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What It Looks Like: I agree with the relative cleanliness (a sense of the family is taking care of what they have). I think that there are pictures of the family (or at least the husband and wife) on the wall and children artwork displayed. Family members have a sense of control not to be explicitl...

I am still looking for more information on what the programs will look like once they end the current ones. My gut instinct is not to get too excited because it sounds like starting Jan 1, 2020 there will be a different youth program encompassing each of the different programs. Am I missing something?

I gave a R.S. lesson combining quotes from Sister Sharon Eubank's talk "Turn on Your Light" from Oct 2017 and Bishop W. Christopher Waddell's talk "Just As He Did" from April 2019. Sister Eubanks' talk was leaning towards missionary work, but I took the topic more in the direction as "principles tha...

...the only way it will happen is if the leader comes over to our house for a family visit, and my husband or myself stays with our daughter and the other one takes the youngest out while the conversation transitions to whatever needs to be discussed. I like that idea. That way the Bishop, SP or ot...

<crosses fingers> I don't want my 9.75 year old in interviews for the next few years. It's already enough that I will have to deal with her going on temple trips at 11. When it gets to me to set up for our family, I will tell them the only way it will happen is if the leader comes over to our house ...

I found that when the anchoring provided by my faith faltered, I found my opinions on different topics and life paths changed as well - because they had been connected to something I no longer was certain about. I became more liberal about a lot of things, but the biggest shift was assuming there is...

A couple thoughts from a resident "Millennial" here. First, a reminder I like to offer when people start categorizing us. The initial article referenced does specify Millennial and Gen Z. Please do not forget, in 2021, there will be 40-year-old Millennials. We aren't exactly "young whipper snappers...

I skipped church to go to the farmer's market. On the way back, I saw that the neighboring Episcopal Church was having an after-worship luncheon with a bouncy castle and a sno-cone truck. I considered stopping by. They provided some very needed support last summer at a time when I needed it, and I ...

I ducked out of formal church this weekend - kiddo was getting over a headache, Hubby was in the middle of a 20 hour school project (he had done his due diligence through the week - it was just a huge project), and I took an online class exam. I also knew it was going to be the young men talking abo...

Reading this, I have several concerns: A) Blurring the lines between professional/church activities.. 1) Blurs the line between professional work and church service - jobs will be lost as they get "outsourced" out to the newly called member-volunteers. 2) Sets up a weird dynamic between people - the...