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Making connections between our culture & the gospel in everyday life.Bringing “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”
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We know there are a lot of challenging cultural issues in our day. We also know it can be sometimes difficult to make sense of things from a Christian worldview.
We’re here to work through it together and learn how the family proclamation relates to us all.
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Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me: Enos & the Power of Righteous Fathers
We live in a day where good fathers and righteous men in a family are needed--more now than perhaps any other time in the history of the world. This week we learn about the power and influence of fathers from the prophet Enos. He said he knew his father "was a...
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Dawson
Young adult Dawson shares his feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)
Finding the Family in Christ, Easter and 3 Proclamations
How often have you read all three of the Proclamations from the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles? Have you studied them together, side by side? If you haven't, don't worry. Neither had we. But what we discovered was timely for Easter! To start off...
Finding the Family in Come Follow Me: 2 Nephi 31–33
As we conclude Nephi’s writings, he presents his final proclamations to the world. Among these, he offers guidance on how we can respond to contemporary proclamations: “All ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and believe in Christ.” When we feel insecure...
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Daurie
Young adult Daurie shares her feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Chase
Young adult Chase shares his feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)
Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me: 2 Nephi 26-30
Many years ago as a young college student, I visited a roommate at her family farm. It wasn't a fancy home, but it was rich in love and warmth. As we were getting dinner ready, I noticed a quote posted on the fridge from Elder Marvin J. Ashton that stopped me in my...
Finding the Family in Come Follow Me: 2 Nephi 20-25
The warnings issued by Isaiah, as we read about in this week’s lesson, resonate with those found in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” The proclamation cautions that individuals who breach chastity covenants, mistreat their spouse or children, or neglect...
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Cambrie
Young adult Cambrie shares her feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)
Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me: Walking with the Lord
Not long ago I read about a husband and wife who attended the temple. While they were in the sealing room, the officiator asked them to carefully look up at the crystal chandelier above them. He told them that there is no confusion about doctrine in the temple. The...
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Bryn
Young adult Bryn shares her feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)
Finding the Family in Come Follow Me: 2 Nephi 6–10
We’ve all made promises that, at times, we find difficult to keep. Similarly, we may have been disappointed by others who failed to honor their commitments, leading us to question the reliability of promises, including those made by God. However, God’s promises remain...
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Brooks
Young adult Brooks shares his feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)
Finding the Family in Come, Follow Me: Family Was Everything to Lehi (2 Nephi 3–5)
One of the most surprising things that we might learn this week can be found in the very last words uttered by the prophet Lehi. As he lay dying and giving his final council to his family, Lehi references children and posterity an astounding 29 times in less than two...
Young Adults & The Family Proclamation: Brooklynn
Young adult Brooklynn shares her feelings about "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" and the doctrines within. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Family Proclamation (@thefamilyproclamation)