"Take Especial Care of Your Family"
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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📖 general conference
Helen Lee Goates fondly remembers her parents for their balanced approach to gentleness and firmness.
More parents should be remembered as a prophet"™s daughter, Helen Lee Goates, remembers hers: "A father who was gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who was firm beneath her gentleness."13[That My Family Should Partake(Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1974), p. 56.]
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"Take Especial Care of Your Family"
Elder Neal A. Maxwell
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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A BBC commentator expressed concern over the diminishing respect for authority and its potential generational consequences.
Thirty-five years ago, a BBC commentator insightfully worried "that we are turning out adults who have an even less clear and consistent attitude towards authority than we have ourselves, and who will be even less capable than their parents in raising children with a sane attitude towards authority, and so an insidious avalanche may be developing, gathering a ghastly momentum from generation to generation."8[Quoted in "The Listener," 12 Feb. 1959.]
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A report from California describes how the teacher development program has led to more involvement and enjoyment in teaching within the Primary organization.
From California: "All ten wards in our stake are half through the basic course. When the Primary began these new inservice lessons, they had only one person teaching the entire group. Now the inservice leader has several Primary workers also as teachers, and they break up into smaller groups so everyone can be involved and report their experiences. Some were concerned with micro teaching. Now they use it and enjoy it."
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A New York stake reports the effectiveness of the teacher development materials and how members, including the speaker's wife, are eager to enroll in the basic course.
From a New York stake: "The teacher development materials are excellent and the concepts aid anyone in teaching. I have even used some of these techniques in the public school system. "Members are asking to be enrolled in the basic course. They are "˜standing in line,"™ my wife being one of them."
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A lady reports that after the second lesson of the teacher development program, her teaching improved as she began to use the 'eye-to-eye' approach and teach with 'the spirit and heart' rather than just the book.
One lady reported her teaching improved after the second lesson. She began to use the"eyetoeye"approach. She began to "teach with thespiritandheartrather than with the book."
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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Graduate students at a California university express their belief in the inspiration behind the teacher development program and their commitment to its proper implementation.
To develop great teachers takes effort, dedication, faith, and believing"”the kind of believing expressed by some graduate students involved in this program in one of the student wards at one of the large California universities: "We have studied this program, and we know the program is inspired. Our problem and challenge is to see that it is properly implemented and put into effective use."
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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📖 general conference
A seminar in Warsaw, Poland, where a student asked a leading Marxist philosopher to explain the 'meaning of life,' highlighting a gap in their philosophy.
At a seminar held in Warsaw, Poland, attended by students and leaders of the Communist party, a student posed this question: "Please don"™t be angry, sir, but could you explain the "˜meaning of life?"™" Poland"™s leading Marxist philosopher reported that as he glanced at the hundreds of pairs of eyes silently staring at the party leadership, he recognized the seriousness of this question and a weakness in their philosophy that has neglected to deal with this challenging problem.
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A stake teacher development director in Idaho shares the positive response to the teacher development program and the eye-opening experience of participants.
A stake teacher development director in Idaho reports, "We have now finished our sixth basic lesson in all of the wards. The stake inservice leaders contact me two weeks before the stake leadership meeting to review the filmstrips so they will be properly prepared for their meetings. There is a strong positive response in our stake. Participants taking the first basic course observed our present teaching and were shocked. Their eyes have been opened to the principles of effective teaching."
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"Teach One Another"
Elder David B. Haight
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve
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A man from a rural area in Utah shares his journey from feeling like a failure as a teacher to fulfilling his lifelong desire to teach after taking the basic course.
This story from a Utah rural area: "Twenty-four years ago, as a young man, I was called to teach a Sunday School class of thirteen- and fourteen-year olds. I thought my first lesson was pretty good, but I didn"™t have enough material to last through the class period. During my second lesson, again I was out of material. I resolved it would never happen again, but it did the next Sunday. I gave the books back to the Sunday School superintendent. All of these years I have carried a feeling that ... (continued)
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"Teach Us Tolerance and Love"
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker reflects on the Parliament of the World's Religions as a 'laboratory of tolerance' where he conversed with diverse religious representatives, appreciating the importance of religious freedom and tolerance.
I attended a 'laboratory of tolerance' some months ago when I had the privilege of participating in the Parliament of the World's Religions. There I conversed with good men and women representing many religious groups. Again I sensed the advantages of ethnic and cultural diversity and reflected once more on the importance of religious freedom and tolerance.
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"Teach Us Tolerance and Love"
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The Prophet Joseph Smith's expression of religious tolerance is highlighted, especially poignant given his personal persecution and martyrdom at the hands of the intolerant.
I marvel at the inspiration of the Prophet Joseph Smith when he penned the eleventh article of faith: 'We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.' That noble expression of religious tolerance is particularly poignant in light of the Prophet's personal persecution. On one occasion he wrote, 'I am at this time persecuted the worst of any man on the earth, as ... (continued)
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"Teach Us Tolerance and Love"
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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A personal anecdote is shared about the speaker's daughter who thought she was her father's favorite, only to realize later that each of her siblings felt the same, illustrating a parent's equal love for all their children, akin to God's love for all His children.
I was amused recently when one of our grown children confided that she had always thought that she was her daddy's favorite daughter. She was surprised to discover later that each of her eight sisters harbored that same feeling. Only when they had become mothers themselves did they realize that parents hardly have favorites. (Incidentally, our only son never had to wonder who was our favorite son.)
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"Teach Us Tolerance and Love"
Elder Russell M. Nelson
- Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts a meeting with the presiding official of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, where they discussed mutual respect and the importance of the message that Latter-day Saint missionaries would be teaching in Russia.
While in Moscow in June 1991, in that spirit of preparation and with sincere respect for leaders of other religious denominations, Elder Dallin H. Oaks and I had the privilege of meeting with the presiding official of the Russian Orthodox Church. We were accompanied by Elder Hans B. Ringger and the mission president, Gary L. Browning. Patriarch Aleksei was most gracious in sharing a memorable hour with us. We perceived the great difficulties endured for so many years by this kind man and his fel ... (continued)
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"Teach Your Children"
Elder S. Dilworth Young
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker recounts an incident from 1910 when, as an eleven-year-old, he was shown a pornographic picture by a seventeen-year-old, which has haunted him for nearly fifty years.
In 1910 I stood next to the back fence of the Lowell School with several of my classmates. A seventeen-year-old boy was there—we were about eleven years of age—and he was exhibiting a picture and bragging to us small children his enjoyment of the situation depicted thereon. I need not tell you that the picture was pornographic in its nature, nor describe it further in detail. I saw it for not more than four seconds—just that long. It has been nearly fifty years, and I cann ... (continued)
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"Teach Your Children"
Elder S. Dilworth Young
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker describes observing two young men in a store looking at pornographic magazines, snickering and nudging each other, and then leaving without buying them, indicating their likely behavior for the night.
The other day I was standing in a store near a magazine rack. In front of the rack were two young men, I should judge about sixteen years of age. They each had in their hands a copy of a magazine they had picked from that stand. I was not so far away but what I could see at what they were looking. One boy would turn a page, then snicker and nudge his companion who would look, and then he in his turn would guffaw and in a moment or two repeat the process. They did not purchase these magazines. ... (continued)
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"Thank God It Can Be Done in My Time"
Elder Marion D. Hanks
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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The speaker overheard a group of older ladies criticizing the noisy behavior of young congregation members, which he thought was exuberant but not objectionable.
We are told that this broadcast is going to beloved Britain, and so it is appropriate that I begin by noting that in the foyer of a church building in a British city a time ago, I happened by a group of older ladies who were discussing somewhat critically the behavior of several young members of the congregation who had just walked noisily by. I had observed the incident and had thought the young people a bit exuberant, but not objectionably so. The ladies disagreed. As I passed by I heard one o ... (continued)
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"Thank God It Can Be Done in My Time"
Elder Marion D. Hanks
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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A 19-year-old corporal serving as a chaplain's assistant shared with the speaker how he joined the Church after praying in a grove of trees for guidance.
Over the jungles of Vietnam a few months ago Brother Hinckley and I sat buckled in bulkhead seats in what the flying men call the 'Gooney Bird'—the old C-47. Alongside me was a 19-year-old corporal who was serving with distinction as a chaplain's assistant. He told me how he had become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 'I didn't like my way of life or my associations or my prospects for the future,' he said. 'I knew I was missing something. So one day when I was ... (continued)
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"Thank God It Can Be Done in My Time"
Elder Marion D. Hanks
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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A young Mormon missionary expressed confidence in learning Cantonese, inspired by his parents' courage in facing personal tragedy.
In Hong Kong I asked a young Mormon missionary how he was getting along in his efforts to master the difficult Cantonese language. 'Just fine,' he said. And when I expressed mild surprise at his optimism and faith in the face of heavy obstacles, he told me of the courage with which his parents had met a deep personal tragedy. 'With an example like that,' he said, 'you wouldn't expect me to whine or whimper about the blessing of learning this choice language and teaching the gospel to this wonder ... (continued)
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"Thank God It Can Be Done in My Time"
Elder Marion D. Hanks
- Of the First Council of the Seventy
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A high school student leader, speaking extemporaneously, expressed gratitude that he could face trouble in his own time rather than leaving it to future generations.
A high school student leader was called on to speak extemporaneously in a church meeting. He responded with good feeling and good sense. He spoke briefly about the conflict in which our country is engaged; then with a tear in his eye, he electrified and moved us emotionally when he said, right off the top of his heart, 'If there has to be trouble, thank God it can be in my time. I don't want my little brother or the son I hope someday to have to have to fight a war on these or other shores. If t ... (continued)
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"That All Men Might Repent"
Elder Hugh B. Brown
- Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles
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The speaker recounts President McKay's wish for the congregation to remember the Prophet Joseph Smith while singing 'We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet.'
We sang yesterday, 'We thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet.' This hymn referred originally to the Prophet Joseph Smith. In a meeting not long ago when President McKay announced that the congregation would sing, 'We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,' he said, characteristically, 'I wish you would have in mind the Prophet Joseph Smith when you sing today.'
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