Daniel Burgess Reporting results. Just over a month ago I sent your lesson plan to the rest of the bishopric, YM advisors, and YW presidency in our ward. At a later meeting for that entire group I briefly reviewed the love vs fear paradigm and our cultural overuse of "addiction" labels.

I suggested they study your plan to heavily supplement or even make up the entire lesson. We made plans for the YW President (a very awesome lady and good friend) to teach the combined YW (relatively small and young group), a bishopric counselor would teach the deacons, and I would teach the teachers/priests. Nearly all of the leaders I shared your plan with responded VERY positively.

Today (the day of the lesson), the YW president shared with me that she remembered the "licked cupcake" and "chewed gum" analogies from her own childhood, and was "blown away" (in a good way) while reading your material. She sent an email to all parents of youth in the ward with the link to your page and a shared that we as a ward would teach about pornography from a standpoint of atonement, acceptance, and love, rather than fear and shame. She further told them that we would not have time to cover the bulk of the content on your page, but that it was worth them reviewing on their own and having discussion at home with their youth.

The lessons themselves were great. Our main point was to let them know that pornography is not "2nd only to murder" and that they are still good kids, who are growing into good men and women. We were careful to note that we need to avoid calling good/evil and evil/good. There is still harm caused by excessive pornography use, and the shame cycle can cause real damage, but they need not feel broken, lost, ashamed, or unlovable.

I also shared Michael R. Ash's interpretation of the Alma/Corianton exchange: https://sunstonemagazine.com/.../sbi/articles/143-34-43.pdf

All in all I think it was a huge success. Immediately after church I was approached by multiple youths who expressed that they felt they could trust us needed someone to talk to.

I don't know how else to say it, Daniel Burgess, Thank you for this great resource!