One of my favorite Sundays is when the primary children present their program during sacrament meeting.
I melted into tears as I heard the dear, sweet children of my ward sing “How Firm a Foundation.”
What are some of your favorite moments of your ward’s primary program?
Now that the nation’s unemployment rate is at 10.2%, M* is doing its part to spur economic recovery by adding another blogger to our team.
Joyce Brinton Anderson previously guest posted at M*, sharing the story of her missionary Christmas in Bulgaria.
I’m betting that Ben Pratt knows Joyce (he seems to have some connection with all of our newer M* bloggers), but I’m sure he doesn’t know that Joyce’s uncle was my scoutmaster. Take that, Ben!
Welcome, Joyce!
From the first moment I held my son in my arms, I secretly feared that I would somehow fail him as a parent, or that somehow he might fail me. In a split second, the perfect moment turned into my worst nightmare– What if my son was ‘different’?
I harbored and internalized my fear, not sharing it with my wife or parents. Given that my father-in-law is ‘different’ (for the last 60 years); I did not dare divulge my trepidations with him, lest I might offend.
Suddenly, my worst fears were realized– I discovered my son was ‘different’, too.
Photo Credit: Pete Souza / The White House
A recent ABC News-Washington Post Poll shows only 45 percent of respondents approve of President Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan.
Forty-five percent now approve of the president’s handling of the situation, down by 10 points in a month, 15 points since August and 18 points from its peak last spring. His approval rating on Afghanistan has fallen farther than on any other issue in ABC News/Washington Post polls this year.
Click here for PDF with charts and questionnaire.
[Source: ABC News]
What do you think President Obama should do in Afghanistan?
My home teacher came over yesterday, bringing an object lesson for my children on obedience.
The lesson involved several popsicle sticks with different commandments written on each stick. My home teacher handed my son and daughter individual popsicle sticks and asked them if they could break the sticks. Naturally, my son and daughter easily broke the popsicle sticks. Our home teacher explained that it was easy for Satan to get us to break individual commandments, but that it would be difficult for him to get us to break several commandments at one time.
Our home teacher handed my son several popsicle sticks and asked him to try and break them all at once. He could not.
Next, he challenged me to break all of the popsicle sticks at one time. After a little time and effort—crack! I broke all of the commandments, er, popsicle sticks at one time.
I’m afraid this was not the most effective object lesson for my kids, especially when they see how easy it is for their dad to break several commandments at one time.
What are some of your favorite home teaching object lessons for kids? Do you prepare a lesson specifically for the children of the families you home teach? Or, as a parent, do you like it when your home teacher brings a lesson for your children?