I recently had a (hopefully) life-changing experience. A week or so ago, I picked up a new show called Poldark. This is going to sound dumb, but you have to understand that I ADORED this show. I’ve been so so sick of watching cheesy, romance films. I wanted to watch or read something more substantial, … Continue reading Making “Sacrifices”
Author: Autumn Dickson
Happiness in the Gospel
February 3-9, 2020 The beginning of different sections are bolded. Feel free to take out different sections depending on the age of your children. Opening song Opening prayer Introduce topic: “Today, we are going to learn about how living the gospel can make us happy.” It doesn’t have to be that exactly; it just helps … Continue reading Happiness in the Gospel
The Other Side of the Tree of Life
We've all seen depictions of the Tree of Life, but if we pay close attention to scriptures that follow the original retelling, we can learn more about this significant vision.
A Toddler Lesson Plan
The average human attention span has now dropped from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. With this in mind, let’s try and make a Come Follow Me lesson plan for your little. In all honesty, if the toddler is engaged, they should be able to focus their attention on an activity for 3 to 5 minutes … Continue reading A Toddler Lesson Plan
A Prayer to Protect My Kids
The more people I get to know, and the deeper I get to know them, the more I realize I’m surrounded by people who have been sexually assaulted. The more I learn about it, the more I get worried about how I’m supposed to be able to protect my little humans from this plague. Some … Continue reading A Prayer to Protect My Kids
An Open Letter to My LDS Gay Friends
How was I supposed to comfort her? How was I supposed to tell her it would all be okay? I face this problem even more so now than I did that night. I’m happily, faithfully married to a man who is my best friend. I find companionship, intimacy, and fulfillment in my marriage. How am I, as a blissfully married, straight woman, supposed to tell my gay friends that “it will all work out?”
Autumn Dickson 