4 invitations Pres. Oaks shared at BYU to help you draw closer to Christ

For many Latter-day Saints, awaiting the mission call of a loved one means that it’s time for everyone to make their guesses regarding where the future missionary will be called to serve. Now, thanks to a new free app, it is easy to collect everyone’s guesses in one place.

Last week, LDS Living spotlighted eight contestants on this season of American Idol who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On Friday evening, April 6, 1984, Dallin H. Oaks was in Tucson, Arizona, where he and two others sat as moot court judges at the University of Arizona Law School. When the competition ended, the three judges went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and an awards presentation. During festivities before dinner—“cocktails for others; nachos for me,” Dallin wrote—he was called to the phone near the restaurant’s cash register. “I went to the cash register,” Dallin recalled, “and a mariachi band was whanging away in the background. It was a chaotic scene.”

For some people, the fact that women are not ordained to the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a sticking point, a hot topic, and even a potential media controversy. Others aren't troubled by the issue at all. But wherever you fall on that spectrum, you'll be fascinated by this doctrinal exploration of a topic that is crucial for both women and men to understand.

In a music video released on Sunday, March 21, 2021, the voices of The Bonner Family take on a beloved Latter-day Saint hymn, “Come, Come, Ye Saints.”

While flipping through my study journals from the past year, I realized I may have been looking at Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 all wrong. Previously, I saw it as a verse with three commandments: 1) Look unto me, 2) doubt not, and 3) fear not. But I now I see an even more hopeful message.

Vanessa and Nate Quigley, founders of Chatbooks, are the parents of seven children. They have been married for over 25 years. When they first got married, like most young parents, they had ideas of the kind of family they would raise.

We asked our followers to tell us an unexpected place that they have found Christ. We loved reading through your answers—they are a powerful reminder that the Savior can be with us in all things.

We often see prophets behind the pulpit, but how about behind the piano? Here are three times President Nelson has shared piano performances with the Church.