I remember a sacrament talk in my current ward given by a youth speaker. The young woman compared going to a movie to going to church. She asked what it would it be like if we used the same excuses for not attending church when deciding to go to a movie?

I have nothing to wear to the movie
The people do not like me at the movies.
All of the people at movies are phony.
I am feeling depressed today.
Someone said something I did not like the last time I went to the movies.
I do not like the time the movies are held.
When I served as an Elders Quorum President I applied this same comparison to home teaching. It proved very entertaining but it also pointed out how transparent our reasons are for not home teaching/visiting teaching. So what are your best reasons for not doing your home teaching? The way to get started is to remind yourself what you did instead of going home teaching.

Ron Woods

Posted by John in Home Teaching, HT-Leader Resources