Why I’m so grateful someone pushed through awkwardness to serve

This month, the LDS Living Book Club has been reading Tom Christofferson’s, That We May Be One, in which he shares his perspective on faith and family as a gay Latter-day Saint. Over our Instagram discussions, many readers have come together to share insights obtained by reading That We May Be One. We have been overwhelmed with positive support for Tom, enjoyment of the book, and testimonies of how Tom’s story has inspired many to be more empathetic toward one another.

Most of the stepmothers I know didn't grow up thinking, "Hey, someday I'm going to be a stepmom. I can't wait." Nevertheless, I grew up to be the stepmother to three and my sister—brave sister that she is—grew up to marry a man who is the widowered father of six. And the reality is, my sister and I both have friends who grew up to be stepmothers as well. If you are a stepmother or know someone who is, here are a few suggestions for making the most of blended family life.

My parents grew up in Algeria, which at the time was a French colony. After the war of independence ended, they moved to Bordeaux, France, where I was born. It was only five months after my birth that my parents were baptized into the Church. They joined a fledgling branch that had more missionaries than members. Because there was no meetinghouse in the city of Bordeaux, they were baptized in a collapsible swimming pool in the missionaries' apartment. It was a humble beginning, but it changed my life and the life of our family!

Want to have the missionaries over for dinner but you aren’t sure what to feed them? We asked our online readers to vote on meals that they would like to be served if they were a missionary today, and these were the top responses.

Anxiety can make our thoughts and feelings jumbled. But here’s the difference between feelings from the Spirit and feelings from anxiety.

There is nothing that communicates the compassion, mercy, and redemptive, eternal love of God like the parable of the prodigal son. A recent video by Book of Mormon Central details this powerful parable and shares the ways the story of Alma the Younger can illuminate how this story applies to each of us.

President Brigham Young bought five of the original 31 shares of the Union Pacific Railroad, at $1,000 each, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when the Union Pacific was organized in the 1860s to build a railroad westward from Council Bluffs, Iowa.

During a BYU Women’s Conference breakout session on May 2, Sister Craven shared some of the trials she and her family have faced in their lives as she addressed how to have hope through struggles.

“My mother passed away in 2006. She was a marvelous woman. I am reminded of Lincoln’s words: ‘All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.’”