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Insurance Podcast Roundup – Week of November 8, 2011

After a brief hiatus, the Insurance Podcast Roundup has returned. Here, you will find interesting, up to date, informational podcasts that are about topics relating to insurance. You can keep up with new changes, and see how those changes might affect your insurance policies. NPR has an episode of “All Things Considered” that will be available for people to listen to from the website after 7:00 p.m. ET today, November 8, 2011. This episode is called “Conservative Appeals Court Judge Writes Opinion Upholding Health Law”. The episode discusses the decision written by Judge Laurence Silberman of the U.S. Court of … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Strengthing Your Testimony

In continuing with the idea of using General Conference talks for family home evening lessons, I’ve pulled some ideas from “Do It Now” and “Three Goals to Guide You.” This lesson will focus on the things that each individual and family needs to be doing to grow spiritually. Then it will focus on the importance of doing those things now, and removing the things that may be standing in your way. This lesson can also be used in conjunction with the Building Your Testimony lesson. You can open your lesson by reviewing the scripture Alma 32:28. This scripture focuses on … Continue reading →

When Pets Pass: A Study in Grief

The topic of pets passing seems to be on many people’s minds lately. My brother-in-law recently informed me they lost their beloved 14-year-old Dalmatian, Alex. Over in the Families.com Pets Forum one of the members posted some sad news about her dog, Jax, who she recently discovered had Stage 2 cancer. Then Aimee posted a blog about her house rule (no pets are allowed to die) after a scare a friend had with her pet. When Budly, our cocker spaniel, died in 2000 it was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. He was my everything: my best … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Education

The next topic in the “For the Strength of Youth” booklet is “Education.” Following what I have done in this past, I have collected a few articles and ideas to use in order to create a family home evening on the topic of education. I think this is a very important topic, because having a good education opens doors that would otherwise remain shut. To start this family home evening lesson, you can read Alma 37:35. Then as a family you can read the section “Education” in the “For the Strength of Youth” booklet. Then you can read or pull … Continue reading →