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These are great ideas, and something for all of us to think about during this Christmas season!  It is so important to stay faithful! 8 Things That Can Pull You Away From the Church By Gary and Joy Lundberg  · November 27, 2016 To sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE All around us we hear of friends and loved ones who are falling away from the Church. It breaks our hearts because we know of the incredible blessings they will be missing. We love them. With all our hearts we want them to enjoy all the blessings of the gospel and be with us throughout all eternity. We may ask, how does it happen? Some who once were faithful are now doubting and leaving the Church. It rarely suddenly happens; it’s usually a gradual process. It’s a process we all must guard against. Here are 8 things that ever so carefully pull people away. 1. They stop reading the Book of Mormon. This is likely not an intentional sudden...

This is a great article from LDS.org, and gives us a lot of peace when facing a loved one leaving the Church. When a Child Leaves  the Church                                          by LDS.org  | Jan. 26, 2016                                 Makes You Think Mormon Life By Robin Zenger Baker The author lives in Massachusetts, USA. Listen   Download   Print   Share We can embrace the principle that our children are blessed with agency, even when they use it to head in directions we don’t agree with. Illustrations by Iker Ayestaran Weeks had passed since my adult daughter had moved to a new city, and each Sunday that she missed church brought me the same concerns. Would she ever return to church? I tried everything I could think of to get her t...