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The Powerful Book of Mormon Phrase We Always See but Never Think About

David W. Allan - I once read a story about a  nonmember man who translated the Book of Mormon into Afrikaans . During the translation, he realized how unique many of the phrases were in their English translation, particularly the one we all know: "And it came to pass." He was intrigued because, after all, he once remarked, “how many Englishmen write or say, ‘And it came to pass’?" And It Came to Pass After hearing this story, the next time I picked up my scriptures I noticed that this unique phrase, which is also used in the Bible, is used less frequently as time...

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From Atheism to Disfellowship and Back to God: How a Sacrament Prayer Changed Everything for Me

Samuel Brown, excerpted from "First Principles and Ordinances" - The following excerpt has been republished with permission from faithmatters.org. Two months after graduating high school, I sat with my little brother and two of my closest friends at the sacrament table in our local ward house. It was a plain table covered in Formica, standing immediately below the podium. The laminated prayer cards were glued over a microphone that pivoted out on a tiny drawer when tugged. I sat at the sacrament table that fast Sunday in August 1990 for the first time in many months. I’d been an unruly child raised in a broken home, and I had generally...

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Watch: New Video Beautifully Illustrates Elder Uchtdorf's Insights into Feeling "the Call of Heaven"

LDS Living Staff - Are we hearing the call of heaven and the beckoning calls of our Savior? A recent Mormon Channel video beautifully illustrates the principles Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf taught in his general conference talk " A Yearning for Home. "   "I believe that every man, woman, and child has felt the call of heaven at some point in his or her life. Deep within us is a longing to somehow reach past the veil and embrace Heavenly Parents we once knew and cherished," Elder Uchtdorf taught. "Some might suppress this yearning and deaden their souls to its call. But those who...

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New York Times Best-Selling Author and Former Bishop Explains Why He Looked to the Bible for Confirmation That He Was Teaching Truth

LDS Living - Greg McKeown, the guest on this week’s episode of All In , has taught the principles of “essentialism” to some of the biggest and most successful companies in the world, including Apple and Google. His writings have been published in Fortune , Politico,  and Harvard Business Review,  among others. But he is also a husband, father and former Latter-day Saint bishop who seeks to apply in his own life the principles that he says are found on nearly every page of scripture. “Essentialism” is, as McKeown’s book of the same name says, “The disciplined pursuit of less.” It is a mindset...

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With 3 Sons Who Hear and 3 Sons Who Are Deaf, How One Latter-day Saint Family Stays Anchored by Faith

Church News - Early on in their marriage, Scott and Lori Featherstone describe themselves as being "dirt poor" — it took years before they fully furnished their home. The reason for this, Scott Featherstone explained, was because every spare dime they had went toward buying new hearing aids. Three of the Featherstone’s six sons were born deaf. But Joseph, Zach and Ben Featherstone want to set the record straight: They are just like everybody else. "We want you to feel like you can treat us as your equal. Because we are your equal," Ben Featherstone told the  Church News . "I've been in settings...

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When Your Life Doesn't Turn Out How You Planned: One Beautiful Truth to Remember

Laurel Christensen, excerpted from "The Faith Experiment" - I don’t know about you, but I had a “plan A” for my life. (Surely I am not the only girl who attempted to plan out her life.) I remember sitting around with some of my girlfriends one day when we were all in college. We were discussing my “plan A,” and that led to “plan B” ... which led me to think about “plan C.” I sort of wrote out my life plans and realized that I was already on “plan K.” (And this was a problem because I hadn’t even served a mission yet. By the time I went...

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12 Meaningful Gifts for Those Who Are Grieving

Regan Crandall - Grief is part of our life here on earth and can come from a variety of sources. However, that doesn't make it any easier. We all want to help our friends and family that are grieving, but sometimes it's hard to know how to help. Each person's grief is as unique and personal as their life, but we've compiled a few suggestions that we hope can help you as you comfort the ones you love.  When Times Are Tough: 5 Scriptures That Will Help You Get Through Almost Anything In this uplifting book for all ages, best-selling author John Bytheway shows...

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How 2 Bible Stories Shaped My Perspective on Mental Illness

Spencer Hyde - At 6 years old, I realized I cared more about the number of times the windshield wipers moved back and forth than I did about the thunderstorm. At 7, I understood germs to be more prevalent than air. At 8, I found it impossible to focus on anything religious because I was counting the number of vowels in a church-talk, tapping my knee in sets of three in order to stave off a serious illness or a catastrophic event that I believed would wipe away my family, and blinking (alternating left and right eyes) seven times when I saw the color...

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12 Insights into Christ's Life as Portrayed in the Rome Visitors' Center Stained Glass Window

Brad Wilcox, Gayle Holdman, Tyler Griffin, Anthony Sweat - At the announcement of a temple to be built in Rome, Italy, there was an audible gasp throughout the Conference Center in Salt Lake City and, no doubt, in many chapels and members’ homes around the world. Such was the case in Tom Holdman’s home, where he literally jumped from his seat and exclaimed, “I will do that temple glass!”  After Tom was contracted to do the windows in the Rome temple, he was also commissioned to create a 20 by 7-foot window for the visitors’ center. This was to be the first image visitors would see as they entered the...

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Missionary Who Died Touched Electrical Wire Before Falling, Church Statement Says

KSL -  A Latter-day Saint missionary from Utah came in contact with an electrical cable that may have caused him to fall to his death earlier this week, according to a statement from church officials. Elder Brennan Conrad, 18, died Wednesday after falling from the roof of his apartment building, officials from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement posted in Spanish to the church’s Dominican Republic website on Thursday. Conrad, who is from Hyde Park, had been serving since August in Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission, church officials said. Conrad’s mission companion said Conrad went up...

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7 Latter-day Saints Who Held Their Own on CBS' "Survivor"

Katie Lambert - On Wednesday, February 20, the long-awaited 2019 premiere of the hit TV show Survivor: Edge of Extinction  played across TVs in homes around the U.S. In its 38th season, Survivor has proven again and again how riveting a show that tests the contestants' physical and mental strength can be. And throughout the show's epic seasons, a few contestants have stood out. In particular, these eight Latter-day Saints have shown what it takes to compete on a show full of incredible survivor challenges and unexpected twists. ► You'll also like:   18 Latter-day Saints on Reality TV Who Stood for Their Standards...

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President Eyring: How God Speaks to Me Through the Scriptures

LDS.org - When I was a little boy I was given a small Bible. If I remember correctly, it was only the New Testament. As I read I was drawn to 1 Corinthians 13, which is about charity, and, even as a child, I knew that for me that chapter was about the family I would someday have. Years later, before I was married, I received a patriarchal blessing. In that blessing the patriarch described the feeling that would someday be in my home. He described exactly what I had felt years before when I read 1 Corinthians 13, and I knew that...

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Latter-day Saint Young Women Collect Hijab Gifts for Muslim Friends

Church News - Anna Hughes knows the sting of religious discrimination and bigotry. The 16-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee, resident lives in an area where she and her fellow Latter-day Saints are religious minorities. Occasionally, she’s been stereotyped and misunderstood because of her gospel beliefs. So Anna felt an immediate kinship with a group of other Knoxville-area young women who, at first glance, might appear on opposite ends of the religious spectrum. Last year, Anna and several other young women from the Grove Park Ward, Knoxville Tennessee Cumberland Stake, were visiting the Annoor Mosque to learn more about other religious congregations in their community. After touring...

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Latter-day Saint Therapist: How Research Supports Gospel Views of Sexual Intimacy That the World Gets Wrong

Jonathan Decker, LMFT - Note: This article contains a frank, though not crass, discussion of intimacy. If your marital intimacy is struggling because of pornography or infidelity, please  sign up for my online course , free for LDS Living readers.  Chasing After Mirages The headlines scream at you from the magazine rack at the grocery store, promising secrets to amazing lovemaking. Your SPAM email likely contains invitations to try supplements guaranteed to enhance your anatomy. Our culture has become obsessed with sex, as evidenced by the rampant popularity of internet pornography and erotic novels. In society’s craze, many may think they’re tapping into sexuality’s full...

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3 Ways We Can Better Understand the Connection Women Have with Priesthood Power

LDS.org - How can we better understand the connection women have with priesthood power and help them “to step forward,” to “take [their] rightful and needful place in [their] home, in [their] community, and in the kingdom of God—more than [they] ever have before”? 1 First, we can humbly seek to understand truths associated with the priesthood, especially the most recent teachings of Church leaders. Second, we can seek to understand why some women don’t fully realize their access to God’s priesthood power. Third, we can be aware of how we can help women more fully participate in the work God accomplishes through...

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Latter-day Saint Missionaries Save the Lives of 4 People in Kiribati

Newsroom - Two missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently saved the lives of four men whose car crashed into a lake in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. Elders Ulas and Elder Patane, both serving in the Marshall Islands / Kiribati mission were riding their bikes on a lightly used road on the island of Tarawa when they saw a car speeding towards them. The missionaries stopped and watched the car as it drew closer, when it suddenly veered off the road, flipped upside down and came to rest in a nearby lake. As can be seen in the accompanying photograph, the passenger compartment of the car almost...

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"Come Follow Me" FHE: Treasures in Heaven

Jessica Grimaud - This week's FHE lesson topic comes from the Come, Follow Me reading in Matthew 6-7 . Check out t his week's Come, Follow Me study ideas on LDS Living   for additional resources and suggestions. Thought “Our Heavenly Father sees our real potential. He knows things about us that we do not know ourselves. He prompts us during our lifetime to fulfill the measure of our creation, to live a good life, and to return to His presence. Why, then, do we devote so much of our time and energy to things that are so fleeting, so inconsequential, and so superficial?...

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"Come, Follow Me" February 25–March 3: “He Taught Them as One Having Authority”

LDS Living Staff - This week’s readings: Matthew 6–7 Don’t forget to record your impressions and read the ideas outlined in the new  Come, Follow Me   manuals on  lds.org . Bible Video Scripture Insight This week’s scriptural insight comes from  Verse by Verse: Volume 1  by Andrew C. Skinner and D. Kelly Ogden. Third Nephi 13:10 omits one phrase contained in the biblical text [of the Lord’s prayer] ( Matthew 6:10 ), “Thy kingdom come,” likely because it had come. “Give us this day our daily bread” ( v. 11 ) was the lifelong plea of a people dependent on the rain of heaven...

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Nothing but Net: Latter-day Saint Pro Soccer Player's Incredible Trick Shot Goes Viral

Ashli Kristine Hansen - If pro soccer player Ashley Hatch challenges you to a game of H.O.R.S.E., just walk away. You can't win. When the other player can make buckets with their feet, they're pretty much guaranteed the victory.   The Washington Spirit striker is used to finding the back of the net on the soccer pitch, but this week Hatch gained national attention for showing off her skills using a different kind of net. The former BYU All-American posted a trick shot on her instagam with the caption “My free throw % is better than yours @stevenash ," tagging him in the Trick-Shot Crossover...

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What's Playing and All You Need to Know About the 2019 LDS Film Festival

Jonathan Decker - “When there is a good movie in town, consider going to the theater as a family. Your very patronage will give encouragement to those who wish to produce this kind of entertainment” (President Gordon B. Hinckley, “ In Opposition to Evil ,” Ensign , September 2004). It started in 2001 as a means to promote and support the blossoming “Mormon Cinema” (now Latter-day Saint Cinema) movement. It expanded in the intervening years to include other wholesome films. Now in its 19th year, the LDS Film Festival is back with a new director, a more refined focus, and a fantastic lineup. Any...

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Family Mourns Death of Missionary, Expresses Gratitude for His Ability to Call Home Earlier This Week

LDS Living Staff - Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff made the following statement on February 20, 2019: "It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of a young missionary serving in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission. Elder Brennan Conrad, age 18, passed away this morning after falling from the roof of his apartment building. Elder Conrad is from Hyde Park, Utah, and had been serving since August 2018. Our deepest condolences go out to his family. We pray they will be comforted as they deal with this tragedy and mourn Elder Conrad's passing." According to Fox 13 News , Elder Conrad, who...

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Changes in the Church: Are We Missing Blessings by Focusing on the "What" Instead of the "Why"?

Ashli Kristine Hansen - With so many changes in the Church happening on what feels like a weekly basis, it’s easy to get caught up in the announcements themselves.   Just within the last year, we have seen a whirlwind of changes and updates to how we do things as part of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ—ministering, increased emphasis on the Savior as part of the Church’s name, curriculum changes, numerous updates to the missionary program, changes to how missionaries communicate with their families , and the shift to a home-centered, church-supported style of worship, just to name a few. ► You'll also like:...

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Daniel Peterson: How Recent Findings on Beekeeping in Ancient America Relate to the Book of Mormon

Daniel Peterson, for LDS Living - The Book of Mormon mentions bees or beekeeping but only twice. The first reference, in 2 Nephi 17:18, occurs in a quotation from the Old World prophet Isaiah. The second, however, concerns the Book of Mormon’s own early Jaredites: "And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees” ( Ether 2:3 ). Even in the latter case, though, the verse describes the Jaredites before their voyage across the ocean to the New World. It doesn’t tell us whether they took bees with them to the...

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How a Nighttime Prompting Helped 2 Women Find Help for Their Depression

Church News - While speaking at an LDS Business College devotional, Sister Sue Clark, wife of Elder Kim B. Clark, shared a powerful prompting she received in the middle of the night that helped her seek help for the depression she had been struggling with all her life. During one sleepless night, Sister Clark went to Heavenly Father in prayer. With a list of reasons why she might need medical help, as well as challenges she and her family had been facing, she cried and prayed to God for help to know whether she should look for help or get better on her own....

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