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Emily Linder

Emily is the managing editor for LDS Living. She graduated from Utah State University with a degree in English and interned for the Liahona magazine. Hiking trails, dance studios, and behind the cover of a good book are some of her favorite places to be.

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Latter-day Saint Life
A seminary teacher’s secret to helping your family love scripture study
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
September 22, 2025 09:54 AM MDT
Shannon Foster knows what it’s like to struggle with scripture study—and she’s found a solution.
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Follow the Prophets
Song by President Nelson added to the hymnbook
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
September 18, 2025 11:31 AM MDT
“I wrote the words to that song as my prayerful feelings for our Father in Heaven,” President Russell M. Nelson has said.
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Latter-day Saint Life
4 journaling ideas to help you grow spiritually
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
September 03, 2025 01:42 PM MDT
Grow from your challenges by writing through them.
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Stories of Faith
A Primary program miracle that will touch your heart
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 28, 2025 03:22 PM MDT
An 11-year-old who’d never sung before during his Primary programs unexpectedly approached the microphone.
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Latter-day Saint Life
‘All In’ podcast host answers: What does it mean to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ?
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 25, 2025 03:09 PM MDT
After asking over 300 guests the question, Morgan Pearson shares her own profound answer.
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Latter-day Saint Life
This Hebrew definition of faith will be on your mind for days
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 20, 2025 11:17 AM MDT
What if faith has nothing to do with hoping God helps us?
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Stories of Faith
From Catholic priest-in-training to Latter-day Saint: a conversion story from Hungary
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 18, 2025 02:50 PM MDT
The restored gospel answered Jozsef’s deepest questions. But embracing it would change nearly everything about his life.
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Help for Life Challenges
5 remarkable ways Christ blesses us through His Atonement
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 12, 2025 09:36 AM MDT
“The Atonement is much more than a divine remedy to correct our sins after they are committed.”
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Latter-day Saint Life
Watch: Pres. Nelson says ‘I love you all!’ from a car at a temple dedication
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 08, 2025 12:15 PM MDT
A group of people gathered as the prophet’s car went past.
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Latter-day Saint Life
5 kinds of power scripture study brings to your life
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 04, 2025 03:53 PM MDT
What would you add to this list?
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Help for Life Challenges
The quote that forever changed how I see the parable of the ten virgins
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
August 01, 2025 12:13 PM MDT
“This explanation helps me better understand my role in preparing for the Second Coming.”
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Stories of Faith
How one couple relies on their covenants to face dementia with faith
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
July 17, 2025 09:22 AM MDT
Kelly’s husband started hallucinating the day after their mission ended. She has since learned there is one thing dementia can’t take away.
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Stories of Faith
What happened when I read the entire Book of Mormon for the first time
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
July 16, 2025 10:53 AM MDT
When her baby was hospitalized, Sethrina of Accra, Ghana, turned to the Book of Mormon.
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Stories of Faith
How meeting missionaries changed my life as a young single mom
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
July 11, 2025 02:00 PM MDT
“I remember standing in my living room and telling God, ‘I need help. I just can’t do this anymore.’”
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Latter-day Saint Life
This Gospel Library app update makes teaching at church easier
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
July 07, 2025 04:17 PM MDT
Have you used this handy update?
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Latter-day Saint Life
2 words I hope my missionary never forgets
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
July 02, 2025 02:30 PM MDT
The words come from the war chapters in the Book of Mormon.
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Stories of Faith
The life-changing project God gave me after I was laid off
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
June 25, 2025 02:29 PM MDT
“Those six months were the most spiritual and happiest time of my life.”
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Latter-day Saint Life
New video from the Church: ‘All Are Alike Unto God’
Emily Linder
By  Emily Linder
June 23, 2025 01:55 PM MDT
“The Savior sees beyond race, status, and language. He looks upon the heart.”
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Latter-day Saint Life
Watch: Triplet missionaries fly home within 20 minutes of each other
Emily Linder
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.
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Latter-day Saint Life
A definition of YOLO to bring more joy to covenant living
Emily Linder
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.
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Close Quote
An oft-overlooked aspect of pronouncing priesthood blessings
Emily Linder
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.
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Feature Stories
Nathan Pacheco talks mental health, covenant living, and singing for Pres. Nelson
Emily Linder
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.
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Latter-day Saint Life
The only marriage advice I really needed (that might help you too)
Emily Linder
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.”
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Fun
The internet’s heartwarming reaction to Pres. Nelson’s walker
Emily Linder
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.
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