LDS WHY

When we wrote the books WHY? and HOW? part of what we wanted to do was find ways for people to do hands-on activities that would help them understand the principles we were writing about. We called these  “DO try this at home activities.” We’ve taken eight of these activities and put them together in little (free) e-book. Our hope is that you will be able to do some of these “DO try this at home” activities during Family Home Evening or some other setting. We believe that hands-on learning and experimentation is one of the best ways to learn, and we hope this little e-book will help you do that!

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How is HERE!

Since the days of the Savior, the saints have wanted to be prepared for his second coming (see Matthew 24:3).  Most faithful saints look forward to the day of the second coming with anticipation and excitement, but also with a little bit of fear and trepidation—wondering if we are ready or not for his coming.  This week we received a question asking us what we can do to prepare for the second coming.  While there are many things we can do, the scriptures give us a simple answer to know if we are ready or not:

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We’re please to announce that HOW? the sequel to WHY? will be coming out in the end of September. We’ve been working on it for the past 18 months and are really excited to see it. You’ll notice some changes to our website reflecting this new release, including several excerpts from the book.

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First of all, thank you to all of you who commented/Facebooked, etc. on this entry. I couldn’t believe how many comments there were. Originally I had planned to give away two CDs; thanks to Deseret Book we’ll be giving away five. Those five were randomly selected from the comments on the blog and Facebook page.

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When people are asked, “Why can’t you…” one frequent answer is, “Because the prophet said not to.” This leads to the question, “Why should I Follow the Prophet?”

This is a very important question. And there are several good answers. We’ve posted some here. And we especially like analogy that Elder Neil L. Andersen uses:

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We received this question via email this past week. It’s an important one.

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Merry Christmas!  We wish you the best this holiday season when we commemorate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As great and memorable as his birth was, it would not carry with it the meaning and power had Jesus not completed the infinite atonement and fulfilled his role as the Savior of mankind.  Perhaps the greatest thing we can do this Christmas season is to recognize our need for a redeemer, and access the atonement.  No matter how good we are, we all need the power of the Atonement in our lives. There are several ways that we can feel this power; we will focus on three in our Christmas message: 1. The CLEANSING power of the atonement. 2. The UNDERSTANDING power of the atonement 3. The STRENGTHENING power of the atonement.

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Susan, get in here and clean your room right now!”

“Aw Mom, do I have to? It’s my room anyways!”

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Our friend Devin Toma recently gave some tips for how to get more from dances. We thought they were funny. These are not intended to be gospel doctrine, but just something fun to think about. The two tips are:

1. No yakking

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