Richardson Report

This is the last post from Education Week.  I think.  I went to a bunch of classes by Stephanie Sorensen.  One was on the Beauty Paradox - it was a great talk about Righteousness, Self-Image, and Power.  If you want those notes, email me.  Great stuff to teach teenage girls (and their moms!) But I really loved the class she gave entitled "Women as Gospel Scholars".  If you've paid attention lately at conference, there have been several talks about the need for the women of the church to have a "bedrock understanding of Gospel principles".  So this class is pretty timely as far as I'm concerned.  She shared talk after talk after talk.  I wrote down the reference so that I could go back and study them.  So what you have here are my brief notes jotted down during the flood of information, and lists of talks.  But I think they would make a great basis for improving Gospel study for anyone who's feeling a little at loose ends as to the...

Since I've been lazing around a little more than usual trying to recuperate from my cold, I've taken a little more time to go over my notes from Education Week last summer.  I thought I'd post a little more of my favorite stuff. ************************************************* Kevin Hinckley had a class on Forgiveness. Reasons or signs I may not have forgiven:  I may not be done grieving - rushing or ignoring creates physical ailments I still have bad days - emotional triggers cause NORMAL FEELINGS  Trauma changes us permanently and IT’S OK. I keep repeating my grief story - burns into you, forms you identity.  All the emotions and physical feelings come back.          Peace is not the absence of conflict; real peace can exist in the midst of conflict.  Peace                         is often the acceptance of conflict. ...

I'm giving the Relief Society Lesson on Sunday -  here are my thoughts and preparation so far. I felt inspired about three weeks ago to start preparing a lesson on the purpose of Relief Society.  To that end I did a ton of reading.  I read the entire "Daughters of My Kingdom" book (the little blue book that came out awhile back) and every conference talk I could find on the subject.  I also browsed blog posts by other women and delved into the scriptures.  And then I got stuck in my lesson preparation.  See there was SO much good information but I couldn't figure out what or how much to share in a 30 minute Relief Society lesson.  How on earth do you distill 3 weeks of study into a 30 minute class (plus let others have a chance to talk).  It actually made me wonder if I was barking up the wrong tree - maybe I just needed to learn this for myself and I wasn't meant to actually teach on it. But with prayer and some great ideas that were sparked ...