How this firefighter mom manages wearing life’s many ‘uniforms’

As a mother, firefighter, and member of the Tabernacle Choir, JennaBree Tollestrup serves in many different ways.
“What we do in the temple gives us strength outside the temple,” taught Elder Dale G. Renlund.
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“My mom said to me, ‘Jesus Christ is always stronger than any darkness.’”
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The lesson focuses on moral agency and how the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence support religious liberty.
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Honor the women you love with a thoughtful message.
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May 08, 2026 02:30 PM MDT
“As soon as I walked into the airport, I had this overwhelming feeling that there was someone I was supposed to find and help.”
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May 08, 2026 11:01 AM MDT
The immediate impulse her small grandchildren showed at the new statue of Christ on Temple Square surprised President Emily Belle Freeman.
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May 05, 2026 10:35 AM MDT
Here are two ways to scoop up a free reservation.
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May 04, 2026 03:09 PM MDT
“Whatever the depth of our spirituality, each of us—all of us—can go deeper still.”
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May 04, 2026 12:13 PM MDT
This weekend, President Henry B. Eyring dedicated Utah’s 25th temple.
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May 01, 2026 12:12 PM MDT
Reading about the Atonement is one thing but truly feeling it is another. This visual could make a difference.
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April 19, 2019 09:14 AM MDT
This week's FHE lesson topic comes from the Come, Follow Me reading in Matthew 18 and Luke 10. Check out this week's Come, Follow Me study ideas on LDS Living for additional resources and suggestions.
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April 18, 2019 08:04 PM MDT
The Utah Shakespeare Festival is a regional Tony-Award winning professional repertory theatre company that produces Shakespeare, classical drama, comedies, and musicals. Other related activities include three different Greenshows, play orientations, seminars, educational opportunities such as classes and Camp Shakespeare, backstage tours, Words Cubed new play series, and a Shakespeare-in-the-Schools tour. Eight plays are performed in rotation in two state-of-the-art indoor theatres, as well as an outdoor theatre resembling an Elizabethan playhouse. The season begins the end of June and runs through mid-October each year. Founded in 1961, it is one of the oldest and largest Shakespearean festivals in North America.
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By  LDS Living
April 18, 2019 07:37 PM MDT
What do Latter-day Saints believe about the Godhead and how is it different from other Christian faiths?
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April 18, 2019 04:45 PM MDT
Mary Hoskins and her brother Jonah Hoskins are two rising stars in the opera business. According to Church News, the two Latter-day Saints have competed in or will compete in the most elite opera singing competitions in the U.S. That's why it is so strange the two would decide to take a break from their careers to serve missions, but that sacrifice doesn't seem to have slowed them down.
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April 18, 2019 03:55 PM MDT
After going through one of the most devastating times of her life, Patti Rokus found healing and inspiration in rocks.
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April 18, 2019 02:12 PM MDT
President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wrote words of comfort and encouragement to Pope Francis in the wake of the devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, April 15, 2019.
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By  LDS Living
April 18, 2019 01:44 PM MDT
For April, LDS Living tried something unprecedented with our virtual monthly book club. This month, we focused on a book that not only offers inspiring thoughts but provides ways to help each of us draw closer to Christ during the three weeks leading up to Easter.
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By  LDS Living
April 18, 2019 01:22 PM MDT
For Holy Week, LDS Living is preparing for Easter in two simple ways: 1) by focusing on the events leading up to Easter on our Instagram account @brightly.beams and 2) by releasing a video a day focusing on the perspective of those who witnessed the life and resurrection of our Savior. Here is the fourth video (watch the first three here), featuring Emily Belle Freeman and David Butler of Don't Miss This as they explain what we can learn about Easter and our Savior from Mary Magdalene, the first witness of the Redeemer's resurrection.
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April 18, 2019 09:47 AM MDT
Through the regular pattern of sacrament meeting, I feel like I get a chance to symbolically relive the first Easter weekend.
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