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A THANKSGIVING COLORING BOOK
One of our favorite traditions for Thanksgiving is printing this coloring book to read the story and color. It tells the story of the Pilgrims and the Puritans, and other righteous Founders of America. God fulfilled His promise to bring the lost tribes of Israel back to their homeland and we are their descendants—we are Israelites! This is our story! And we have the same charge to live in holiness on the covenant land, and to take the Gospel to every nation. Here’s a coloring book link to be able to print for your own family. Your kids or even grandkids will love it! (Credit for the coloring book belongs…
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PREPARING THE HEARTS OF OUR FAMILY
For Thanksgiving, I like to prepare my family’s hearts for the season — using movies and media to help turn my family towards the covenant ‘fathers and mothers’ is powerful. We have been learning more about the significance of this day and that it can be more than just our traditional turkey and mashed potatoes, followed by a game of football, playing cards, or building gingerbread houses as it had been for some time in my family. Since movies play such an important role in reaching the heart, as feelings and emotions can be reached quicker than a book or a passed-down story, I decided to create a list of…
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FAITHFUL FOOTSTEPS —CELEBRATING A SACRED HERITAGE
This year for Thanksgiving we remembered the faithful footsteps of not only the Pilgrims and Puritans but all those of this sacred lineage we come from such as the Reformers, Founding Fathers, and Joseph Smith that understood that there was a battle for freedom. These ancestors knew they had a duty to acknowledge and resist false doctrine or they would live like slaves under a tyrant who took the place of God. During the Pilgrims’ time, King James believed he had divine authority to rule any way he wanted. The King and his followers wanted the corrupt kind of freedom that is gained by stepping away from God’s requirements. This…
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REMEMBERING OUR HISTORY: A DANISH THANKSGIVING
For Thanksgiving, this year our family decided to do something different. We have been learning more about the significance of this day and that it can be more than just our traditional turkey and mashed potatoes, followed by a game of football, playing cards, or building gingerbread houses as it has been for some time in my family. This year we learned something new! Israel not only came to colonize, but it was a returning to America to reestablish the covenant again on the land. This holiday is a message of that homecoming; a family being reunited after over a thousand years of separation (Nephites and Lamanites)! MOVIE CHALLENGE The…