Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It’s a busy time of year and a great time to focus on gratitude. To help you with that, here’s a free lesson sample from my latest project, a set of over 50 family home evening lessons and ideas. They are printed on cards about the size of a […]
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Favorite Videos for FHE
Watching a good video can be a great way to start or enhance a family home evening. Here are links to three of my favorite videos on the temple, a kid-friendly introduction to pornography, and what Elder Uchtdorf always keeps in his pockets. Enjoy! “Focus on the Temple” used in FHEasy’s “Agency and Accountability” lesson, […]
Free Seminary FHE Ideas
Ever thought of doing a family home evening on seminary? Here’s a link to a free supplemental FHEasy lesson on seminary, meaning that this lesson is done in the format of the FHEasy lessons but wasn’t included in the book. Check it out! Highlights are below. Seminary is a great place for teens to develop […]
Favorite Quotes to Use for FHE Starters
Sometimes all you need is a good quote to get family home evening going. Here are three of my favorites on kindness, gratitude, and the temple that can be good discussion starters. At the end is one of my favorite quotes about family home evening. Enjoy! President Monson on Kindness used in FHEasy’s lesson on […]
Quick Video for FHE Tonight!
Wow! Wasn’t general conference amazing? In the last talk of conference, Elder Cook said: If there is one preeminent objective of general conference, it is to build faith in God the Father and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. The talks that I heard definitely helped me feel closer to Heavenly Father, the Savior, and […]
The ROI of FHE
This month I’ve been sharing the basics of a process of thinking and communicating called Nonviolent Communication (NVC) also known as Compassionate Communication. Today I want to talk about how family home evening and family scripture study are strategies that are intended to meet a variety of human needs. In NVC, people think in terms […]
5 Steps to Positive Conflict Resolution
Happy St. Patrick’s Day this week! I hope you and your family enjoy it. Last week, I shared the basics of the Nonviolent Communication process. Today, I’ll share the five-step process as I use it. 1 – Self-Connect First When in a conflict, self-connection has to come first in NVC. Until you give yourself empathy, […]
7 Quotes by Martin Luther King
In honor of Martin Luther King Day next Monday, I’ve collected seven quotes for you to share during family home evening, or, if you prefer, you can read one quote per day as you follow along with the scriptures for Martin Luther King Day in FHEasy. I’m giving them out a week early to remind […]
How do you put God first?
You may be familiar with the following quotes by President Ezra Taft Benson, which are totally inspiring, yet lack a crucial bit of information: HOW??? When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our […]
My Christmas Gift to You
I am a singer by nature. I sing daily, sometimes so much that my family asks me to hush. Music is simply my heart’s language. So, as I thought of what to post this week, I decided I wanted to share a Christmas song that is particularly meaningful to me. It’s called “Shine for Me […]