BUILD A CHRIST-CENTERED HOME FROM THE TEACHINGS OF OUR ‘FATHERS’
Have you ever thought that one of the key factors in building a Christ-centered home is to make your family ‘peculiar’ (a holy family/people), by raising your standards based on the teachings of inspired prophets? Looking at history, Israel’s failure to honor the teachings and example of its fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob brought on tribes (a family) separating and scattering. By us as Latter-day saints not adhering to every word of inspired prophets are our children leaving too? Have you lost some of your family?
One of my favorite sites to begin learning what the prophets have said on topics such as birth control, education, food, counseling, parenting, laughter, music, dance, Sabbath, lineage, affections, etc. is this: https://josephsmithfoundation.org/faqs/, I was personally shocked at how much I didn’t know or had forgotten from my childhood, as I was taught some of these as a child.
This is a wonderful compilation of the prophets’ teachings on different topics. Years ago as a family, we began reading and studying these together. So many of these are long-forgotten and buried, but if followed; a new family—a peculiar family—will arise from the ashes and something beautiful can be built.
Do not lose your children over not honoring those inspired teachings that were once given to you and me. Take the principles taught by men such as Brigham Young, Joseph Fielding Smith, or Ezra Taft Benson to name a few, and together as a family decide how you will follow what they taught about home and family, and then build your home.
What has been your favorite teaching you have found that strengthened your home, and what has been the fruit of it by following that teaching? I would love to know what others are doing!
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Julie
Julie Smith is the Education Director for the Joseph Smith Foundation. She is the former owner of the Glenn J. Kimber Academy in Lehi, Utah. Julie served as a regional trainer—establishing 18 schools in Arizona, Idaho, and Utah. She is a certified teacher for The Thomas Jefferson Center for Constitutional Restoration (TJC) and taught the Making of America seminars written by W. Cleon Skousen and Glenn J. Kimber. Some of her children also traveled across the nation, assisting in teaching during these seminars. Julie taught history and Book of Mormon classes for 10 years. Julie is the mother of 5 children and grandmother to 7. She homeschooled for over 27 years, working through family challenges including pornography addiction, testimony faith crises, and teenage rebellion. She writes and teaches on strengthening the family, working with troubled youth, practically applying the teachings of scripture and the Prophet Joseph Smith, and celebrating higher standards. In her spare time, Julie also enjoys gardening, managing her .5-acre homestead, and hosting Sunday dinners with her family! Her home is a revolving door of guests and friends as her family hosts cultural celebrations and teaching events.
