December 2025 About This IssueMaddy PollThis Month’s Theme: Focusing Your Life on Jesus ChristThe YA Weekly staff introduces this month’s theme. Week 4 Especially for NewlywedsJanae CastilloBalancing Cultural Differences in Our MarriageA newly married young adult shares insights on how she’s navigating her identity as a spouse. Dylan PulsipherWith Our Babies in the NICU, We Turned to Christ for PeaceA young adult shares how focusing on Jesus Christ helped him have an eternal perspective when his twin babies were hospitalized. Chakell Wardleigh HerbertHow Do We Put Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ First?A young adult shares how she’s learning to love Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ more than the world. Week 3 Eric D. Snider6 Ways to Minister Like the Savior This Holiday SeasonTips on serving others the way Jesus did. Life SkillsBrynn WenglerHelp! My Phone Is Taking Over My Life!Motivation and strategies for taking control of your phone use. Madelyn Maxfield4 Ways to Celebrate Christ All Year LongLooking to key events in Jesus Christ’s life can help you worship Him all year. Week 2 Tori StoneSwapping Overwhelm for Holiness This Christmas SeasonWhen the expectations of the holiday season become too much, we can focus on filling our lives with the Lord’s holiness. Leosz BaumannCultivating Spiritual Stillness at ChristmastimeWe can contrast the busyness of the season with stillness and reverence. From the Mission FieldWai Ho LeungHow My Mission Taught Me the Joy of ChristmasA young adult shares how serving a mission helped him see Christmas as an opportunity to share the joy of the gospel. Maddy PollStumbling in the Dark? Let Christ’s Light Guide YouThe Light of Christ can guide us to our Heavenly Father. Week 1 Gabriel W. ReidWhat a Christmas Disaster Taught Me About My Covenant RelationshipBrother Reid shares ideas for safeguarding our covenant relationship with Heavenly Father. Sharing the Light of Christ’s Love This Christmas Season and BeyondLearn how Christ taught love and service in this recap of social media posts from Church leaders. Questions and AnswersKatherine PreatorAm I Putting My Faith in Outcomes or in Jesus Christ?We can overcome doubts about the future by focusing on Jesus Christ.