by | Sep 7, 2010 | Blog, Encouragement, Teen Life, Teenagers in the Scriptures, Youth
Next in our series of articles on teens who changed the world, we’re talking about David and Goliath. Saul was the king of God’s people and he had a huge problem—literally. His giant problem was a huge Philistine named Goliath. Everyone was terrified of him. Goliath,...
by | Sep 1, 2010 | Blog, Encouragement, Jesus Christ, Mormon, Mormonism, Obedience, Repentance, Teen Life, Understanding Your Mormon Friend, Youth
Kenda Creasy Dean, author of a book on teens and religion, is not a Mormon, but she found, while interviewing hundreds of teens, that Mormon teens had something other teens did not. One thing she found is that Mormonism gives its teenagers hope for the future. Mormon...
by | Aug 3, 2010 | Blog, Encouragement, Scripture Stories
If God came to you and gave you an assignment that would change the world forever, would you accept the challenge? What if it required you to suffer the deaths of everyone you loved and to have thousands of people trying to kill you? What if you were only a teenager...
by | Jul 31, 2010 | Encouragement, Teen Life
A few years ago, I asked some teenage girls I was teaching who got to decide who was beautiful and what was in style. They realized they didn’t know, so we talked about the media and some of the self-centered reasons fashion trends were created and why some...
by | May 6, 2010 | Blog, Encouragement, Jesus Christ, Mormon, Mormon Women
Stephanie Nielson did something very few people ever do. She survived a plane crash. She and her husband both lived, but she was in a coma for a long time. Today her face shows the many scars of the terrible accident and she suffers a great deal of pain. She sometimes...
by brady | May 2, 2007 | Agency, Blog, Encouragement, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Obedience, Repentance, Service
Growing up is hard. Being a teenager is often awkward, but in youth and young adulthood we make crucial decisions that determine what adults we will become. Deciding whether to stay morally clean, who and when to date, whether to have a Temple marriage, what college...
