Family & Home Making the Sabbath Day Meaningful: Simple Ideas For years my Sundays felt like Saturdays with a church meeting in the middle — same rush, same noise, same low-grade exhaustion, just with nicer clothes. What changed wasn’t a stricter list of rules. It was a handful of small decisions, mostly made on Saturday, … Read more
Family & Home Family Home Evening Ideas for Young Children Family home evening with kids under ten is not a fireside. It’s thirty minutes of controlled chaos with a song, a five-minute lesson, an activity, and a treat — and if you keep it simple and repeatable, it quietly becomes one of the best things … Read more
Faith & Testimony Why and How to Keep a Personal Journal I started and abandoned journals for twenty years before one finally stuck — and the difference had nothing to do with writing talent. Here’s why a plain record of an ordinary life turns out to matter so much, and the simple system that kept … Read more
Faith & Testimony Teaching Children to Pray: A Parent’s Guide The first time I heard my three-year-old pray for me by name — “bless Dad that he won’t be grumpy about the spilled milk” — I realized she was learning to pray long before I started teaching her. This is what has actually worked in … Read more
Faith & Testimony How to Study General Conference Talks After Conference Every conference weekend I come away glowing, and by the following Thursday I can barely remember three talks. It took me years to learn that conference isn’t meant to be a two-day event — it’s a six-month curriculum. Here’s the simple system that finally … Read more
Faith & Testimony How to Prepare for General Conference For years, general conference was two pleasant weekends a year that I mostly experienced as background noise from the couch. Everything changed when I started treating the week before as part of conference itself. Here’s the preparation rhythm — spiritual, practical, and family — that turned … Read more
Scripture Study Scripture Journaling: Simple Methods That Work I used to read my scriptures, close the book, and forget most of it by lunch. Keeping a journal alongside my study changed that. Here are the methods I’ve actually tried — including the two that failed — and the simple ones that stuck. Updated August 2026 … Read more
Scripture Study A Beginner’s Book of Mormon Reading Plan The Book of Mormon has 239 chapters and 531 pages, and that can feel like a mountain when you’re holding it for the first time. Here’s the pacing math, the schedule I’d hand to anyone starting out, and the small habits that finally carried me from … Read more
Scripture Study Come, Follow Me Study Tips for Busy Parents Between soccer practice, permission slips, and a toddler who thinks bedtime is a negotiation, family scripture study can feel like one more thing you’re failing at. It doesn’t have to. Here’s what has actually worked in our noisy, ordinary house. Updated August 2026 · 13 … Read more
Scripture Study How to Build a Daily Scripture Study Habit That Actually Sticks I failed at daily scripture study for about fifteen years before it finally stuck. What changed wasn’t my desire — it was five small, unglamorous decisions about time, place, size, and forgiveness. Here’s exactly what worked for me and why. Updated August … Read more