“Understanding Suicide: Warning Signs and Prevention” in LDS Ensign & Liahona
The article “Understanding Suicide: Warning Signs and Prevention” has been published in the October issue of the Ensign and Liahona magazine. This article is written for adults and youth by an LDS international expert who discusses the warning signs, prevention, and...
Music Video OKAY by The Piano Guys
We’ve all received bad news. We’re all struggling with something or someone we love is barely holding on. We hear about hate, terror, and despair. But that doesn’t mean that goodness is gone. Inside, most of us still genuinely want happiness not only for ourselves,...
World Suicide Prevention Day September 10
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The month of September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. In my article earlier this week about National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, I listed these statistics: Over 800,000 people die by suicide...
LDS Church Publishes Suicide Prevention Website
To coincide with the National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September and the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, the LDS Church has published a Preventing Suicide web page. PreventingSuicide.lds.org provides essential information for those who are...
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Over 800,000 people die by suicide worldwide every year.1 That’s 1 person every 40 seconds.2 And for every completed suicide, there are 25 suicide attempts.3 In the United States, suicide rates have...
LDS Magazine Articles About Suicide Prevention
The LDS Church has published the following age-appropriate articles about suicide in the September issues of the Church magazines: September Ensign & Liahona: “Choosing to Live” and “How to Create a Suicide-Prevention Safety Plan.” The article is written for...
Gospel Topic: Suicide
The LDS Church has just updated the entry on “Suicide” in the Gospel Topics on LDS.org. The timing coincides with the national suicide prevention awareness month in September. The Gospel Topic states, “Most people who have thought about suicide do...
Covenant Eyes: Freedom from Pornography
On this site, I maintain an ongoing page that lists resources in overcoming pornography. I know that pornography is a big problem in the world today, and it is growing bigger. One of the best programs I’ve seen to help your family stay clear of pornography is...Video Helps Mormons Defend Religious Freedom While Respecting Differences
A new series of dramatized videos produced by the LDS Church gives members ideas on how to navigate the landmine-laced terrain of the sensitive social and religious issues of the day and at the same time, defend religious freedom. The video “Respecting Our...
Video on Depression: “Like a Broken Vessel” & Mental Health Web Page
The Church has released a new video about depression titled “Like a Broken Vessel.” This touching video draws on teachings from Elder Holland’s conference talk “Like a Broken Vessel,” along with stories from people who experience mental...How to Raise Pornography-Immune Kids
At this year’s conference of the Utah Coalition Against Pornography, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said that pornography has become a public health crisis worthy of the same alarm and attention given to a medical epidemic. He said that pornography represents “the...
Utah Conference: Uniting to Overcome Pornography
“Uniting to Overcome Pornography” is a conference to be held March 12, 2016, in Salt Lake City by the Utah Coalition Against Pornography. The conference will include sessions on recovery, teaching children and teens about the harms of pornography, and the...
New Ministering Resources for LDS Leaders
Editors note (June 4, 2018): Ministering Resources has been renamed Counseling Resources. Four new topics have been added to Ministering Resources (CounselingResources.lds.org) to support stake and ward leaders as they minister to the following groups of members:...
What Should I Do If I See Pornography?
Need ideas for discussing pornography with children? The Church has prepared a Family Home Evening lesson that parents can use titled “What Should I Do If I See Pornography?” The lesson includes a new video “What Should I Do When I See...Follow on social media