A step-by-step guide for every first-time temple goer

"The gospel just comes first in our lives. That’s all there is to it," 76-year-old Dick Johnson says.

The First Presidency has called 123 new mission presidents who will begin their service in July 2017.

The motivations behind why people take selfies are not necessarily narcissistic; in fact, it's often about connecting with other people.

"Over the last few days, an Instagram/Twitter post from James (The Mormon) has gone viral. The post exposes a few critical comments on an open shouldered dress I wore to a New Years Eve party, a seemingly inconsequential choice of dress at the time," Lindsey shares on James the Mormon's blog. She had no idea that choice would make her the topic of conversation across several social media sites.

As the presidential inauguration on January 20 nears, the list of performers who have turned down invitations to participate in the event continues to grow.

My training as a clinical psychologist has forever changed how I see the world and even how I read scripture. I can’t help but wonder about the personal lives of the people in the Book of Mormon. What was it like growing up with Nephi for a younger brother? What was Alma involved in that led him so far astray? How unbearable was it for Moroni to watch as all the people he loved died? Would the Book of Mormon sound different if it was written from the Lamanites’ perspective instead of the Nephites’?

Close behind the organization of the Church in the meridian of time came the apostasy, accompanied by a diversification of beliefs that would lead ultimately to thousands of different Christian denominations. Every doctrinal disagreement seemed to be a cause for reorganization: perhaps the only cause. In any religious organization where doctrine does not matter, or where there is unity of opinion about the doctrine, splinter groups are not likely to break off from the main body. But thousands had broken off and now, on the 6th of April of 1830, the time had finally come for the Lord to put things right and to restore “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth . . .” (D&C 1:30).

We are grateful for Elder Lynn Sorensen's example and his service to the Church. Our prayers are with his family.

In October 2015, LDS artist Sarah Bertola created a beautiful tribute to parents and family members who have lost little children, one that shared her testimony that those families would see their little angels again.