Thank Heaven for Fathers
What is your favorite memory of your father? How would you describe your father in one word? What lessons has your father taught you over the years? These, and other poignant and light-hearted questions are at the heart of this video, “Thank Heaven for...
Marriage Isn’t for You: It’s for the One You Love
Remember Seth Adam Smith’s article “Marriage Isn’t For You” that went viral the end of last year? It was read over 30 million times. Seth has now published the book Marriage Isn’t for You: It’s for the One You Love. Within a day of its release, the...
Family Study Strategies
The Church encourages its members to take initiative for their own gospel learning. The primary responsibility for learning is with the individual and the family, with Sunday classroom instruction in a supplemental role. (See Handbook 2, chapter 1.4.1.) The Church is...
LDS Basic Doctrinal Principles
An excellent resource for individual and family gospel study are the basic doctrinal principles that are the core of the youth Sunday classes. Each principle has basic doctrinal statements and scripture references. You can study each principle further by referring to...Fatherhood: How Much Time Do You Have? Video
Teaching your teenager to drive, giving your kid’s pet fish a funeral, explaining the birds and the bees, playing catch… Fatherhood isn’t something that happens all at once. It’s a day-in and day-out choice to show up for your kids. So how much...
25 Days of Christ
Here’s a visual and interesting idea to help your family stay centered on Christ this Christmas. The 25 Days of Christ provides an event, story, parable, or teaching from the life of Christ for each day in December, beginning with his birth and ending with His...
A Grateful Heart
“A grateful heart … comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives.” —President Thomas S. Monson, “The Divine Gift of Gratitude” #PresMonson #LDSconf...Marriage Isn’t For You
LDS writer and videographer Seth Adam Smith wrote an article titled “Marriage Isn’t For You” that has gone viral. After having been married for a year and a half, he concluded that marriage is not for him. He wrote, “a true marriage (and true...
LDS-Themed Movies on Netflix
The website Famous Mormons has a list of LDS-themed movies with Mormon actors, directors, or producers. Some of the more popular titles include Forever Strong, Emma Smith: My Story, and Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed. But there are also some interesting movies I...
My Family Booklet: Stories That Bring Us Together
FamilySearch.org is an amazing technology to record the entire pedigree of the human race. From any computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone in the world, you can collaborate with anyone else in the world to build your family tree. But since not everyone has a...
The Saratov Approach Movie
The Saratov Approach is a movie now showing in theaters. It is the incredible true story of two LDS missionaries who were abducted, ransomed, and delivered in Saratov, Russia over 15 years ago. I saw it last night, and found it to be a compelling story–powerful,...Mormons Focus on Home & Family
The video below shows that the family is the most basic and important unit in society and the highest priority for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Visit Mormon homes throughout the world and hear members talk about why family matters so...
BYUtv Provides Family-Friendly Entertainment
In January 2000, BYU launched its own TV channel, BYUtv, with a vision to provide uplifting and entertaining programming to help people see the good in the world. Today, BYUtv is carried by DirecTV, DISH Network, and almost 877 cable television providers nationwide....
The “Good List” of Movies
Steven K. Jones has compiled The Good List: Choosing and Using Movies from the Lord’s Side of the Line (PDF or Word) based on the following counsel from George Albert Smith: “All safety, all righteousness, all happiness are on the Lord’s side of the line . . . All...Follow on social media