Home Teaching During Tragedy | The Story Behind Elder Holland’s #LDSconf Talk

Home Teaching During Tragedy | The Story Behind Elder Holland’s #LDSconf Talk

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreIn October 2016 General Conference, Elder Holland told a story about the tragic death of Troy Russell’s son, Austen, and how he was helped out of despair by a “home teacher...
What If All Church “Programs” that Compelled Service Were Abolished?

What If All Church “Programs” that Compelled Service Were Abolished?

I live in a very transient ward. Some month we get up to 30 new members moving in and roughly the same amount moving out; most of these we never see in church. It’s the nature of our ward and it has its pros and cons. This results in the fact that we have a significant number of members on our rolls that we don’t know. They are just a name with few facts.

About a year ago I went through the ward roster and marked each name that I didn’t know. With roughly 500 members on the roles, 190 names were unfamiliar to me. This was concerning. I stewed over this problem for weeks and knew I needed to find a solution. Reactivating these 190 names was a long shot; however, I felt it was our duty to at least know who these people were and understand their basic life situation even if they didn’t want to attend church with us.

Innovating Home Teaching | Thoughts From Clay Christensen & James Quigley

Innovating Home Teaching | Thoughts From Clay Christensen & James Quigley

Great inspiration comes to those that listen to genius. Great minds challenge one to think deeper about the problem in front of them. One of those geniuses is Clayton Christensen. Not only is he a Harvard Business Professor and famous author he is also a Latter-day Saint and former Area Seventy. I enjoy listening to him solve business and leadership problems because it makes me wonder if his answers would be similar if asked to solve similar LDS leadership problems.

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