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An Open Heart
5yourLDSneighborhood News for Monday, 30 January, 2012
When Families Aren’t Forever, Part 3
Questions Arising from Divorce
by Russ Beck
Editor’s note: This is the last of a three-part series on divorce.
Over the years, I have counseled with many people going through the pains and trials of divorce and who were struggling with gospel-related questions. In the LDS culture there is significant emphasis–rightly placed–on families being eternal. We learn of children being sealed to the parents, the couple being sealed to each other and of the need to be married to enjoy the highest degree of happiness in the hereafter. What, then, does all this mean to someone who now is in the midst of a dissolving marriage?
Your comments can help other readers going through a difficult time.
Live Life Fully
21 year ago
by Russ Beck
in grandparents
yourLDSneighborhood News for Monday, December 26, 2011
Advice for Long-distance Grandparents: Handling the After-Christmas Let Down
by Russ Beck
Because of the holidays, we often have increased contact with loved ones. As with all good things though, this too shall pass. Soon we find ourselves back into our normal everyday lives. It can be all too easy to fall into the pit of feeling sad for ourselves and our lot in life of being long-distance grandparents.
How do you combat the post-holiday blues? Help our readers out with your comments. (more…)
Parenting with the Spirit
0yourLDSneighborhood News for Monday, 28 November, 2011
Effective Parenting, Part 2
by Russ Beck
Most of us tend to parent in the same basic fashion as our mother and father. It feels natural and right to us. We are emotionally invested in our parents and love them, which means trying to look with objective eyes at how we were raised is not easy. We tend to feel as if we are betraying loved ones when we even consider a different parenting style. Yet it is essential for us to predetermine what kind of parents we want to be—otherwise, we just end up “doing what comes naturally.” The results may not be what we truly desire for our children.
What parenting techniques have worked for you? Leave a comment.
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Listen With Your Heart
21 year ago
yourLDSneighborhood News for Monday, 31 October, 2011
Effective Parenting, Part 1
By Russ Beck
Are you having difficulties with your teenager? Is communication a problem at home right now?
Russ Beck dissects a situation presented to him, and gives you ways to deal with this problem.
Preparing for the Journey
01 year ago
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n.
2b: one of the first to settle in a territory
From the Merriam Webster online dictionary
From the Merriam Webster online dictionary
A lot of members of the Church have ancestors that crossed the plains in companies, pulling handcarts or riding in wagons. But not all members do.
So, what about the rest of us? If you’re like me, and you were the first members in your area when it was open to preach the gospel, then you’re a pioneer in your own right. (more…)
True Happiness
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There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. … It is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit
C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses [1980]
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We are supposed to be embarked in a good cause and doing good at all times, right?
It is so easy to get distracted by circumstances, other people, or extra drama in our lives. Some of us don’t need extra drama, and some of us are a walking example of drama. We like the attention people other than our spouse give us and we think we’re madly in love and want to start our lives anew. Is that right? Was there abuse or cheating from the ‘guilty’ party? Or was it all in our heads? (more…)
Sticking It Out
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Sometimes something (anything) will bring up to mind a well of memories and emotions. It could be a smell, a sight or sound.
What makes you smile or tear up? (more…)
Battling Depression
02 years ago
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I didn’t know my mother had it. I think a lot of women don’t know their mothers had it; that’s the sad thing about depression. You know, you don’t function anymore. You shut down.
You feel like you are in a void.
~Marie Osmond
Sometimes we may be depressed, and we don’t even know it. Do you feel sad at different points in your life? (more…)
Personal Touch
02 years ago
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In today’s Personal Touch interview Rebecca Cressman chats with Rebecca. (more…)
Personal Touch
02 years ago
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In today’s Personal Touch interview Rebecca Cressman chats with Michael and Melanie. (more…)
