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Twenty-seven years ago, Debby Camp of Alberta, Canada, gave birth to a stillborn child. After carrying the grief of that loss for many years, she has found personal healing by ministering in a special way to families in similar situations.

Olympic athletes may be long gone from Tokyo, but the Paralympic athletes are just getting started. These athletes from around the globe are getting ready to compete in the dream of a lifetime over the coming weeks, and among them are a handful of Latter-day Saints. Here's a list of who's competing at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

When I received my temple endowment, I wasn’t as prepared as I should have been. As is the case for some young adults, I had recently switched wards, and, as a result, hadn’t taken a temple preparation class. I also had heard some misinformation about the temple that made me nervous. In short, I didn’t have the greatest experience when I first participated in the intiatory and endowment ordinances in the temple. Fortunately, my parents encouraged me to go back, and after a few more visits to the temple, I loved it, and felt its spiritual power.

Going back to school is the perfect time to get back into good spiritual habits and reenergize your family's Come, Follow Me study. Whether your goal is to improve your family study or better engage your children in the gospel, these items are sure to help you stay on track all year.

To set the stage for the present discussion, I will return to a quote from President David O. McKay:

Brittany Chapman Nash is passionate about Latter-day Saint women’s history. Before she left the Church History Department to be with her two young children at home, she co-edited the series Women of Faith in the Latter Days. We recently asked her about her career, her family, and her newest book, Let’s Talk about Polygamy.

At a recent stake conference I attended, one of the speakers briefly made a comment about how we can hold fast to the sturdy iron rod while also being flexible enough to follow the direction of the Liahona. Though it was meant to be a passing thought, this idea was all I could think about for the rest of the meeting. I mean, how interesting—within one scriptural family’s story, we have two seemingly opposing examples of obedience.

Editor's note: This adaptation from Matthew O. Richardson's The Christus Legacy originally ran on LDS Living in 2015. During April 2020 general conference, President Nelson introduced the Church's new symbol, which includes a representation of Thorvaldsen’s marble statue, the Christus. This iconic representation of the Savior is well-known to Latter-day Saints, but it wasn’t always that way. Check out how this statue came about and how it eventually earned its fame in the Latter-day Saint world.

August 2021 marks the 20th anniversary of what Elder David A. Bednar called “one of the most important educational events of the Restoration”—the transformation of Ricks College from a two-year junior college to Brigham Young University–Idaho, a four-year institution.