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‘The Chosen’ season 2 set to premiere on Easter Sunday

LDS Living - When the pandemic hit in early 2020 and people around the world began spending weeks in their own homes, The Chosen was made available for free online. For a show that relies on crowdfunding, the decision may have seemed questionable, but the show’s executive producer Derral Eves, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, told KSL that even with the decision to make the show available to anyone free of cost, it brought in enough money to fund the show’s entire second season.  “I don’t know how that works—impossible math,” Eves said.  On Easter Sunday, the show’s...

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See photos of progress made on the Salt Lake Temple renovation in March

LDS Living Staff - This story is a reverse-chronological timeline of updates related to the Salt Lake Temple renovation and will be updated throughout the project. Find more information at  templesquare.org .  March 2021 Construction Update Newsroom  published the following construction update regarding work performed in March 2021.  26 March 2021 This week on the Salt Lake Temple renovation project: The excavation to create a tunnel underneath North Temple is underway. This tunnel will connect the Conference Center parking lot to the underground temple entrance to create safer and easier access for visitors to the temple. Previously, canopy tubes were installed at the upper perimeter...

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39 temples to enter Phase 2-B and 7 temples to enter Phase 3

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Editor's note: In April, 39 temples will begin Phase 2-B of reopening and seven temples will move to Phase 3. A  complete list of temples  and their status is included after the press release.  Phase 1 • Seven temples are in Phase 1. Phase 2 • 86 temples will be in Phase 2 as of April 12, 2021. Phase 2-B • The following 17 temples will begin Phase 2-B on April 12, 2021 . Note: The online scheduling system for each temple will be activated on the Monday afternoon (mountain standard time) one week prior to the scheduled starting date. •...

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Watch: What the Savior’s last statements on the cross teach us about His character

Heather Ruth Pack, Contributor - This Easter season as we celebrate the resurrection of a living Christ, we also have the opportunity to contemplate His death. As the Savior suffered in agonizing pain on the cross, the Gospels record that He made seven final statements. In its latest video, the YouTube channel Messages of Christ explores the significance of the last words of Jesus as He was crucified in Calvary. “ The 7 Last Words of Jesus on the Cross ” is written by Brigham Young University religion professor John Hilton III and offers unique insights into the Savior’s character. “Christ is a healing human, and...

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Watch: President Nelson issues special Easter invitation on Palm Sunday

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - In a video released on Palm Sunday 2021 (March 28), Prophet Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites people everywhere to focus on Jesus Christ this Easter. During the week leading up to Easter, the Church president asks the world to “make this coming week truly holy by remembering—not just the palms  that were waved to honor the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem—but by remembering the palms of His hands.” In Isaiah 49:16 of the Old Testament are the words, “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands”—a promise, President Nelson says,...

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The opposition that made Joseph and Emma Smith’s marriage special

LDS Living - In 2 Nephi 2 , we read, “For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things.”  When it comes to relationships, having opposite personality traits can sometimes be a point of conflict or stress. But historian Jennifer Reeder, author of the new biography, First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith , said that the opposite qualities and characteristics possessed by Emma Smith and her husband, the Prophet Joseph, made them complementary to one another. Reeder says that in her study of Emma’s life, you consistently see the couple pushing, pulling, and stretching in their relationship with...

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Watch David Archuleta and BYU Vocal Point in beautiful music video perfect for Easter

LDS Living - David Archuleta joined BYU Vocal Point to create a beautiful new music video perfect for any Easter celebration. “What a Beautiful Name,” originally performed by Hillsong Worship, may not be a song many Latter-day Saints are familiar with, but with its Christ-centered lyrics and powerful vocals, this performance could easily become a family favorite. Soon after the video went live on YouTube on March 26, 2021, Archuleta commented and said, “Thanks so much for inviting me to be a part of this!!! I absolutely loved it.” While watching the video, it is easy to sense the joy Archuleta and the members...

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Join us for ‘Conference Prep Week’ with these daily prompts from Work + Wonder

LDS Living - General conference is right around the corner! This Sunday marks the beginning of Work + Wonder 's “Conference Prep Week.” What's that, you ask? Each conference, Work + Wonder gives you a different prompt for the days leading up to conference to help you prepare for and get more out of general conference weekend. The Work + Wonder workbooks have guided pages dedicated to “Conference Prep Week.” The pages for the week are also available for free online , as well as an engineer print for the whole family to stay on track together. The prompts are all listed below and...

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The Church’s largest humanitarian effort ever spotlighted in latest Latter-day Saint Charities annual report

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The humanitarian efforts of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints increased in 2020 due in part to its global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Latter-day Saint Charities , the humanitarian arm of the Church, has released its 2020 Annual Report , which outlines more than 3,600 projects in 160 countries during the year, including the Church’s response to the pandemic. “[We] truly seek to live the first and second great commandments. When we love God with all our hearts, He turns our hearts to the well-being of others in a beautiful, virtuous cycle,” said President Russell M. Nelson. Latter-day...

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Elder Soares asks how the challenges of 2020 brought us closer to the Savior + other thought-provoking questions from Church leaders this week

LDS Living - Editor’s note: “ This week from the pulpit ” highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church. Several Church leaders posed thought-provoking questions in their messages this week. In preparation for a devotional to Portuguese-speaking young adults, Elder Ulisses Soares posted on Facebook asking for responses to the question, “How did the challenges you faced in 2020 help you get closer to the Savior?” Later in the week, Elder Kyle S. McKay asked BYU students to consider, “What if there be no Christ?” And Elder Kazuhiko Yamashita spoke at BYU–Hawaii and asked returned missionaries, “What [gifts] did...

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The line of Elder Gong’s October conference talk that gives me the ‘hope of freedom’

Lindsey Williams - Editor's note: Our bi-weekly Friday column, “ Found in the footnotes ,” explores some of the footnotes from remarks given by General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Do you ever listen to a general conference address and hear one line that is so intriguing that you think about it for weeks? I’ve pondered one line in Elder Gerrit W. Gong’s October 2020 conference address over and over again since conference: “In proclaiming ‘liberty to the captives,’ the Lord promises His Atonement and gospel path can break temporal and spiritual bonds” ( Isaiah 61:1...

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This may be one of the best talks you’ve never heard: Elder Corbridge asks, Will we be faithful when things don’t go well?

Emily Abel - Editor's note: This article is part of a new  LDS Living  series, “ This may be one of the best talks you've never heard ,” highlighting talks you may have missed through the years. One evening I sat on my bed casually reading through material in the Gospel Library app. The day was nearly over, and I was in the mood for calming, pretty verses about love or hope. Somehow in my scrolling, I stumbled on a talk Elder Lawrence C. Corbridge gave at a Pioneer Day devotional in July 2019 in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. The timing was...

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‘We don’t have to be perfect’: A peek inside Ardeth Kapp’s 90th birthday party

LDS Living - At Sister Ardeth Kapp’s 90th virtual birthday celebration, not one, but four rounds of Zoom calls were needed to give friends and family enough time to express their love and appreciation. All of those eager voices testify of the great influence Sister Kapp has had in the lives of so many. Sister Kapp served in the Young Women General Presidency from 1984 to 1992, but her service to the young women of the Church did not end there. Church News shared that Madison Ardeth Zollinger, whose middle name is a testament to Sister Kapp’s influence on the Zollinger family, joined the...

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Watch: How having a daughter in the NICU taught one family that ‘God is good in the middle of hard’

Lindsey Williams - The birth of Cameron and Rebecca King’s second daughter isn’t the birth story that most young parents imagine, but it is a story of how the hand of the Lord is always visible, even during hard times. According to Rebecca’s Instagram , the missionaries asked their family to make a video about their experience of having their daughter Lily in the NICU. Not only was Lily born during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but after her birth, she was diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction, so she was immediately transferred to a children’s hospital for a surgery. After weeks of testing,...

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‘It was my ladies’: How a Church historian undergoing chemo found comfort in the lives of early Latter-day Saint women

LDS Living - In this week's episode of This Is the Gospel, Jenny's life comes to a screeching halt when a trip to the doctor reveals she has acute lymphoblastic leukemia . Determined to continue her life mission of studying Latter-day Saint women's history, Jenny endures multiple rounds of chemotherapy and painful bone marrow transplants as the cancer returns a staggering three times. But during her lowest moments of pain and suffering, Jenny finds solace in the stalwart spirits of the women she has come to know so well. An adapted excerpt from the story is below.  Listen to the full episode here  or ...

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Read the First Presidency’s 2021 Easter message

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The First Presidency released the following Easter message on March 25, 2021: At this Easter season, we gratefully commemorate the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We joyfully proclaim and solemnly testify that because of Jesus Christ, we will all live again. Central to God’s eternal plan is the mission of His Son, Jesus Christ. He came to redeem God’s children. Through the Savior’s Atonement, resurrection and immortality became a reality for all and eternal life became a possibility for all who would qualify. Jesus declared: “I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though...

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Latter-day Saint psychologist: Why the obedient are supported in trials rather than protected from them

Dr. David T. Morgan, Contributor - My dear grandmother recently passed away just a few days shy of her 100th birthday. My father tells the story of speaking with her many years ago, not long after he married my mother. Grandma was a stylish, sophisticated woman. She worked on the cutting edge of business strategies and loved trying new things. In those days, exercise gyms were novel, and grandma decided to try them out. One of the more popular “exercise” machines was a large strap that one would wrap around their waist. The person would hold on to the apparatus as the machine shook back and forth,...

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Church provides update on preservation efforts of Minerva Teichert murals in the Manti temple

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Editor's note: This press release was first published on March 12, 2021, and updated on March 24, 2021, with the following information about the Manti Utah Temple: The artwork in the Manti Temple includes murals painted by Minerva Teichert, which are valued not only for their beauty, but also as a treasured remembrance of the faith, talent, and dedication of the artist. The Teichert murals in the Manti Temple were originally painted on canvas, which was adhered to the plaster walls. The Church’s intent is to separate the canvas or portions of the canvas from the plaster and preserve the murals...

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Watch: Latter-day Saint husband and father reunited with beloved rottweiler after 397 days

LDS Living - After a few months of praying that his lost rottweiler, Skye, would return home Matthew Ray Banks’s prayers changed.  “I did stop praying to find Skye after a few months. In fact, while it was painful to have her gone, I almost immediately put her return into God’s hands and His timetable,” Banks recalls. “I stopped praying that she would come back to us, and started praying that she would be happy, taken care of, and loved wherever she was.” And then on Monday, after 397 days, the man and his dog were reunited.  “As we drove to the animal shelter...

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After 29 years, this man sent a Facebook message to a high school friend asking for help. Here's how it led to his baptism

Lindsey Williams - Ryan Blubaugh said he felt like a kid going to Disneyland the week of Christmas: in just one day, he would be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And soon, he would reunite with the friend that had made it all possible—a friend he hadn’t seen in 29 years. But over the last several months, this high school friend, J.D. Griffith, had been there for Ryan through thick and thin. He attended every lesson with Ryan and the missionaries via Zoom, answered every gospel question during lunchtime phone calls, and comforted his friend in every...

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After guessing where his sisters would serve, this high schooler created an app for compiling mission call guesses

LDS Living - For many Latter-day Saints, awaiting the mission call of a loved one means that it’s time for everyone to make their guesses regarding where the future missionary will be called to serve. Now, thanks to a new free app, it is easy to collect everyone’s guesses in one place.   The Mission Guessing Game was created by Wesley Mangum, who is only a senior in high school, with the help of his father, Gary Mangum, and was inspired by the fun his family had guessing where his sisters would be assigned to labor.   Still, the Mangums found that what was...

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Here’s what we know about the Latter-day Saints on ‘American Idol’ after Hollywood Week

Lindsey Williams - Last week, LDS Living  spotlighted eight contestants on this season of American Idol   who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This week, the Hollywood Week episodes aired on ABC. In the Sunday night episode, the contestants competed in a genre challenge, performing a song of their choice from one of six genres: indie-folk, pop, rock, R&B, soul, and country. In the Monday night episode, the judges paired contestants together to perform a duet. Here’s what we know about how the Latter-day Saint contestants fared. Liahona and Ammon Olayan Brother and sister Liahona and Ammon Olayan...

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April LDS Living Book Club: Revisiting ‘Women and the Priesthood’ by Sheri Dew

LDS Living - For some people, the fact that women are not ordained to the priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a sticking point, a hot topic, and even a potential media controversy. Others aren't troubled by the issue at all. But wherever you fall on that spectrum, you'll be fascinated by this doctrinal exploration of a topic that is crucial for both women and men to understand. Sheri Dew's best-selling book Women and the Priesthood was originally published in 2013 and discusses the varying responsibilities of men and women in the Church. Some of the responsibilities discussed include...

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Nearly 37 years ago, President Oaks was called as an Apostle. Here's the behind-the-scenes story of that life-changing moment

Richard E. Turley Jr., excerpted from “In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks” - On Friday evening, April 6, 1984, Dallin H. Oaks was in Tucson, Arizona, where he and two others sat as moot court judges at the University of Arizona Law School. When the competition ended, the three judges went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner and an awards presentation. During festivities before dinner—“cocktails for others; nachos for me,” Dallin wrote—he was called to the phone near the restaurant’s cash register. “I went to the cash register,” Dallin recalled, “and a mariachi band was whanging away in the background. It was a chaotic scene.” The caller turned out to be President Gordon B....