Be a True Instrument

Each of us have more opportunities in a day where we can unknowingly bless another person’s life, than any of us can even imagine! So how do you start to recognize those opportunities and take advantage of them? Join Carmen as she talks with one of her dear friends, New York Times Bestselling Author Jason Wright as they talk about what it means to be a true instrument in God’s hands.

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The Importance of Evolving As a Parent

When our children make choices that go outside of the story we have told ourselves then it can be easy to try and fix our child, to make them conform to a set of rules we think they should be living their lives by. But when we decide to evolve as a parent we realize that our child doesn’t have to change at all and that the ability to have a great relationship with them is really within us.  Come listen to coach Darrin Thomas as he relates his own experience with one of his daughters that showed him the importance of his parenthood evolution and how that made a huge difference in how he sees his daughter and her struggles.

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Doctrine & Covenants 88: Part 2

Can you explain the importance of baptism or marriage in one sentence? Can you describe the significance of the temple endowment in one sentence? Understanding  the temple endowment can be more complicated. Still, Dr. Anthony Sweat continues shares how the School of the Prophets enabled the Savior to reveal Himself to a company of endowed priests and priestesses and teaches the purpose of the endowment--a purpose you can share in a sentence!

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Women Leaders in Church History

Jenny Reeder is a historian and writer, currently the nineteenth-century women’s history specialist at the Church History Department in the publications division, and was one of the first historians hired to specialize in women’s history. She holds a PhD in American history from George Mason University, specializing in women’s history, religious history, memory, and material culture. She also holds degrees from Brigham Young University, Arizona State University, and New York University. She served a mission in Italy, and has served three times as a ward Relief Society president, including when she was in graduate school and fighting leukemia. Jenny has collaborated on several books about Latter-day Saint women's history and is the author of First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith. Highlights

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