What I realized about God and garments from studying the Creation

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The question has been asked 100 times: “What does it mean to you to be ‘all in’ the gospel of Jesus Christ?” There is no prescribed answer. Instead, guest after guest has provided unique insight into what being “all in” means. It is a question that has kept listeners coming back for more. In fact, on the same day the podcast releases its 100th episode, All In has hit over five million downloads.

What has the year 2020 meant thus far for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Like all people everywhere, Latter-day Saints have dealt with the unforeseen and unexpected challenges of a pandemic. But what does that mean for the Church on a general level? Family sacrament meetings held in living rooms, missionaries accepting rapid reassignments and calls back home, and massive service projects like the creation of thousands of homemade face masks, to name a few things.

Like many things in 2020, BYU Education Week is moving to a virtual format this year.

Editor's note: This story was originally published by LDS Living in April 2020 and is being shared again in anticipation of October 2020 general conference. Here's how you can watch.

On September 27, 2015, I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while attending Michigan State University. Before that, I wasn’t religious and struggled with many doubts—including whether God was even real. Now, five years later, I can easily see how Heavenly Father has been so good to me throughout my life, even when I wasn’t sure He was there.

In the last few years, missionary service has seen many changes including allowing sister missionaries to wear slacks and allowing male missionaries to wear blue shirts in some areas, a standard application for proselyting and service missions, and increased communication with families through text and email.

I searched every corner of the internet to find what religion I identified with. But I had completely missed the gold mine that is general conference.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has provided wonderful mental health resources in recent years. There is even an entire “mental health” section in the Gospel Library on the Church’s website. The content is excellent, and I encourage you to explore it.