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

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.

Tim Ryan stepped out into a dark, snow-strewn night in February 2017, an exciting and crazy idea forming in his mind. He was going to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

From Chile to India and Canada to Kenya, President Russell M. Nelson has spent this past year traveling the world, sharing God's love by teaching and reaching the one. His revelation, uplifting messages, and kindness have been endless as he has sought the will of the Lord, showing us all what it means to be a true disciple of Christ. From meetings with the NAACP, presidents, and Church members on a Major League Baseball field, see some of the ways President Nelson has demonstrated how he is the Lord's prophet on the earth today.

Throughout his service in the Church, President Nelson has provided profound insight into family history work, the spirit of Elijah, and redeeming our kindred dead. Here is a small portion of those insights, excerpted from the new book Teachings of Russell M. Nelson.

While traveling with President Russell M. Nelson on his South American tour, Sister Wendy Watson Nelson says in a Newsroom video that the prophet's work so far "Is as though he has been unleashed."

How can Latter-day Saints balance the competing demands of love and law by following gospel law in their personal lives and simultaneously showing love for those who do not?