From topics such as keeping digital technology in useful balance and avoiding the harm of excessive use to life-inspired recreation, this collection shows the purpose of being mindful of media and entertainment in everyday life.

Elder David A. Bednar warns of the harmful effects digital technologies can have on our souls and invites us to ask ourselves two questions to see if we are using these technologies properly.

Things As They Really Are

“Just as honest toil gives rest its sweetness, wholesome recreation is the friend and steadying companion of work,” says Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Wholesome Recreation

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