by | Aug 5, 2010 | Famous Mormon Teens, Friends, Scripture Stories
In my last post, I introduced Moroni, a teenager who had been a soldier and then a prophet before he even finished his teen years. As a teenager, he experienced the deaths of all his family and friends, remaining alive to do an important assignment for God. He was...
by | Jun 22, 2010 | Blog, Friends, Teen Life
When I was growing up, people were always telling me to avoid negative peer pressure. They made it sound so easy. “If someone asks you to do something you shouldn’t, just say no and walk away.” Sometimes inspirational stories told in church classes made it sound...
by | Jun 1, 2010 | Friends, Humility, Jesus Christ, Service, Teen Life
In our last post, we talked about a study showing that teens today are less empathetic than they were in the past. Empathy means to be able to see things from another person’s point of view and to be able to understand their trials and challenges. Being empathetic is...
by | May 31, 2010 | Blog, Friends, Jesus Christ, Service, Teen Life
A study in the news these days says that teens today are less empathetic. Empathy means to be able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and imagine what things must be like for them. Being able to do this helps us to be kinder and more Christ-like. It also makes us...
by | May 28, 2007 | Blog, Friends, news, Service
Heber J. Grant stated, “I believe there is nothing in all the world that can compare with the joy that a man feels when he realizes that he has been the instrument in the hands of the living God of reaching some honest heart, inspiring in it a love of God and the...
by brady | Jan 8, 2007 | Blog, Friends, Mormonism
The Pew Internet Report has recently released that a lot of teenagers do use social-networking sites like mySpace, but that a lot of them are pretty sensible about it. They don’t put personal information widely public, which most people agree is a bad idea. In fact,...
