5 books to prepare your child for baptism

These heartwarming books can spark meaningful conversations.
Even though the two did not know each other deeply, “I kept getting that feeling to get tested,” Chris Runkel said.
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“Maybe silence is what heaven knows you need most.”
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The Bacolod Philippines Temple was dedicated in a single session on Sunday, May 31.
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help people learn about and tour the newly renovated temple.
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The conference, titled “Onward, Ever Onward,” was broadcast to 97 locations throughout the Church’s United States Northeast Area.
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“We will not fulfill AI’s full potential until we make it as morally good as we make it powerful.”
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May 27, 2026 01:58 PM MDT
Harry and Debra Bonner intentionally taught their children to recognize the Spirit.
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May 27, 2026 11:22 AM MDT
“I express appreciation for members of the Church and for all who minister in quiet and consistent ways.”
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June 08, 2019 03:00 PM MDT
Utah State University senior Kaulin Curtis was sitting in class early Tuesday morning when he got a text from his girlfriend telling him to check his email. Little did Kaulin know that he was in for perhaps the happiest surprise of his life.
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These introductory paragraphs are excerpted from a 1995 manuscript by Herbert Kurt Ludwig and the author. Ludwig was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who served in the German infantry in World War II. His journey through World War II took him from the freezing steppes of Russia to the burning sands of North Africa, where he served as a motorcycle messenger in the headquarters of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Along with a 136,000 other Germans, he was abandoned by his country in North Africa, facing new dangers, opportunities, and challenges throughout the rest of the war.
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June 08, 2019 01:08 PM MDT
If you are a believing Latter-day Saint parent, your greatest hope is that you and your children will all be together in eternity. But—with increased disaffiliation from the Church—many parents, maybe even most, have or will have adult children who no longer believe.
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June 08, 2019 12:00 PM MDT
Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé remembers the moment he first heard an arrangement of "Where Can I Turn for Peace?" by his friend and accomplished Italian composer Nicolas Giusti. "I was shocked," Bishop Caussé says. "I listened to it, and I called him right away and I said, 'Nicolas, are you aware, this is a sad theme? Are you aware of this? And you composed joyful music.' And he said, 'Well we can find happiness even in the darkest times of our lives.'"
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June 08, 2019 11:00 AM MDT
Last month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expressed concern regarding the Equality Act and, while the Church offered an explanation of its own, we asked Steven Collis, an expert on religious liberty, to provide his personal opinion about why the Church may have opposed the bill.
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June 08, 2019 09:00 AM MDT
The following article was originally shared on LDS Living in June 2016.
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Fun
June 07, 2019 10:00 PM MDT
My first trip to the temple was what you might call “memorable.”
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June 07, 2019 06:27 PM MDT
While speaking at the semiannual Jewish-Latter-day Saint Dialogue, Elder Quentin L. Cook shared a quote from Robert Abrams, a four-time attorney general of New York, about the commonalities between Latter-day Saints and Jews.
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June 07, 2019 05:29 PM MDT
Surrounded by screaming fans at Madison Square Garden, Justin Osmond watched his dad and uncles onstage perform some of the hits that made the Osmonds mega-stars of the 1970s.
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