What I realized about God and garments from studying the Creation

Sam Penrod, spokesman with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, released the following statement on Friday, March 5, 2021, on the passing of Elder Fernando Antonio Ramos Garcia:

As winter weather starts to fade away and give way into spring, the earth signals new life. That same pattern of receiving new life is echoed in our own lives during the Easter season as we think about how the Savior's sacrifice enables us to have new life in Him. In his 2018 talk “ Behold the Man,” Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf said:

Editor’s note: “This week from the Pulpit” highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

It’s a story almost anyone can relate to: A 7-year-old girl asks her father if she can have a bicycle, saying she is the only kid on the block without one. The father tells her if she saves all her pennies, she will soon have enough to buy a bicycle.

Many of this year's Come, Follow Me lessons could be considered history lessons as much as they are teachings of gospel principles. This week's lesson on the founding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 1830, is no exception.

In this week's episode of This Is the Gospel, Holly and her husband explain that they never imagined they would adopt multiple children during their lifetime. But after seeing the devastation of the Romanian Revolution, Holly and her husband felt the Spirit directing them to adopt children who were hard to place or neglected. And after feeling confirmation from the Spirit to adopt three girls from Africa in 2006, Holly felt that their family was about to grow yet again—until a devastating turn of events caused Holly to question her faith and trust in the Spirit.

Youth often choose prominent persons as role models, never really expecting to meet them. I chose such a role model when I was in my teens. His name was Dallin H. Oaks.

In 2021, Family Discovery Day looked different. The in-person audience for Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s and Sister Patricia Holland’s remarks was small but included those who are most important to the Hollands—their own children.

Sister Aburto lost her brother in an earthquake as a child, went through a painful divorce with her first husband, and didn’t get to say goodbye to her father before he died by suicide.