Church Porn for FHE

One of the blessings/curses of being Mormon is that there is not a preacher that gives a sermon each week.  Instead, members are asked to give talks on topics that are assigned to them by the local church leaders.  They try to include the youth, kids 12 and up, and this week it was Sydnee's turn to give a talk.  She was assigned the topic Family Home Evening, which we refer to as FHE.  Church leaders many years ago (1915?) encouraged families to set aside one evening a week to spend time together as a family, and that is when FHE was born.

Sydnee gave a great talk about the benefits of FHE and talked about her favorite family activities.  One of which is our nightly tradition of "best and worst."  We go around the table and share the best thing and the worst thing about our day.  It starts fun conversations, we laugh with/at each other and find perspective through gaining a better understanding each other's day.  There are many times that we have learned more about our girls and what is important to them through these simple conversations.

FHE was also a topic that I was reminded of during my grandfather's funeral this past week.  He always made time for family home evening and valued family time.  I listened to my aunts and uncle talk about how important and special that was to them.  With these little reminders, I was feeling extra guilty for not taking the time to properly plan family activities these past few months.  I know that I should try harder to take time for planned family activities, discussion topics, and service.

That is when I remembered that I started watching a new Mormon Messages video that I saw on Facebook that talks about how to protect children from porn or talk to them about porn.  I meant to share it with the girls and forgot.  At dinner tonight, I thought it would be a great time to share the video and talk about it.  I borrowed one of the girls iPads and told them that we were going to watch the church porn video.  Speaking before thinking is a bad idea.  They looked at me like I was super crazy and a little terrified, then made fun of me while I kept searching to find the video.  Charley's friend came over and the girls told him that I was searching for church porn on the internet....   And we ended the discussion with "we'll have to watch church porn another night."  Another FHE failure in the books, but points for trying?!?

Two lessons were learned tonight:
1. Think before you speak to children, they will use your words against you.
2. Properly PLAN for FHE

Disclaimer:  I didn't actually search the phrase "Church Porn" so I can't vouch for what that really is.  Google at your own risk folks.

Update: A friend shared the video link.  If anyone else wants to see it and share it with your family, here you go: What Should I Do When I See Pornography?