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  Jacob’s Answer to Parental Despair: The Olive Tree and the Antichrist  By  Joseph Grenny  · July 7, 2022 In the past seven years I have loved and lost hundreds of precious sons and daughters. And I have seen inexplicable miracles in the lives of hundreds more. I know what it means to have “joy and great hopes… that they would walk in the paths of righteousness” on one day, and to feel the searing agony of seeing them throw it all away on the next. Through it all I’ve learned that almost all losses are temporary, and that much of my parental misery comes from my misunderstanding of redemptive labor. My extended family lives at an unusual school called The Other Side Academy. Adult men and women come to us after decades of homelessness, scores of arrests and after perpetrating innumerable acts of evil. They live with us for 2-4 years. We labor with them as they struggle through confronting monstrous demons. I’ve watched them find rewarding careers, reunite with aband...

  This very inspirational article is from Meridian Magazine. Following our Heavenly Parents’ Pattern for Parenting By  Richard Eyre  · September 6, 2021 Access the previous 10 articles in the series   HERE . Editor’s Note: After a 6-week hiatus for family and reunions, Richard Eyre last week resumed this twelve-part series on the restored doctrine of The Parental God—a belief which separates our theology from that of any other religion. In this article, part 10 in the 12 part series, we examine what we know about how God parents us and how we can apply the same principles in our own families. Author’s Note:  The central thrust and thesis of this series is that our belief in literal Heavenly Parents changes everything and is the most pivotal and distinctive teaching of the Restoration from which all other key theology stems.  If we are the spiritual children of Heavenly Parents then of course we lived with Them pre-mortally, of course They have a plan for ou...

 These would be good for all of us to be sure we know! 10 things to teach your child before they become a deacon or young woman by Haley Lundberg  | Dec. 08, 2020 At the end of each year, Church youth leaders are asked to hold a  Temple and Priesthood Preparation meeting  for 11-year-old boys and girls and their parents. But with the recent emphasis on home-centered gospel learning, there is a greater need to begin teaching those principles long before the ward preparation meeting. Here are 10 gospel lessons that will benefit incoming young men and young women. 1. The Truth That God Loves You From their earliest days in Primary, children sing songs like " I Am a Child of God " and " I Know That My Savior Loves Me ," but has that principle truly sunk in for your children? This topic is a great place to start for so many reasons. It can help you as a parent determine where your child's gospel knowledge stands. It can help your son or daughter establish a soli...