Five Improv Tips To Help You Talk to Your Teen

Just when you think you may have your child figured out, they become a teenager and the way they want to communicate with you changes. Joey Mascio, shares 5 simple tips from the Improv world that will help you connect with your teen even when your teen seems unwilling to communicate with you. Joey and his colleagues at Firmly Founded do two different webinars on a regular basis. One for teens called Teens Ask a Coach and one for parents called Ask a Teen Expert.

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Doctrine and Covenants 14-17: Part II

We continue  Part II  with Dr. Griffiths and our discussion of the witnesses of the plates including: Lucy Mack, Mary Whitmer, and dozens of women who have been essential to Church History. We discuss the Nephite Interpreters, the breastplate, the plates, and how Joseph and the Lord love to share visions and experiences. The Restoration is not a one-man show.

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Doctrine and Covenants 14-17: Part I

We meet the Whitmers and follow the early Restoration Heroes as they travel and work between the Trifecta of Translation: Harmony, PA, Colesville, NY, and Palmyra, NY. Dr. Casey Griffiths explains the Whitmer family's closeness, shares a story of miraculous farming, and relates the early Saints' character.

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Discipleship vs Partisanship

Ben McAdams has had an unusual life in public service. Running as a moderate Democrat in a very conservative Republican state, he managed to be elected as a State Senator, then as Salt Lake County Mayor, and then as a Utah Congressman. Concern for the disadvantaged among us has been a driving force in his public life. Tasked as Mayor with helping to solve problems with Salt Lake City’s homeless population, he decided to spend a few days and nights living incognito with on them on the streets of the city.

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Doctrine & Covenants 12-13 / JSH 1:66-75: Part II

 Have you ever wondered how and when the Aaronic Priesthood was restored? We continue with Dr. Scott Esplin and discuss the process of the ongoing Restoration (Melchizedek Priesthood included) and learn how the sons of Levi apply to us today. These were days “never to be forgotten” and we learn how today we also have a bright and glorious future. Join us to enjoy learning more about Joseph Smith and our part in the Gathering of Israel. 

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