Why I’m so grateful someone pushed through awkwardness to serve

Here are some easy ways to connect to the spirit of the season and participate in the top-caliber performances that come from Temple Square during the holidays.

If your home or your heart is feeling Grinch-y, here are 5 of our favorite uplifting quotes about the true, celebratory reason for the season.

Instead of making generic resolutions that get abandoned within a few weeks or months, a savvy financial plan will solidify your long-term prosperity. Here’s what to consider:

Teaching our children how to protect themselves from the negative, subtle, and often evil influences of the world have become increasingly more difficult over the past few years. Temples are a safe refuge from the world that bless not only adults but children and youth of all ages. Even when temples are closed, there is much we can do to teach and prepare our children for the blessings of the temple.

Nearly 400 years ago, a decade after the arrival of the Pilgrims in America, the bubonic or black plague reemerged in Italy and made its way across the Alps into Southern Germany. It is a fearsome disease that can devastate towns, killing a third to half of the population within a few weeks. According to legend, residents of the small village of Oberammergau noted that neighboring towns had already reported cases, so they prayed for protection, promising that they would always remember God’s blessing if their town were spared. The town was spared, and the following year, 1634, staged their first Passion Play depicting the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. In thankfulness to God, they staged the Passion Play annually for fifty years, likely the lifetime of the town’s residents who were alive when the plague threatened their village.

Everyone should know how to make a good smoothie, not just for the nutrition, but so that we all learn to make time for every meal instead of just skipping.

Back in August at a doctor’s appointment Carol was asked to step up on the scale. Like many of us, she hadn’t weighed herself in a long time because she was scared at what she would see.

Sister Harriet Uchtdorf and her daughter Antje give a taste of the magic of Christmas in Germany on this week’s episode of the Church News podcast.

There are 3 different daily service calendars: one for general service ideas, one especially for kids, and one you can customize with your own ideas.