Materials needed: A lock and key for the attention activity (for example, a padlock, diary, jewelry box, or suitcase lock) A cutout copy of a paper key with the word Covenant written on it Lesson Display a key. Ask the children what a key is used for. You might have a child use the key […]
Andi at the Hot Pink Pansy has invited me to participate in her annual guest design project, the Twelve Ways of Christmas! This year she's doing something different, and she has created a 12 Ways of Christmas blog located at this URL: http://12waysofchristmas.blogspot.com/ Several other LDS designers will be participating in the project, which provides […]
Have the student stand up with one of their arms outstretched straight to the side. Tell them that you are going to apply pressure on their hand and try and push it down. Their job is to keep their arm up in the horizontal position. Ask the student to think about something horrible that has […]
I didn't get to tweet as much for general conference this year as I did last -- spent the day Saturday working on the websites, and then discovered late that evening there was a conference in New York I should be at, so I spent this afternoon traveling by bus to the Big Apple. I […]
You put an orange in a bucket of water with the peel on and it will. This is related to us having on the armour of God. When you peel the orange, it sinks in the water. We sink when we don't have on the Armour of God.
Items needed: microwave light bulb microwave-safe bowl water salt Lesson: Place a lightbulb in a glass of water so the metal base is submersed and place in the Microwave. Turn on. The light bulb won't turn on. Remove the glass and place salt in the water. Place in microwave again and turn on. This time […]
How many of us like being told what to do? Yet every time we listen to the adversary, in essence we're following his commands. ACTIVITY Here the rules to the game "Simon Says/Satan Says" to get started. This is just like the normal "Simon Says" game, with a twist for the second round. 1. Prior […]
The website was down for about 10 minutes earlier today while we updated some software. It will also be down Monday for a few minutes while we do some security updates.
I was so relieved when I read the speech that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave about the historic vote allowing a mosque to be built near the site where the World Trade Center used to be located. It's online here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870354560457540767322190847... if you're interested. I love this quote: "We do not honor [the […]
It’s unofficially official: Salt Lake has given the go ahead and the ward is splitting before school starts. Arg. I was praying the whole thing would fall through after I first heard about it, but I felt guilty and all, so I started praying that everything would work out the best for our family instead. […]
