Why Andy Reid says conducting the Tabernacle Choir was one of the highlights of his life

One of the most difficult things for an adult child to navigate is how to help an aging parent when they require assistance with the activities of daily living. From broaching the subject to finding the community best suited to meet their needs currently and long-term, there is a lot to consider.

After Category 4 Cyclone Gita ripped through Tonga and Samoa with 145-mph winds, Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff released the following statement:

From Utah to Brazil and Nigeria to Australia, the First Presidency has called eight new mission presidents and their wives to serve in missions around the world.

A day before his sister's birthday, a BYU-Idaho student was taken off life support after he was involved in a car crash on I-15.

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When it comes to Disney fandom, most people know Donny Osmond's voice was featured in Mulan as he sings the iconic "I'll Make a Man Out of You."

As hurricanes, fires, mudslides, and earthquakes ravaged countries around the world last year, many of us are re-evaluating our emergency preparedness. But while food and water are critical in a disaster, they may not be enough. Recent research suggests that how you react during and after a catastrophe could make the most difference to your survival.

When I was very young, my parents planted a magnolia tree in our yard, in hopes of my having magnolias at my wedding. Plans for my future wedding also came up when I was 16 years old. Daddy arrived home from a church meeting with a rolled-up drawing of the soon-to-be Methodist church building. He unrolled the plans and pointed with pleasure to the chapel, saying, “Look, Neill, the new church will have a center aisle, instead of the side aisle of our church now, so at your wedding, I can walk you down the center of the sanctuary!” That anticipation held a particular poignancy since I was the only daughter in a family with six sons. I expected that trip down the church aisle and planned on it. Those expectations vanished like the dew of a Louisiana morning when I took an eternal step and entered the waters of baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

"How did I go from wearing a missionary uniform to a BYU lacrosse uniform to a county jail uniform?" Tyler asked himself. "How did one pill after surgery turn into full-blown heroin addiction?"