What 12 young men learned about God from hiking 50 miles overnight

“Doing hard things allows us to rely on God," said one young man. “Challenges like this are opportunities to build confidence.”
Elder Dale G. Renlund taught about the limitless power that Jesus Christ has as the Savior.
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“I didn’t know how to properly thank Heavenly Father for that experience. It had softened my heart so deeply.”
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Before the game, young Church service missionaries, local members, and friends put bags together for Kansas City Heroes to distribute.
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April 24, 2026 10:26 AM MDT
During the ceremony, the graduates gave a standing ovation to their parents, spouses, and children.
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April 24, 2026 10:05 AM MDT
“The Savior comes down to us at our level, but He doesn’t leave us there.”
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“This is a reason for all of us to rejoice and express gratitude for such a significant blessing,” wrote the First Presidency.
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April 20, 2026 02:51 PM MDT
“I hadn’t finished the quilt, and I had no solution. The only thing I could think to do was pray.”
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One of the purposes of the new names is to “help young women understand their divine place in God’s work.”
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April 17, 2026 03:12 PM MDT
With information coming at us from every direction, how can we know what is true?
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May 06, 2020 07:32 PM MDT
In a video released Wednesday, May 6, President Russell M. Nelson gave a message of comfort and caution to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints regarding the days ahead as COVID-19 restrictions are slowly being lifted.
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May 06, 2020 04:20 PM MDT
Amidst the Coronavirus rush for toilet paper among other grocery store items, McKay Coppins, writer for The Atlantic, recently shone a light on the Latter-day Saint counsel to have “food storage” and the many ways it has “spawned a quirky subculture within the faith, complete with home-picking seminars, dedicated Pinterest pages, and custom-made furniture for cleverly storing canned good.” But Coppins, a member of the Church himself, points out that the purpose of Latter-day Saint food storage is not focused on the end of the world but to ensure that “should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors, and support bishops as they care for others.”
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May 06, 2020 01:15 PM MDT
How many billionaires know how to sew? We’re not sure but you can definitely add Gail Miller to the list. As the Board Chair of Intermountain Healthcare’s Board of Trustees, Utah Jazz Owner Gail Miller recently did a video making people aware of ProjectProtect, a volunteer effort initiated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in conjunction with Intermountain Healthcare as well as several other organizations in Utah. ProjectProtect seeks to sew masks for frontline medical professionals aiding in the fight against COVID-19.
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May 06, 2020 12:30 PM MDT
The Association for Mormon Letters (AML) Awards were presented online on Saturday, May 2. The AML is a nonprofit that promotes fellowship among scholars and writers of Latter-day Saint literature. Check out a few of the winners and finalists of this year's awards that are available at Deseret Book!
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May 06, 2020 12:00 PM MDT
The following was originally published by Jared Halverson on his personal Facebook page. It is republished here with permission.
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May 06, 2020 12:00 PM MDT
Perhaps one of the most discouraging struggles women endure is that never-ending battle with our own bodies. A woman’s attitude toward her own body is fraught with misconceptions fueled by a world that celebrates an almost prepubescent female body as the ideal norm. Unfortunately for most of us, time moves on. We are no longer seventeen, a number of children have made their way through our birth canals, and gravity is exerting its inexorable pull. Whenever we look in the mirror, we are reminded of what we are not. Satan would have it just that way. He would have us think that because our bodies do not look a certain, supposedly desirable, way, they are not worth having at all. Thus, we enter into a war with our bodies, hating the very tabernacle our Father has given us, despising the flesh. If Satan can get us to fixate on our bodies, either in vanity or self-loathing, then he has caused us to misunderstand completely the role our bodies play in our salvation.
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May 05, 2020 10:54 PM MDT
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in collaboration with the Chancellor’s Office of Argentina, recently helped repatriate nearly 100 Argentine citizens who were stranded in Mexico because of COVID-19 imposed travel restrictions.
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May 05, 2020 05:01 PM MDT
As part of the Deseret Book Live! series, psychologist and author Wendy Ulrich offered valuable, frank tips on how to stay mentally healthy during COVID-19.
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May 05, 2020 03:14 PM MDT
To say the summer of 1842 was a busy season in the life of Joseph Smith would likely be an understatement. During the time, his responsibilities included overseeing missionary work, encouraging the construction of the Nauvoo Temple, editing the Times and Seasons, gathering converts, serving as mayor, and dealing with his bankruptcy application.
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