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

Dating takes work. Marriage takes work. Being a good spouse takes work. And no one is perfect. But sadly, there's a misconception that the perfect spouse or perfect marriage is just out there, waiting. But the truth is, you have to work at being a good spouse and you have to work to create a perfect marriage.

I can remember the first time I felt sick to my stomach at something that was said over the pulpit during church. I was 16 and feeling claustrophobic in a chapel bursting with people who had come to listen to stake conference.

Social media. We all have our icons of choice. The red and white of Pinterest, the camera of Instagram, the blue bird of Twitter, the weird ghost of Snapchat—we all have our go-to app when we want to veg out for a while.

This Church video explains the amazing thing about all of us: our spirit. Sharing what our spirit bodies are, why we have one, and who made them, this mormon.orgvideo explains what Latter-day Saints believe about spirits in less than two minutes.

While performing at an interfaith devotional, Marie Osmond spoke about the heartbreaking loss of her son and bore a powerful testimony of the Savior through word and song. Watch her inspiring talk and performance below.

Tickets were gone in less than an hour on Saturday for The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s Christmas concert with Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth. When Chenoweth was announced as the guest artist on Friday, social media lit up with fans sharing their approval in comments such as, “The greatest singer with the greatest choir!” “A winning combination!” “Perfect guest artist! and “She is amazing!”

A lengthy ESPN feature story published earlier this year posed the question this summer, “Where Have You Gone, Dale Murphy?”

Suzanne Lucas wrote a piece for Inc. that gives our prophet, Russell M. Nelson, glowing praise. She writes, "Apparently, new and innovative can take place at any point in life. The difference is being willing to take a leap of faith, and work for the betterment of the organization."

"As President Nelson was describing our membership," Elder Stevenson said, "President Vizcarra was nodding his head, 'Yes, yes, I'm very much aware of them,' and of our young members."