be intimidating or downright confusing. Here is a simple breakdown and tips for leading music.1. Time signatures and Waving Routes: a. The...
