Last updated on July 22nd, 2025 at 04:06 pm
July 8, 2025
Here is the best thing I heard (What?), saw (Eye.), and read (Read.) this week, as well as the best idea (💡) I developed.
What?
Y Religion Podcast, S6 E132, “Organizing a Lesson (Mark L. Pace and Ken Alford)“:
- [President Mark L. Pace] “When you think about the immense effort that goes into preparing these messages in general conference – every word is carefully considered and prayerfully considered – … I want to teach the whole talk. I don’t just find one theme and … stay on that theme … in some way that … is intriguing for me. I should actually go through all the themes that are in their talk and … teach their whole talk. … I know that I’ve heard comments about, ‘I wish the teachers would teach my whole talk, my talk was not just one part, my talk was the whole thing.'”
Eye.
President Russell M. Nelson, “Prophets, Leadership, and Divine Law“, Worldwide Devotional for Young Adults: Sunday, January 8, 2017:
- “If you are serious about rising up as a true millennial, I urge you to study the lives and teachings of these 16 [latter-day] prophets of God.”
Read.
“The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by Jonathan Haidt:
- “Well-intentioned parents who try to raise their children in a bubble of satisfaction, protected from frustration, consequences, and negative emotions, may be harming their children. They may be blocking the development of competence, self-control, frustration tolerance, and emotional self-management. Several studies find that such ‘coddling’ or ‘helicopter parenting’ is correlated with later anxiety disorders, low self-efficacy (which is the inner confidence that one can do what is needed to reach one’s goals), and difficulty adjusting to college.”
💡
Put together a standard weekly calendar for the General Conference Applied Podcast. Then, meet with Clay Soelberg, set goals, and determine what should stay on the weekly calendar and what can be eliminated.