This Latter-day Saint hymn led my entire family to join the Church

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Nish Weiseth is a faithful Christian and an author. She is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but until recently, she lived in an area highly populated by members of the Church, including Latter-day Saint author Emily Belle Freeman. The two became friends, and soon Weiseth began doing things that may have seemed odd from the outside looking in, such as watching every session of general conference and earning her Young Women medallion. Weiseth and Freeman recently sat down with All In podcast host Morgan Jones to discuss their unique friendship and their desire to learn more about each other’s respective faiths.

Moms of young kids, I know you. I’ve been you. I’ve sat in sacrament meeting with children on all sides, pulling my clothes and my hair, trying to crawl under the pew, smashing Cheerios in the bench.

Embrace everything you love about fall and get your home Thanksgiving-ready with these delightful decorations centered around family and gratitude.

Listening to Claire Ryann Crosby sing, it's hard to believe she is just six years old. Recently, she created an intricate medley of Disney Princess songs that included everything from Snow White to Moana and Beauty and the Beast to Frozen. Check out the adorable video, filmed at Disney World.

"The price of freedom surely feels incredibly high to all those of us who know and love our individual soldier," Jennie Taylor said. "But the value of freedom is immeasurable to all those who know and love America and all that she represents."

Throughout his service in the Church, President Nelson has provided profound insight into the purpose of the Church on the earth today. Here is a small portion of those insights, excerpted from the new book Teachings of Russell M. Nelson.

We first met as students in a BYU religion class called “Your Religious Problems.” We both solved our biggest “religious problem” when our friendship from that class blossomed into our marriage. For each class, a student would pick a religious question, do research on it, then lead a discussion. We each wrote a short paper on how we would resolve the problem.

This recent article by Glenn T. Stanton from The Federalist contains fascinating research that shows how marriage can promote wellnesses, equality, and other aspects of life. Thanks to Meridian Magazine for making us aware of this article.