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This deceased Latter-day Saint couple made national news for a fudge recipe that’s engraved on their headstone—and their love story is just as sweet

Danielle Christensen - It’s some of the sweetest news circulating national news lately, and for good reason. After all, it’s not every day one comes across a headstone featuring things like an airplane, a graduation cap, and perhaps most unusual—a fudge recipe. But equally charming are the lives of the couple buried there. Wade and Kathryn “Kay” Andrews had quite the love story. According to azfamily.com , Wade was a U.S. Air Force captain during World War II when he first met Kay at a church function in New York City. She was studying fashion design at the time, and they went on one...

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3 Latter-day Saint films to enjoy with your family this summer

LDS Living - School's out, the kids are home, and everyone is just a little stir-crazy from the events of the last year. Treat your family to some wholesome entertainment with one of these brand-new Latter-day Saint films, all releasing this summer! Once I Was Engaged A new coming-of-age comedy from the creators of Once I Was a Beehive ! A stereotypical uber-planner, Carrie Carrington (Lisa Valentine Clark) has her daughter’s entire life planned out. The Plan was working for Bree, too—that is, until Thys Chesterfield (aka Mr. Perfect) came on the scene, and well . . . you know what they say about...

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4 quotes from the footnotes of President Jones’s remarks to inspire your ‘Essential Conversations’

Lindsey Williams - In her final address as Primary General President, Sister Joy D. Jones spoke of “ Essential Conversations ,” emphasizing the value of families talking about the gospel of Jesus Christ. “When we have such conversations with our children, we help them create a foundation, ‘which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if [they] build they cannot fall’ ( Helaman 5:12 ). When we strengthen a child, we strengthen the family,” she said. Her remarks have not only inspired Latter-day Saint parents, but also inspired visitors of a Harvard symposium, “Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse.”...

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Revelation, the temple, and covenants: Key principles addressed by Church leaders in recent remarks

LDS Living - Editor’s note: “ This week from the pulpit”  highlights recent messages by Church leaders. Part of our journey here on earth includes finding our way back to Heavenly Father. Luckily for us, we aren’t alone in that journey. In recent remarks, Church leaders addressed key principles that can guide us through our path in mortality. Elder Dale G. Renlund spoke to missionaries about 14 principles of personal revelation. The Young Women General Presidency offered council on how we can “pitch our tents” toward the temple. And speaking in an Ensign College devotional, former Young Women General President Bonnie L. Oscarson spoke...

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How April general conference helped one Latter-day Saint with same-sex attraction find belonging

LDS Living - General conference isn’t always the easiest experience for Bradley S., a Latter-day Saint who experiences same-sex attraction. In a new blog post on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, he writes, “Sometimes general conference messages, especially those about dating or marriage or children, can be difficult for me and for other single members of the Church to hear because we erroneously think that we are alone, that we have diminished worth, and that we don’t belong.” But during the April 2021 general conference, Bradley had a different experience—especially as he listened to Elder Gerrit W. Gong’s talk, “ Room in the Inn .” “Elder Gong poignantly...

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US refugee resettlement agencies receive $5 million from Latter-day Saint Charities

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Latter-day Saint Charities is continuing its financial support for nine refugee resettlement agencies in the United States through a series of grants totaling $5 million in 2021. The funds are expected to help more than 9,000 refugees and immigrants through some 190 organizations affiliated with the following nine resettlement agencies in the United States: • The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops • International Rescue Committee (IRC) • U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) • Church World Service • Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) • Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) • Episcopal Migration Ministries • Ethiopian Community Development Council...

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What I learned from Captain America and the scriptures about how we are never really alone even when we feel like it

Anne Maxson, Contributor - Years ago, we were trying to help one of our kids get to sleep when he was sick. After many attempts to get him to fall asleep by cuddling with him, we realized he would be better off if we just let him sleep on his own. With us there, our two-year-old would either enjoy the one-on-one attention or would wake up anytime we moved our cramping arms. Our interventions were actually distractions preventing him from getting the sleep he needed. However, he was not at all happy when we put him in his crib and walked away. I am certain,...

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15 beautiful temple dresses & sweaters any Latter-day Saint woman would love

LDS Living - Temples are some of the most beautiful places on earth, but the work that takes place inside of them is what makes them sacred. And when you wear a temple dress you feel comfortable in, you’ll be able to more fully concentrate on the sacred ordinances you’re performing. There are more options now than ever so we’ve pulled together some of our favorites. Nora temple dress Shop now Christen temple dress Shop now Audrey temple skirt Shop now Ensley temple sweater Shop now Lined knit temple top Shop now Alice temple dress Shop now Olivia temple dress Shop now Jennifer temple...

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Looking back on 3 times Danny Ainge shared his faith during his time as president of the Boston Celtics

LDS Living - Danny Ainge’s storied career with the Boston Celtics, both as a player and as president of basketball operations will soon come to a close, as was announced Wednesday in news that took the sports world by storm. Ainge’s position will be filled by current Celtics head coach Brad Stevens. Ainge, who brought two NBA titles to Boston as a player and one NBA title as an executive, says his decision to step down was prompted by his family’s concern following a heart attack two years ago. “I started thinking about my life and what I’d like to accomplish. I don’t know...

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Area Seventies issue statement regarding Indigenous tragedy in Canada

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - The following statement was released June 1, 2021, by the Canadian leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across Canada mourn with other Canadians as we have learned of the recent discovery of 215 Indigenous children’s remains upon the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. We express our love and sympathy to the individuals, families, and communities so deeply affected, especially the Tkʹemlúps te Secwepemc First Nation. We unite with our Indigenous brothers and sisters across Canada in prayer in the face of this...

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How Elder Rasband’s insights about a familiar parable gave new meaning to the phrase ‘I am a child of God’

Danielle Christensen - Recently, while watching BYU Women’s Conference, a single sentence from Elder Ronald A. Rasband’s address brought back a memory from when I was a student at BYU’s Jerusalem Center. Telling the parable of the ten virgins, Elder Rasband said, “The five who were foolish showed up, but without an important element to provide light. They had no oil to light their lamps. Oil came from olives that had been soaked, purged of impurities, and crushed in the press and collected in vessels. It was a lot of work to get oil.” I can vouch that it is hard work to make...

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Elder Cook dedicated the Nauvoo Temple District last weekend. Here’s what that is and why it matters

Danielle Christensen - On June 27, 2002, President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple on the anniversary of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s martyrdom. In his dedicatory prayer, President Hinckley prayed that the temple would “stand as a memorial to him who lived here and was buried here, Joseph Smith, the great prophet of this dispensation, and his brother Hyrum, whom he loved.” Nearly 19 years later on Memorial Day weekend in Nauvoo, Illinois, the pioneers who built a temple on that historic site were remembered once again. On May 29, Elder Quentin L. Cook dedicated the Nauvoo Temple District—historic homes, landscapes,...

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Brussels bombing survivor graduates US Naval Academy and proposes to convert girlfriend

Jason Swensen, Church News - Life for newly commissioned U.S. Navy officer Mason Wells could aptly be described as fluid. Change is everywhere for the 24-year-old sailor. On Friday, May 28, Wells became a 2021 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He exchanged the midshipman’s shoulder boards on his uniform for the bold, single-striped shoulder boards of a Navy ensign. And after four years of saluting every officer he passed outdoors, he’s now on the receiving end of a few salutes.  He is also changing his mailing address from Annapolis, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida, where he will soon begin pilot training. Even his marital status...

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June LDS Living Book Club: Join Ben Schilaty, a gay BYU Honor Code administrator, for ‘A Walk in My Shoes’

LDS Living - In 2017, President M. Russell Ballard counseled, “We need to listen to and understand what our LGBT brothers and sisters are feeling and experiencing. Certainly, we must do better than we have done in the past so that all members feel they have a spiritual home where their brothers and sisters love them and where they have a place to worship and serve the Lord” (BYU Devotional, November 14, 2017).  For the month of June, we're going to be reading and discussing A Walk in My Shoes: Questions I’m Often Asked as a Gay Latter-day Saint together. This incredible and important...

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Did Brigham Young leave empty shafts for elevators in the Salt Lake Temple? How to identify assumptions in Church history

Keith A. Erekson, excerpted from “Real vs. Rumor” - “Would you like rock-solid proof that God inspires His prophets in every detail?” The Sunday School teacher had saved his favorite story for the end of class. “The Salt Lake Temple was designed by a prophet. Brigham Young told workers to leave empty shafts in the interior, but nobody knew why. It was only later that engineers discovered the shafts were the perfect size for elevators. The technology of the future was known beforehand. Heaven had prepared the way.” Two things interest me about this story. First, to paraphrase Luke Skywalker in his later years, it is amazing that everything in...

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24 photos of President Eyring that will make you love him even more

LDS Living Staff - This story was originally published in May 2018 and has been updated to celebrate President Eyring's birthday.  President Henry B. Eyring was born on May 31, 1933. Known as "Hal" to his family, President Eyring married Kathleen Johnson in 1962 in the Logan Utah Temple, and they have six children. Prior to him being called as a General Authority, he served as the president of Ricks College. We love President Eyring for his sense of humor, his constant smile, his unfailing optimism, his heartfelt and emotional messages to Church members, and his willingness to sacrifice all for the work of the...

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See what the Lindon Utah Temple will look like

Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Editor's note: This story was originally published on December 21, 2020, and has been updated to include a rendering of the Lindon Utah Temple.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the location of the Lindon Utah Temple. This temple, which President Russell M. Nelson announced in October 2020, will be built near 800 East and Center Street in Lindon, Utah. Plans call for a three-story temple of approximately 81,000 square feet. An exterior rendering will be released later. A groundbreaking date has not been set. Project leaders will immediately begin working with city officials to coordinate planning...

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Watch: This Is the Gospel podcast host KaRyn Lay on the power of telling stories

LDS Living - An inspiring interview on Seagull Book’s Go and Be Show is all about the importance of telling stories and learning from the experiences of those around us. In the segment, This Is the Gospel   podcast host KaRyn Lay shares what it’s like for her to ask members of the Church their stories and to have a part in sharing them. “It really does feel like a labor, a birthing process of seeing somebody and asking the right questions so that they can find their own story,” Lay says. This Is the Gospel , Lay explains, is different from most podcasts...

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Watch: Elder Soares shares an experience in Portuguese from when he was mission president

LDS Living - In the latest, " How I #HearHim " video, Elder Ulisses Soares speaks in Portuguese as he shares a memorable experience he had as a mission president. Elder Soares was president of the Portugal Porto Mission from 2000 to 2003. While preparing to give a talk at a zone conference, he felt good about the message he would give to the missionaries he presided over. But on the morning of the conference, he felt a clear impression to look over his remarks again. “As I was studying, I started to have a doubtful feeling, a feeling that it wasn’t what I...

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What Emma Smith’s death says about her love for the gospel and for Joseph, according to one Church historian

Danielle Christensen - It’s been tricky for Jennifer Reeder, Women’s History Specialist in the Church History Department, to research the life of Emma Smith. The wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith didn’t keep a journal that we know of and didn’t leave many personal writings. But as Reeder studied the life of Emma for the book   First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith , she was able to put many of the puzzle pieces together. In a new episode of the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, Reeder discussed some of her findings about Emma’s life with hosts Karlie Guymon and Shalyn Back. The...

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General Authority Seventies explore questions: What does it mean to ‘consign’ ourselves to the Lord? When do we ‘sing the song of redeeming love?’

LDS Living - Editor’s note: “ This week from the pulpit”  highlights recent messages by Church leaders. This week, speaking independently of one another, General Authority Seventies Elder Jack N. Gerard and Elder Vern P. Stanfill explored questions based on scriptural passages found in Helaman and Alma. They explore the meaning of the words used by these ancient prophets and how they apply to us today. In addition, Elder David A. Bednar shared a video on Facebook with footage from a recent visit with Sudanese officials who came to Salt lake City. Brother Brad R. Wilcox also shared a video of an interview he...

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Before relocating the Tooele temple, President Nelson made a personal visit to see the spot for himself

Tad Walch, Deseret News - Only a few people knew that President Russell M. Nelson was visiting potential temple sites last November in Utah’s Tooele Valley. Three months earlier, he and his counselors in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had announced that they had withdrawn plans to build the Tooele Valley Utah Temple and an accompanying housing development around it in Erda. The First Presidency had determined that a temple in the valley still was needed, so a member of the Presiding Bishopric was dispatched to look at possible sites. “He went back with recommendations and then shortly after...

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Why questions are beautiful things

Danielle Christensen - I think it is safe to say that we all have lots of questions. There are questions that are less consequential: What will I eat for dinner tonight? What is going to happen in the next episode of my favorite TV show? Will I have time to exercise after work? And there are those that are more significant: How can I better receive revelation? How can I prioritize scripture study? How can I have more hope? Maybe your questions are similar, although the topic may be different. Perhaps the eternal things you are pondering are more along the lines of: Does...

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Using the ‘sniff test’ on the myth of Brigham Young’s hearse at Disneyland

LDS Living - Maybe it’s a myth you have heard yourself—the hearse located outside of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion may have carried the body of Brigham Young. In a piece published in Deseret News ,  Keith Erekson, author of Real vs. Rumor   and director of the Church History Library, shares that he also heard the story himself when he was standing in line for the famous Disney attraction. Reporter Trent Toone writes: The horse-drawn hearse, with sculpted white columns, mounted on large wagon wheels, seemed appropriate for a prominent, Latter-day Saint figure, but Erekson didn’t buy it. “The sniff test was the seemingly huge...