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Week 1- Things May Not Be as They Really Seem

There are very few things worse than waiting hours and hours in a line for the most loved, highly glamorized, and extremely coveted theme park attraction just to find that when you reach the front of the line that the ride will be closed for the next HOUR.  Not to mention this was going to be the last ride of the night and 1st and only time one might get to ride it this trip. Then the question arises do you leave the line to go to the next best ride hoping that the wait there isn’t too long? Or do you wait the additional hour and hope that it is everything thing that you ever imagined? Both options could lead to something grand, but no one truly knows for sure the outcome. The wondering is heightened due to a person having to pick one or the other and possibly never knowing the outcome since they may never get to experience the unpicked ride. Much like this ride many young single adults across the nation are faced with this dilemma. With the increasing marriage age and cohabitation...
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Week 7- Sexual Intimacy

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In class this week we covered a very heavy topic. Mainly for the fact that there are so many views on sexual intimacy. Being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, it is a topic that we hold very sacred. We are commanded and covenant to not participate in sexual relations to those we are not legally married to. The law of chastity is a law that member covenant to keep remaining worthy in the eyes of God.  From the gospel library, “Chastity is sexual purity. Those who are chaste are morally clean in their thoughts, words, and actions. Chastity means not having any sexual relations before marriage. It also means complete fidelity to husband or wife during marriage.” By this definition we understand that sexual intimacy is much more than sexual intercourse and can often begin to enter the mind long before any actions take place.  BYU and BYUI have been the rolling joke of the nation among young single adults for creating new terms and participating in many...
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Week 5- Build Healthy Relationships and Avoid the Jerks

Most everyone wants to avoid being a jerk at all costs, but even more, everyone wants to avoid falling in love with a jerk. Of course, we all have our days where we could be a little bit nicer to the people around us or refrain from a snarky comment or two. However, those things do not make you a jerk, so give yourself more credit and let me help you truly understand who Dr. John Van Epp is calling a jerk. Merriam Webster dictionary defines a jerk as: an unlikable person especially: one who is cruel, rude, or small-minded. a selfish jerk. Dr. Van Epp defines a jerk as: “… Somebody who has a significant or serious problem area with their personality and has no intention of altering it. A jerk is the person who, deep down inside, is not willing to change something that hurts the person they're in a relationship with.” The biggest difference that I find between the two is the consistency in which negative actions are shown and the lack in desire to change such actions even after they ...
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