On Friday, January 8, 2021, Church News released a list of 105 new mission presidents and companions who will begin their service in July 2021. Included in the list are a General Authority Seventy, a member of the Primary General Presidency, a former NFL player, and parents of an Olympian.
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Elder Jake Smith of Lehi, Utah, died Thursday, January 7, 2021, in a car accident near Rosebud, Arkansas.
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Fill your home with the warmth and harmony of the Bonner Family! The Bonner Family's new album, Come Ye Saints, celebrates the Savior through song. This all-hymn album is truly a one-of-a-kind musical force for good.
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At the start of a new year, some people may set goals to journal more often. But journaling doesn’t have to be limited to documenting the good things in life.
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In May 2019, following his call as an Area Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder Vai Sikahema told Deseret News columnist Doug Robinson, “I’m willing to give everything I’ve got, and I just don’t know if it’s enough. I don’t have the gilded résumé.”
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Victor Robinson thought he knew how his life would turn out. Since the age of 13, he had been in and out of different juvenile detention centers and adult prisons as he stole food to provide for his siblings. He thought his life would be a constant cycle of serving time for the crimes he committed.
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On the latest episode of the Church News podcast, Sister Sheri Dew, executive vice president of Deseret Management Corporation and former member of the Relief Society General Presidency, interviews Sister Wendy Watson Nelson. Together, the two look back on highlights from President Russell M. Nelson’s ministry and life. Here are just three things we took away from this beautiful interview.
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In a January 2021 article in the Liahona, President Russell M. Nelson shared a message on receiving revelation. Reflecting on one of his own personal experiences, the prophet wrote about a time when he was guided by the Spirit to check on the late Elder Robert D. Hales, who had previously suffered a heart attack.
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Many Latter-day Saints attend the temple to find reprieve from the fear and anxiety life can sometimes bring. But even though temples have been closed through months filled with more than their fair share of anxiety, the Lord has not left us without help.
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