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Taylor Swift just replied to David Archuleta’s Twitter video. You are going to want to see why

Emily Abel - David Archuleta’s hit song “Crush” came out back in 2008, but yesterday it got the brilliant mash-up we didn’t know we wanted. “When Crush turns into a Love Story. . .” Archuleta posted on Twitter with a video of him singing the chorus of “Crush” to popstar Taylor Swift’s own 2008-hit: “Love Story.” Simply based on how well the songs complement each other, we’re surprised no one figured this out sooner.   When a Crush turns into a Love Story... 🎶 Of course with #LoveStoryTaylorsVersion . Gotta show my support :) Thanks for the inspo @Savannah_Kunze ! @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 pic.twitter.com/EWijXOVahN —...

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The Tabernacle Choir postpones Heritage Tour until 2022

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Heritage Tour by The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, originally scheduled for June 17–July 8, 2021, has been postponed until 2022. The 2022 performances will be in all the same cities planned for the original tour . Further information about revised dates and ticket information will be published in the next few weeks. Until that time, patrons are asked not to contact the concert venues until further details are available. ► You may also like:  Here's how you can request concert music from the Tabernacle and Temple Square organists Press release from...

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Ask a Latter-day Saint therapist: How do I manage grief while looking forward to eternity?

Jonathan Decker, LMFT, Contributor - Editor's Note: The views, information, or opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author. Readers should consider each unique situation. This content is not meant to be a substitute for individual, professional advice. For daily gospel-based relationship insights, join Jonathan’s  Facebook group . To submit a question for Jonathan,  click here . Q: I recently lost someone very dear to me. Other Church members keep telling me how grateful we should be for knowledge of the plan of salvation and of eternity and how comforting that is. That’s all true, but it doesn’t take the pain away. I’m...

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Young missionary passes away in El Salvador

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Sam Penrod, spokesman with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, released the following statement on Friday, March 5, 2021, on the passing of Elder Fernando Antonio Ramos Garcia: With great sadness, we share news of the death of a young missionary serving in the El Salvador San Salvador West/Belize Mission. Elder Fernando Antonio Ramos Garcia, age 21 from Juayúa, El Salvador, died on Wednesday after drowning in a river in the municipality of Nahulingo, Sonsonate. His body was recovered this morning. Elder Ramos had been serving since March of 2020. Our sincerest condolences and prayers are with Elder Ramos’s...

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5 meaningful Easter celebrations you can take part in this year

Haley Lundberg - As winter weather starts to fade away and give way into spring, the earth signals new life. That same pattern of receiving new life is echoed in our own lives during the Easter season as we think about how the Savior's sacrifice enables us to have new life in Him. In his 2018 talk “ Behold the Man ,” Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf said: To find the most important day in history, we must go back to that evening almost 2,000 years ago in the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus Christ knelt in intense prayer and offered Himself as a ransom...

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President Oaks teaches that we are not better than others; Elder Stevenson says ‘membership has its privileges’—and its responsibilities

LDS Living - Editor’s note: “ This week from the Pulpit ” highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church. Speaking to missionaries of the Salt Lake Temple Square Mission, President Dallin H. Oaks taught that there are three key things that make The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth”: the fulness of His doctrine, the power of His priesthood, and a unique testimony of Jesus Christ, as reported by Church News . However, President Oaks taught that this should not create in members of the...

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Watch: BYU Speeches shares the parable of the bicycle in this new inspiring short

Lindsey Williams - It’s a story almost anyone can relate to: A 7-year-old girl asks her father if she can have a bicycle, saying she is the only kid on the block without one. The father tells her if she saves all her pennies, she will soon have enough to buy a bicycle. Stephen E. Robinson, then a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, shared this story about his daughter in a May 1990 BYU Devotional , and now BYU Speeches has turned it into an inspiring short which has already garnered over 19,000 views. Robinson shared that his daughter did start...

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Why there were only 6 founding members of the Church and more facts about the historic event

Haley Lundberg - Many of this year's Come, Follow Me lessons could be considered history lessons as much as they are teachings of gospel principles. This week's lesson on the founding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 1830, is no exception, and I found myself digging into the historical context and importance of those events even more than usual. Here are a few of the questions—and the subsequent answers—I found in my personal study of Doctrine and Covenants 20–22 . Why were there only six founding members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? According to...

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What helped this Latter-day Saint woman keep her faith after 3 of her adopted children were abruptly taken back

LDS Living - In this week's episode of This Is the Gospel , Holly and her husband explain that they never imagined they would adopt multiple children during their lifetime. But after seeing the devastation of the Romanian Revolution, Holly and her husband felt the Spirit directing them to adopt children who were hard to place or neglected. And after feeling confirmation from the Spirit to adopt three girls from Africa in 2006, Holly felt that their family was about to grow yet again—until a devastating turn of events caused Holly to question her faith and trust in the Spirit. An adapted story from...

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Richard E. Turley Jr.: How I came to write ‘In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks’

Richard E. Turley Jr. - Youth often choose prominent persons as role models, never really expecting to meet them. I chose such a role model when I was in my teens. His name was Dallin H. Oaks. I turned 15 in 1971, the year he became president of Brigham Young University. Like many active Latter-day Saint youth living outside Utah, I longed to feel a connection with others of my faith who wanted to live the Church’s standards. That made me want to attend BYU, even though my academic record qualified me for attending better-known universities. Attending a summer conference at BYU in 1971 only increased...

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5 of my favorite moments from spending 48 minutes with the Holland family

Lindsey Williams - RootsTech Family Discovery Day has looked very similar for years—thousands of eyes on the massive stage at the Salt Palace, a beloved Church leader or leaders sharing an inspiring message, and a broadcast enabling those not in attendance physically to experience a taste of connection. But in 2021, Family Discovery Day looked different. The in-person audience for Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s and Sister Patricia Holland’s remarks was small. But the members of that audience included those who are most important to the Hollands—their own children. The backdrop of Family Discovery Day is southern Utah, and through video, photographs, and a tour...

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‘The most important thing taking place on earth today’: Why the gathering of Israel matters

Elder Gerald N. Lund, excerpted from “The Second Coming of the Lord” - A worldwide devotional for youth took place just three months after President Nelson had been sustained and set apart as the seventeenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although it was billed for the youth of the Church, there was a lot of excitement about the broadcast, and I wanted to hear what President Nelson had to say. After some preliminary welcoming remarks, he challenged the youth to do “the necessary spiritual work” that would bring personal revelation. But what came next took me aback a little. “Now, we would like to talk with you about the...

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Led to the Savior: How Sister Aburto found healing from both sides of the veil after tragedy

Lindsey Williams - Editor's note: This article is the cover story of the  March/April 2021 issue  of   LDS Living  magazine. To the average person, the date of October 15, 1989, might not hold much significance. But for Sister Reyna I. Aburto, this day changed her life forever. And it all started with the moment she chose to reach for the Savior. Living in San Francisco, California, 26-year-old Reyna had just been through a painful final separation from her first husband and was doing the best she could to provide for herself and for her 3-year-old son, Xavier. Though her days were full and busy,...

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This mobile bakery is bringing bread and hope to displaced people in Syria

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Hungry refugees in Syria are receiving food in an unusual way, thanks to a collaborative effort between the Greek Catholic Church and Latter-day Saint Charities. Armed conflict in the region has displaced millions of people and food shortages have caused great suffering. Now, however, a mobile bakery that can be moved about to supply freshly baked bread is feeding tens of thousands of people every day. Mike and Liz Freckleton, Latter-day Saint Charities representatives, described the impetus for creating the bakery: “Our good friend Mother Agnes, who’s the Abbot of a Syrian monastery, has worked for years to bring relief to...

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The ultimate victory: How the death of Jesus Christ was a triumph, according to one BYU professor

John Hilton III, excerpted from “Considering the Cross” - Imagine watching a sporting event in which you care deeply about the outcome. What if you knew from the outset that no matter how far behind your team was, no matter how many mistakes your favorite player made, no matter how bleak things looked, your team would win? You would probably feel less anxiety during the game. Although you still might experience an array of emotions, you could watch the event with happy anticipation, feeling safe in the known outcome. We can relate this analogy to the plan of redemption. Some of us live in a constant state of worry, troubled...

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OCD, God, and me: One woman's experience with scrupulosity

Whitney Vogrinec, Contributor - Growing up, my family held family home evenings (FHE) that felt more like listening to a general conference talk than the usual games and short lessons I saw in friends’ homes. And while I am now grateful that those lessons taught me the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I also recognize that as a young girl, I understood those things as a child. 1 Over time, however, my mind morphed the principles I’d learned in FHE to crushing ideals I could never reach. I kept on as best I could, until two years ago when I knew going on...

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Watch: The Bonner Family’s new, original song inspired by Disney and Pixar’s ‘Soul’ lives up to its name

LDS Living - The Bonner Family released a new music video on February 26. Their original song “You’ve Got Soul,” lives up to its name—between the rhythm, tempo, bass, and a feel-good vibe, it has plenty of soul to get you grooving. Inspired by Disney and Pixar’s animated movie Soul to create the song, the Bonners added a taste of the movie in their music video release.   Viewers will instantly recognize Conlon Bonner dressed like Soul ’s middle school music teacher, Joe Gardner—complete with sweater, briefcase, and gray fedora hat—followed by a clip of the same scene in the movie. “This movie has...

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Have you seen the 26 ways BYU plans to root out racism? Read key findings from a recent study

Emily Abel - The official Brigham Young University Committee on Race, Equity, and Belonging recently released key findings from its national diversity and equity campus climate survey. An article published by BYU  stated that the purpose of the study is to "help the university better understand and address people’s experiences with diversity and belonging, as well as to develop plans to improve the campus experience for all students and employees." The committee and the study were prompted by the call from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the NAACP in June 2020 that educational institutions "review processes, [policies] and...

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Why were code names and code words used in early editions of the Doctrine and Covenants? Were sections added or removed in various editions?

LDS Living - If you look at an edition of the Doctrine and Covenants published prior to 1981, you would likely be very confused by the use of code names and code words. For example, Oliver Cowdery was called “Olihah” and Martin Harris? “Mehemson.”  According to an article published by the Church History Department , this was done “to avoid providing evidence for lawsuits against Church members.” The code names were replaced with actual names in the 1981 edition.  An article from the BYU Scholars Archive , states that the use of code names  came on the heels of growing hostility toward the Church...

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5 additional temples to begin Phase 3 and other temple reopening updates

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Editor's note: This press release was originally published on May 7, 2020, and has been updated weekly. On March 8, 2021, two temples, the Guadalajara Mexico Temple and the Monterrey Mexico Temple, will resume Phase 1 operations while the Curitiba Brazil Temple and the Porto Alegre Brazil Temple will pause operations. On March 15, five temples will move to Phase 3. A  complete list of temples  and their status is included after the press release.  Phase 1 • 12 temples are in Phase 1. Phase 2 • 124 temples are in Phase 2. Phase 3 • 14 temples are in Phase...

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Watch: Sister Craven and Brother Wilcox answer the question, ‘Is it bad to participate in the Church out of a sense of duty?’

LDS Living - Colby is a teenager approaching adulthood and he has a question: Is it bad to participate in the Church out of a sense of duty? “It seems like there’s a set plan that we’re supposed to follow: Mission, BYU . . ., marriage, and children, in that order. It just seems like a wall of expectations that you’re supposed to climb and if you don’t quite measure up to that then there’s something wrong with you or you’re not as strong in your testimony as you should be,” Colby explains.  His question is a part of the Real Questions series ....

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13 books to uplift and inspire any teenager

LDS Living - Parenting a teenager can be a minefield. If you're anxious to get your child off their screen and interested in something more positive and inspiring, an uplifting book is a great alternative! From gospel topics to inspiring stories to fantasy reads, here are a few of our recommendations for every type of reader. Gospel Inspiration Almighty: How the Most Powerful Being in the Universe Is Also Your Loving Heavenly Father "What do you believe?" The stranger yelled as he grabbed my hand. There I was. The stage was set. I was up to bat. This was the opportunity I had been...

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Adapting and thriving in the new normal: 4 ways missionaries are sharing the gospel during the pandemic

Norman C. Hill, Contributor - The COVID-19 pandemic has practically turned the world upside down, including the world of missionary work. With many missionaries having to spend more time in their apartments and navigate other social restrictions to their work, they need to find new ways of sharing the gospel. As the Savior said, “Neither do men put new wine into old bottles, else the bottles break and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved” ( Matthew 9:17 ). Yes, new wine in new  bottles—that’s something that we can all get behind. Elder...

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In case you missed it: Top LDS Living articles from this week

LDS Living Staff - Here’s a snapshot of what you may have missed on LDS Living this week. You can also subscribe to the LDS Living  newsletter for daily inspiration right to your inbox. Featured Stories 3 lessons one young mother was reminded of while watching the Friend to Friend event Did you catch the Church’s first Friend to Friend event last weekend? As the mother of a 2-year-old, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Boy, was I in for a surprise! Read more . The challenge to be of Israel isn’t for the faint of heart—but the promised blessings are worth it As I’ve...