What I realized at Carthage Jail that’s helping me feel more peace

“I wondered why such bad things happened to the very people restoring the gospel. And then I stepped outside the jail.”
The ideas come from a recent article in Church magazines.
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Sharon believes this approach can lead to more lasting solutions.
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“We thank Thee for this occasion and all it signifies and symbolizes,” the Apostle said in the dedicatory prayer.
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Elder Renlund suggests this approach will help us better recognize revelation.
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September 26, 2025 02:29 PM MDT
Here are a few ways to press forward when life isn’t looking the way you hoped and prayed it would.
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September 26, 2025 01:40 PM MDT
“To serve in the temple is a sweet experience,” Therese Steadman said. “To serve with family is like icing on the cake.”
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Eugene Orr passed away on Monday, September 22, 2025, in Alberta, Canada.
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Podcasts

Exploring what it means to be “all in” the gospel of Jesus Christ
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Using our influence as women of God to make a difference in the world.
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September 22, 2025 09:55 AM MDT
“Scripture study has the power to change families.”
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September 22, 2025 09:54 AM MDT
Shannon Foster knows what it’s like to struggle with scripture study—and she’s found a solution.
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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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April 19, 2023 05:41 PM MDT
Two characteristics unite Latter-day Saint MBA Conference attendees: their interest in business and their desire to learn from members of the Church who have been successful in the business world.
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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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