Feast or funeral? A compelling way to think about the sacrament

Are we meant to be happy and joyful during the sacrament? Or sad and mournful?
Once the temple is complete, members in the Ulaanbaatar Mongolia District will no longer have to travel 1,800 miles to attend the temple.
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“I wrote the words to that song as my prayerful feelings for our Father in Heaven,” President Russell M. Nelson has said.
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Four youth taught other campers about the gospel by serving, sharing testimony, and keeping their standards.
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The MTC will remain fully operational throughout the multiyear project.
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September 19, 2025 02:10 PM MDT
“There is something really powerful about incremental growth,” Sheri says. “I think in the Lord’s mercy, He understood this.”
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September 19, 2025 01:37 PM MDT
You can watch videos on the accounts now.
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September 16, 2025 09:43 AM MDT
“Life-changing revelation is not reserved for prophets,” Dale G. Renlund writes in his new book.
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Using our influence as women of God to make a difference in the world.
Connect with Latter-day Saint thought leaders in a personal way
September 15, 2025 02:11 PM MDT
“Far from cursing them, the Eden story cites God blessing both Adam and Eve with ‘sorrow.’”
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September 15, 2025 01:53 PM MDT
Her YouTube channel, “Love Is Literacy,” features phonics-based instruction tailored for both younger and older learners.
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September 12, 2025 02:14 PM MDT
This counsel can help us move forward with confidence.
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July 10, 2024 10:33 AM MDT
David Anderson was managing the Mesa, Arizona, Deseret Industries store around the year 2009 when someone dropped off a few pictures and paintings that had been sitting in their garage and then left.
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July 10, 2024 09:32 AM MDT
“Senior missions are some of the best-kept secrets in the Church.”
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July 10, 2024 07:26 AM MDT
‘It doesn’t do anything’ was my teen son’s response to my encouragement to ponder the Savior during the sacrament. What could I say to him?
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July 09, 2024 09:29 AM MDT
It’s easy to compare our results to others. But the great missionaries Ammon and Aaron weren’t doing that, and we shouldn’t either.
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July 09, 2024 07:20 AM MDT
After his own baptism in 2005, Bishop Miliate set a goal to help 3 people join the Church each year. So far this year, he’s helped 13.
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The Church has released a groundbreaking date for the Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple and an artist’s rendering of the João Pessoa Brazil Temple.
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July 08, 2024 01:47 PM MDT
Before LaVell Edwards took over the BYU football program, the idea of players taking two years off to serve a mission was somewhat of a debated concept.
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July 08, 2024 01:15 PM MDT
With this helpful study technique from Jared Halverson, we can find answers from God in the scriptures to even our most difficult—and modern—problems.
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July 05, 2024 11:34 AM MDT
I've always liked to keep my mental shelves fully stocked with absolutes and platitudes. Until the late Melissa Inouye showed me the power of emptiness.
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