Emily Linder

Emily first found her love for storytelling as an editorial intern with LDS Living. Before returning to work full time as a writer and editor, she graduated from Utah State University with a degree in English and worked for the Liahona magazine. Hiking trails, dance studios, and behind the cover of a good book are some of her favorite places to be.

Feature Stories

Delivered: This WWII prison camp survivor learned only Christ could set her free

By Emily Linder

September 22, 2023 04:28 PM MDT

We’ve heard the harrowing tales of World War II prison camps. Marie lived them. But God was aware of His child who had suffered so much, and slowly, steadily, lovingly, He set her free.

16 Min Read

Podcasts

A lesson in building true peace from the Anti-Nephi-Lehies

By Emily Linder

September 15, 2023 12:08 PM MDT

We are all trying to achieve peace. But in that process, is it creating peace? Or is it creating more conflict?

3 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

‘It’s phenomenal’: Why a prominent Brazilian entrepreneur admires the Church’s organization

By Emily Linder

September 13, 2023 01:34 PM MDT

Carlos Martins has participated in many large organizations, but it is the church he joined at 12 years old that he looks to as an example.

4 Min Read

Recommended by Us

‘Encanto’ actress on her faith-filled choice to record Christian music

By Emily Linder

September 08, 2023 10:05 AM MDT

Adassa and Gabriel’s lives changed forever when Adassa played Dolores in Disney’s hit movie Encanto.

5 Min Read

Fun

Full-circle blessings: How a father found the Mustang he sold to serve a mission

By Emily Linder

September 05, 2023 05:12 PM MDT

For Dan, finding his old Mustang is ‘truly a blessing.’

4 Min Read

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Latter-day Saint Life

What we may be misunderstanding about the Savior’s command to ‘take my yoke upon you’

By Emily Linder

August 22, 2023 03:26 PM MDT

I’ve often found comfort in the imagery of the Savior being connected to me. But there is a very important element of a yoke that I did not grasp until recently.

6 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

The Lord knows His youth: How FSY brought my sister peace

By Emily Linder

August 17, 2023 09:05 AM MDT

“I felt compassion for Christina knowing she had wondered if something was wrong with her. I also felt so much gratitude for an FSY teacher who helped her see herself more clearly.”

7 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

Watch: Triplet missionaries fly home within 20 minutes of each other

By Emily Linder

August 03, 2023 11:17 AM MDT

Elders Tanner, Brandon, and Cole Ashworth all landed within twenty minutes of each other, flying home from the Arizona Tucson Mission, the Michigan Detroit Mission, and the Oregon Portland Mission.

3 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

A definition of YOLO to bring more joy to covenant living

By Emily Linder

July 21, 2023 12:13 PM MDT

A Yale psychologist explains the original intent of the motto ‘you only live once’—and it is far from the definition most of us know.

7 Min Read

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Close Quote

An oft-overlooked aspect of pronouncing priesthood blessings

By Emily Linder

July 05, 2023 03:00 PM MDT

While giving a priesthood blessing, should the speaker ask Heavenly Father to bless the person, or should the speaker pronounce the blessing himself? Read this interesting insight from Robert Millet.

3 Min Read

Feature Stories

Nathan Pacheco talks mental health, covenant living, and singing for Pres. Nelson

By Emily Linder

July 03, 2023 09:23 AM MDT

Nathan Pacheco strives to lift his listeners to a place where believing everything will be OK becomes possible, even natural. After all, that’s what music has done for him—provide relief from darkness by inviting in God’s warm light.

16 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

The only marriage advice I really needed (that might help you too)

By Emily Linder

June 19, 2023 03:00 PM MDT

“In my sometimes overly anxious search for advice on how to build a happy marriage, one simple sentence has stood out above the rest and brought me peace.”

6 Min Read

Fun

The internet’s heartwarming reaction to Pres. Nelson’s walker

By Emily Linder

May 26, 2023 12:54 PM MDT

People were expressing love, sympathy, and gratitude at a rate that seems unheard of on Facebook.

6 Min Read

Feature Stories

She’s played with members of AC/DC and the Killers. How faith helped this teen drum her way to Harvard

By Emily Linder

May 24, 2023 07:30 AM MDT

Not many 17-year-olds can shred on a drum set the way Sofia Detjen does. Between her musical prowess and faith in God, this Harvard-Berklee–bound teenager’s tempo is hard to beat.

12 Min Read

Recommended by Us

5 clever design features in this conference study journal

By Emily Linder

May 02, 2023 12:38 PM MDT

As your resident journal expert, here are five reasons the General Conference Addresses, Journal Edition has everything you need to study effectively and joyfully.

4 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

7 simple but smart items for every woman’s temple bag

By Emily Linder

April 27, 2023 07:00 AM MDT

“I like to look for ways to make my personal temple experience as seamless as possible, and that includes having everything I might need packed safely in my temple bag.”

3 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

What you can do to support your Relief Society president

By Emily Linder

April 14, 2023 11:46 AM MDT

When we know how to help, even the smallest signs of support and love can make a big impact in our wards and branches.

14 Min Read

Feature Stories

The world would be a sad, Tater Tot-less place without this inventive Latter-day Saint

By Emily Linder

March 31, 2023 07:00 AM MDT

Hold on to your tots, this in-depth history of a beloved potato snack is going to be a wild ride.

7 Min Read

Feature Stories

Once an atheist, this ICU doctor now feels a divine call to ‘help people feel more like humans and less like patients’

By Emily Linder

March 30, 2023 06:00 AM MDT

Sam found himself in a hospital room not as the doctor, but as a distressed husband, anxiously awaiting updates on his wife’s condition. And in the midst of that traumatic role reversal, he fell into a moral crisis.

13 Min Read

Fun

I gave 17 Taylor Swift lyrics a gospel twist for when life isn’t a ‘Love Story’

By Emily Linder

March 18, 2023 07:00 AM MDT

I planned to stop this list at 13 (for obvious Taylor-related reasons), but I had to squeeze in a few more lines.

9 Min Read

Feature Stories

Quilting sensation Jenny Doan on faith, creativity, and accidentally building an empire

By Emily Linder

March 16, 2023 06:00 AM MDT

Hamilton, Missouri, was once in serious financial trouble. But in a matter of a few years, Jenny Doan and her family transformed the sleepy town into a magical destination. How did the Doans do it? By the power of faith—and quilts.

16 Min Read

Feature Stories

How a perfect cherry cheese pie led to food-world fame

By Emily Linder

March 14, 2023 07:00 AM MDT

As she tried to cope with the loss of her sister, Christy Denney found the connection to family she was craving in an unusual place—a cherry cheese pie.

7 Min Read

Fun

20 stunning photos of temples in winter wonderlands

By Emily Linder

March 07, 2023 10:00 AM MST

Enjoy this collection of beautiful photos of temples blanketed in snow.

1 Min Read

Latter-day Saint Life

What the Church has actually said about astrology

By Emily Linder

January 27, 2023 07:00 AM MST

Astrology's popularity is on the rise. What does the Church have to say about it?

6 Min Read