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

The scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints clearly advise Christian disciples to avoid the intemperate rhetoric that too often characterizes current religious and political discussions. The words of the resurrected Savior himself to the ancient Nephites will serve to illustrate this counsel:

Brandon Mull reclaimed his place among New York Times bestselling authors last week as the sequel in the Dragonwatch series, Dragonwatch: Wrath of the Dragon King, debuted at the top of the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover chart. The book topped Wonder, which has spent 168 weeks on the list, as well as several other more recent releases.

There's nothing quite like Halloween. Somewhere down the line, this holiday became a great opportunity for families to get together and have fun. And part of the fun includes the pictures of all the hilarious and ingenious costumes families come up with.

When it comes to Halloween costumes, BYU's athletic director Tom Holmoe doesn't hold back—and that fact is capturing national attention.

Located in downtown Waco, Texas, Magnolia Market at the Silos welcomed an estimated 1.6 million visitors in 2017, reportedly drawing more people to the state of Texas than the Alamo in San Antonio. Magnolia Market is really pretty simple: it consists of a home décor shop, a bakery, a garden and a grassy field surrounded by food trucks. So why do people come from all around the world just to see it?

From children to adults, everyone has hobbies—activities they particularly enjoy doing. But sometimes the types of hobbies we pursue, the amount of time and money that is spent on them, and how helpful or relevant our hobbies are can influence our decisions about which hobbies to pursue. Often, our hobbies stem from our talents. In the scriptures, we are told that “every [one] is given a gift by the Spirit of God” (D&C 46:11) and that these gifts, also known as our talents, are given to us “for the benefit of the children of God” (D&C 46:26). One interpretation of several of Christ’s parables (Matthew 5:15-16, Matthew 25:15-30) implies that we are to improve and share these talents with the world. It doesn’t matter what your talent is—kayaking, dancing, public speaking—we are given these talents so that others may see our good works and glorify God. No one talent (or hobby) is greater than any other. The what of our hobbies matters little when compared to the how and why we do them.

From Nigeria to Venezuela and South Carolina to the Philippines, the Church has called 27 new stake presidents for the month of October.

"If you think the Church has been fully restored, you're just seeing the beginning," President Russell M. Nelson said about the Church in a video during his South American tour.

Is it okay to present history through a fictional event that never happened? That’s exactly what the new movie Jane and Emma portrays. In the first episode of LDS Living’s new podcast, All In. Historians Jenny Reeder and Janiece Johnson have an interesting conversation with LDS Living host Morgan Jones about whether they are comfortable with the fictional convention used to portray the relationship between Emma Smith and Jane Manning James.