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Index of Topics:

Depression/Anxiety
Parenting
Stress Management
Bereavement
Eating Disorders
Financial Stress
Marriage
Motherhood
Fatherhood
Physical Illness

Sexual/Physical Abuse
Repentance/Forgiveness
Single Parenting
Sexual Purity
Pornography
Dating
Womanhood
Word of Wisdom
Special Issues
*For Teens Only*


Depression/Anxiety return to index

David G. Weight,
“Why Is My Wife (Or Husband) Depressed?”
Ensign, Mar. 1990, 27

Jan Underwood Pinborough,
“Mental Illness: In Search of Understanding and Hope,”
Ensign, Feb. 1989, 51

Val D. MacMurray,
“When Life Is Getting You Down,”
Ensign, June 1984, 56

Steve Gilliland,
” ‘Awake My Soul!’: Dealing Firmly with Depression,”
Ensign, Aug. 1978, 37

President Ezra Taft Benson,
“Do Not Despair,”
Ensign, Oct. 1986, 2

G. G. Vandagriff,
“Escaping My Valley of Sorrow,”
Ensign, Mar. 2000, 65

Jan Underwood Pinborough,
“Keeping Mentally Well,”
Ensign, Sept. 1990, 48

“Light in Darkness,”
Ensign, June 1998, 16


Parenting return to index

Orson Scott Card,
“Who’s Minding the Children?”
Ensign, Aug. 1977, 9

Neal A. Maxwell,
“Take Especial Care of Your Family,”
Ensign, May 1994, 88

Gloria Bond,
“Love Him, Hold Him,”
Ensign, Mar. 1985, 59

Patricia T. Holland,
“Parenting: Everything to Do with the Heart,”
Ensign, June 1985, 12

Donald K. Jarvis,
“Leaving Eden: A Lesson for Parents,”
Ensign, Feb. 1991, 39

M. Catherine Thomas,
“A Parent’s Love and Fear,”
Ensign, July 1993, 21

Neil J. Flinders,
“Principles of Parenting, Part 1,”
Ensign, Mar. 1975, 55

Neil J. Flinders,
“Principles of Parenting, Part 2,”
Ensign, Apr. 1975, 51

Carol McAdoo Rehme,
“The Truth of Consequences,”
Ensign, Apr. 2000, 31-32

Howard W. Hunter,
“Parents’ Concern for Children,”
Ensign, Nov. 1983, 63

Patricia P. Pinegar,
“Caring for the Souls of Children,”
Ensign, May 1997, 13

“What I Would Do Differently As a Parent,”
Ensign, July 1996, 6

Gayle M. Clegg
“The Language of Love”
Ensign, May 2002, 67

Geri Brinley,
“The Book of Mormon As a Guide for Parents,”
Ensign, July 1988, 39

James E. Faust,
“The Greatest Challenge in the World-Good Parenting,”
Ensign, Nov. 1990, 32

Dallin H. Oaks,
“Parental Leadership in the Family,”
Ensign, June 1985, 7

Garth A. Hanson,
“Once Children Grow Up,”
Ensign, Feb. 1996, 23

“Disciplining with Love,”
Ensign, Sept. 1985, 32

Joe J. Christensen,
“Rearing Children in a Polluted Environment,”
Ensign, Nov. 1993, 11

Layne E. and Jana Squires Flake,
“Punishment-or Discipline,”
Ensign, Oct. 1983, 39

Kim Crenshaw Sorensen,
“A Latter-day Father’s Guidebook,”
Ensign, Feb. 1995, 15

Barbara W. Winder, Joy F. Evans, and Joanne B. Doxey,
“When Mom Can’t Be Home: Making the Best of Second Choice,”
Ensign, Feb. 1990, 16

Robert D. Hales,
“Strengthening Families: Our Sacred Duty,”
Ensign, May 1999, 32

Russell M. Nelson
“Set in Order Thy House”
Ensign, Nov. 2001, 69

“Loving My Wayward Child”
Ensign, Sept. 2001, 26


Stress Management return to index

Val D. MacMurray,
“When Life Is Getting You Down,”
Ensign, June 1984, 56

Cindy K. Peterson,
“Exhaustion Is Not a Prerequisite to Perfection,”
Ensign, Oct. 1993, 51

“Dealing with Stress and Discouragement,”
Ensign, Feb. 1990,30

Lili De Hoyos Anderson,
“The Stresses of Life,”
Ensign, Feb. 1994, 47

Harold C. Brown
“The Marvelous Gift of Choice”
Ensign, Dec. 2001, 47


Bereavement return to index

Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard,
“Coping with the Heartache of Miscarriage,”
Ensign, July 1989, 57

Clifford J. Stratton,
“Dealing with Death and Dying,”
Ensign, Feb. 1976, 45

Betty Jan Murphy,
“What Our Family Learned about Facing Death,”
Ensign, Jan. 1984, 53

Thomas S. Monson,
“He Is Risen,”
Ensign, Nov. 1981, 16

Sharon Belknap
“Don’t Let My Baby Die!”
Ensign, Dec. 2001, 22

Russell M. Nelson,
“Doors of Death,”
Ensign, May 1992, 72

Sharon Evans Brown,
“Till We Meet Again,”
Ensign, Feb. 1995, 11

William M. Timmins,
“On Death and Dying,”
Ensign, Apr. 1989, 31

Gordon B. Hinckley,
“The Victory over Death,”
Ensign, Apr. 1997, 2



Eating Disorders return to index

Harold A. Frost,
“The Thinness Obsession,”
Ensign, Jan. 1990, 71

Janet Thomas,
“Eating Disorders: A Deadly State of Mind,”
New Era, Feb. 1993, 36

Barbara Day Lockhart,
“Our Divinely Based Worth,”
Ensign, June 1995, 51


Financial Stress return to index

James E. Faust,
“The Blessings We Receive As We Meet the Challenges of Economic Stress,”
Ensign, Nov. 1982, 87

Rulon T. Burton,
“The Dangers of Debt in Marriage,”
Ensign, Sept. 1984, 49

John W. Hardy,
“Recognizing-and Avoiding-Bad Investments,”
Ensign, Sept. 1983, 55

Jerry Mason,
“Debt Addiction: You Can Break the Habit,”
Ensign, June 1991, 28

Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard,
“Escaping the Debt Trap,”
Ensign, Aug. 1996, 17-18

Scott Nash,
“Understanding Interest on Debt,”
Ensign, Sept. 1997, 64

Alan V. Funk,
“The Business of Honesty,”
Ensign, July 1996, 34


Marriage return to index

“Mending Our Marriage,”
Ensign, Oct. 1996, 44

Brent A. Barlow,
“They Twain Shall Be One: Thoughts on Intimacy in Marriage,”
Ensign, Sept. 1986, 49

Howard W. Hunter,
“Being a Righteous Husband and Father,”
Ensign, Nov. 1994, 49

Lynn G. Robbins,
“Agency and Love in Marriage,”
Ensign, Oct. 2000, 16

Christie H. Frandsen,
“Is There Trust in Your Marriage?”
Ensign, Sept. 1988, 59

Brent A. Barlow,
“Getting to Know You Better: A Marriage Quiz,”
Ensign, Sept. 1981, 43

James E. Faust,
“The Enriching of Marriage,”
Ensign, Nov. 1977, 9

Veon G. Smith,
“Warning Signs of Infidelity,”
Ensign, Jan. 1975, 58

Paul R. Warner,
“The Faith to Marry,”
Ensign, July 1987, 68

Marion D. Hanks,
“Eternal Marriage,”
Ensign, Nov. 1984, 35

Janette K. Gibbons
“Seven Steps to Strengthen a Marriage”
Ensign, Mar. 2002, 24

Elizabeth VanDenBerghe
“Happiness, Health, and Marriage”
Ensign, Aug. 2001, 29

Theodore M. Burton,
“A Marriage to Last through Eternity,”
Ensign, June 1987, 12

Marlin K. Jensen,
“A Union of Love and Understanding,”
Ensign, Oct. 1994, 47

“Building a Successful Marriage,”
Ensign, Mar. 1998, 27

Bruce C. Hafen,
“Covenant Marriage,”
Ensign, Nov. 1996, 26

Larry K. Langlois,
“When Couples Don’t Listen to Each Other,”
Ensign, Sept. 1989, 16

Cree-L Kofford,
“Marriage in the Lord’s Way, Part One,”
Ensign, June 1998, 7

Cree-L Kofford,
“Marriage in the Lord’s Way, Part Two,”
Ensign, July 1998, 15

Richard Tice,
“Making Airplanes and Marriages Fly,”
Ensign, Feb. 1989, 66

S. Brent Scharman,
“For Better, for Worse, for Always,”
Ensign, June 1991, 25

Russell M. Nelson
“Identity, Priority, and Blessings”
Ensign, Aug. 2001, 6

Sheri L. Dew
“It Is Not Good for Man or Woman to Be Alone”
Ensign, Nov. 2001, 12

Terrance D. Olson
“Cultivating Respect”
Ensign, Oct. 2001, 46


Motherhood return to index

Cheryl Avery
“Motherhood through the Ages”
Ensign, Mar. 2002, 94

Cheryl Cole Burr
“A Better Mother, with the Lord’s Help”
Ensign, July 2001, 72

Carol B. Thomas
“Strengthen Home and Family”
Ensign, May 2002, 94

Sheri L. Dew
“Are We Not All Mothers?”
Ensign, Nov. 2001, 96


Fatherhood return to index

Thomas B. Holman
“One-on-One with Dad”
Ensign, July 2001, 33

Gordon B. Hinckley
“Reaching Down to Lift Another”
Ensign, Nov. 2001, 52


Physical Illness return to index

“Coping with Chronic Illness”
Ensign, Mar. 2002, 58

Catherine Matthews Pavia
“Fixing Everything”
Ensign, Apr. 2002, 56


Sexual / Physical Abuse return to index

“The Journey to Healing,”
Ensign, Sept. 1997, 19

Lisa A. Johnson,
“Hidden Agony,”
New Era, Mar. 1992, 43

“Dispelling the Darkness of Abuse,”
Ensign, Feb. 2000, 37

“I Just Need to Cry,”
Ensign, Sept. 1993, 22

Maxine Murdock,
“Hope and Healing,”
Ensign, Jan. 1993, 62

“A Conversation on Spouse Abuse,”
Ensign, Oct. 1999, 22

Gordon B. Hinckley,
“Save the Children,”
Ensign, Nov. 1994, 52

Joy Evans,
“Help for Parents in Times of Stress: Preventing Abuse,”
Ensign, Apr. 1984, 58

Richard G. Scott,
“Healing the Tragic Scars of Abuse,”
Ensign, May 1992, 31

“A Refuge for the Oppressed,”
Ensign, Jan. 1992, 62

Gordon B. Hinckley
“Personal Worthiness to Exercise the Priesthood”
Ensign,May 2002, 52


Repentance/Forgiveness return to index

Ronald E. Poelman,
“Divine Forgiveness,”
Ensign, Nov. 1993, 84

Richard G. Scott,
“Finding Forgiveness,”
Ensign, May 1995, 75

Roderick J. Linton,
“The Forgiving Heart,”
Ensign, Apr. 1993, 15

Richard G. Scott,
“The Path to Peace and Joy,”
Ensign, Nov. 2000, 25

Boyd K. Packer,
“The Brilliant Morning of Forgiveness,”
Ensign, Nov. 1995, 18

Gordon B. Hinckley,
“Of You It Is Required to Forgive,”
Ensign, June 1991, 2

“I Cried Out to My Father”
Ensign, Apr. 2002, 24

Gerald E. Melchin,
“Thy Sins Are Forgiven,”
Ensign, Jan. 1995, 19

Dennis B. Neuenschwander,
“The Path of Growth,”
Ensign, Dec. 1999, 13

Theodore M. Burton,
“The Meaning of Repentance,”
Ensign, Aug. 1988,

Joseph Walker,
“The Miracle of Change,”
Ensign, July 1992, 11

“My Journey to Forgiving,”
Ensign, Feb. 1997, 40

Joseph Walker,
“Singing the Song of Redeeming Love,”
Ensign, Mar. 1993, 57

Robert S. Wood
“On the Responsible Self”
Ensign, Mar. 2002, 27

James E. Faust
“The Atonement: OurGreatest Hope”
Ensign, Nov. 2001, 18


Single Parenting return to index

Sue Blunt,
“A Single Parent, but Not Alone,”
Ensign, Mar. 1996, 24

Lori Berg,
“Not a Broken Home,”
Ensign, Feb. 1993, 49

S. Brent Scharman
“When You Don¹t Have Custody”
Ensign, Apr. 2002, 58

Dallin H. Oaks,
“Parental Leadership in the Family,”
Ensign, June 1985, 7

Neal A. Maxwell,
“Take Especial Care of Your Family,”
Ensign, May 1994, 88


Sexual Purity return to index

“What Prophets and Apostles Teach about Chastity and Fidelity,”
Ensign, Oct. 1998, 38

W. Jeffrey Marsh,
“Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,”
Ensign, July 1994, 43

Neal A. Maxwell
“The Seventh Commandment: A Shield”
Ensign, Nov. 2001, 78

Terrance D. Olson,
“Truths of Moral Purity,”
Ensign, Oct. 1998, 43

Joy Saunders Lundberg,
“Helping Youth Choose Sexual Purity,”
Ensign, Oct. 1991, 21

Jeffrey R. Holland,
“Personal Purity,”
Ensign, Nov. 1998, 75


Pornography return to index

R. Gary Shapiro,
“Leave the Obscene Unseen,”
Ensign, Aug. 1989, 27

James E. Faust
“It Can¹t Happen to Me”
Ensign, May 2002, 46

James E. Faust,
“The Enemy Within,”
Ensign, Nov. 2000, 44

Victor B. Cline,
“Obscenity: How It Affects Us, How We Can Deal with It,”
Ensign, Apr. 1984, 32

Thomas S. Monson
“Pornography, the Deadly Carrier”
Ensign, July 2001, 2


Dating return to index

“They’ve Turned Sixteen-Now What?”
Ensign, Aug. 1985, 30

Joy Saunders Lundberg,
“It’s a Date!”
Ensign, June 1992, 22

M. Gawain Wells,
“Breaking Up without Going to Pieces: When Dating Doesn’t End in Marriage,”
Ensign, June 1982, 58

Jonn D. Claybaugh,
“Dating: A Time to Become Best Friends,”
Ensign, Apr. 1994, 19


For Teens Only return to index

“Idea List: The Do¹s of Dating,”
New Era, Nov. 2000, 15

LeGrand R. Curtis,
“Searching for the One You Will Marry,”
New Era, June 1993, 4

JeaNette Goates Smith,
“Dating: Give Me a Brake,”
New Era, June 1993, 9

“The One Who Made a Difference,”
New Era, June 1998, 28

Chris Crowe,
“Some Friendly Advice,”
New Era, Mar. 1995, 9

Janet Thomas,
“Friendship Rules,”
New Era, Jan. 1997, 20

Thomas S. Monson
“Pathways to Perfection”
Ensign, May 2002, 99

Margaret D. Nadauld
“Hold High the Torch”
Ensign, May 2002, 96

Carol B. Thomas
“Strengthen Home and Family”
Ensign, May 2002, 94

Harold G. Hillam,
“Not for the Body,”
New Era, July 1992, 4

Joe J. Christensen,
“I Resolve,”
New Era, Jan. 1998, 4

Gordon B. Hinckley,
“A Plague on the World,”
New Era, July 1990, 4

Larry A. Hiller,
“The Truth about Parents,”
New Era, June 1991, 23

Malcolm S. Jeppsen,
“Who Is Your Friend?”,
New Era, April 1990

Chris Crowe,
“How to Say No and Keep Your Friends,”
New Era, Feb. 1988, 9

Adrian Robert Gostick,
“This Isn’t Rocket Science,”
New Era, June 1998, 14

Joy Saunders Lundberg,
“The Strapless Dress,”
New Era, Sept. 1990, 44


Womanhood return to index

Susan Easton Black,
“Happiness in Womanhood,”
Ensign, Mar. 2002, 12

Sheryle Wickman
“Choosing Eternity,”
Ensign, July 2001, 361

M. Russell Ballard
“Women of Righteousness,”
Ensign, Apr. 2002, 660


Word of Wisdom return to index

James E. Faust
“It Can¹t Happen to Me”
Ensign, May 2002, 46

David A. Bednar”
Ye Are the Temple of God”
Ensign, Sept. 2001, 14


Special Issues return to index

Sue Bergin,
“Communication Disorders: Breaking through the Barriers,”
Ensign, Feb. 1991, 46

Jan U. Pinborough,
” ‘Lead Me, Guide Me’: Dealing with Children with Behavior Disorders,”
Ensign, Mar. 1994, 46

Laurie Wilson Thornton,
“No Barriers to the Spirit,”
Ensign, Feb. 1994, 22

A. Dean Byrd,
“When a Loved One Struggles with Same-Sex Attraction,”
Ensign, Sept. 1999, 51

“Becoming Whole Again,”
Ensign, Jan. 1997, 27

Carmen B. Pingree,
“Six Myths about the Handicapped,”
Ensign, June 1988, 19

Pat Cowley,
“Living with and Loving Our Handicapped Children,”
Ensign, Sept. 1984, 45

Jeffry H. Larson,
“How to Unite a Step-family,”
Ensign, Feb. 1987, 46

Dallin H. Oaks,
“Same-Gender Attraction,”
Ensign, Oct. 1995, 7

Boyd K. Packer,
“Ye Are the Temple of God,”
Ensign, Nov. 2000, 72

“Tangled in the Web”
Ensign, Aug. 2001, 48