Feast or funeral? A compelling way to think about the sacrament

Are we meant to be happy and joyful during the sacrament? Or sad and mournful?
Once the temple is complete, members in the Ulaanbaatar Mongolia District will no longer have to travel 1,800 miles to attend the temple.
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“I wrote the words to that song as my prayerful feelings for our Father in Heaven,” President Russell M. Nelson has said.
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Four youth taught other campers about the gospel by serving, sharing testimony, and keeping their standards.
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The MTC will remain fully operational throughout the multiyear project.
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September 19, 2025 02:10 PM MDT
“There is something really powerful about incremental growth,” Sheri says. “I think in the Lord’s mercy, He understood this.”
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September 19, 2025 01:37 PM MDT
You can watch videos on the accounts now.
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September 16, 2025 09:43 AM MDT
“Life-changing revelation is not reserved for prophets,” Dale G. Renlund writes in his new book.
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Podcasts

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Using our influence as women of God to make a difference in the world.
Connect with Latter-day Saint thought leaders in a personal way
September 15, 2025 02:11 PM MDT
“Far from cursing them, the Eden story cites God blessing both Adam and Eve with ‘sorrow.’”
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September 15, 2025 01:53 PM MDT
Her YouTube channel, “Love Is Literacy,” features phonics-based instruction tailored for both younger and older learners.
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September 12, 2025 02:14 PM MDT
This counsel can help us move forward with confidence.
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April 19, 2023 01:53 PM MDT
When we tell our children they can’t play with certain children anymore, we may be unintentionally teaching them that there’s no space for forgiveness and no place for change. As I’ve thought about this, I've learned three truths that I hope can guide parents in similar situations.
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April 19, 2023 12:00 PM MDT
The poem was signed with a rhyme: “And so forthwith, remember Joseph Smith.”
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April 19, 2023 10:29 AM MDT
“Even though we were put here on this earth in different circumstances, we should not blame or ridicule one another because of that.”
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April 19, 2023 10:08 AM MDT
In this extensive Q&A, Sarah Eden shares why consistency is key—she's written over 70 books now!—and some of the challenges she encountered with her latest Western love story.
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April 18, 2023 06:06 PM MDT
When Stephanie Nielson, her husband, Christian, and six other Arizona Burn Center survivors reached the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, Stephanie walked over and showed her physician Dr. Kevin Foster a picture. The picture, Stephanie says, looks like an autopsy photo, but the woman in the picture was alive. She asked Dr. Foster if he remembered that girl. Of course he did—the picture was of Stephanie nearly 15 years ago, just a couple of weeks after a plane crash left over 80 percent of her body burned.
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The San Diego California Temple will close for extensive renovation beginning this summer, and the Okinawa Japan Temple open house and dedication will take place this fall.
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April 17, 2023 02:31 PM MDT
When we start feeling like the man who literally misplaced his car for twenty years, we may be getting too distracted.
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April 15, 2023 01:48 PM MDT
It is the Lord who first enters this story. But He isn’t the one who finishes it.
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April 14, 2023 04:18 PM MDT
“Unlike other ceremonial clothing used during the endowment, the garment is worn underneath members’ normal clothing for the rest of their lives, serving as a daily physical reminder of their covenant relationship with God.”
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