Elder Gilbert has served as a General Authority Seventy since April 2021 and as the Commissioner of the Church Educational System since August of that year.
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Try these ideas for practicing doable discipleship.
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For members of the Treasure Valley Ward, the moment represents years of faith, sacrifice, and divine preparation.
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“I met my future wife, Deborah, on my baptism day. … Spending time with her deepened my understanding of Jesus Christ.”
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Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Programme, visited Welfare Square and the Bishops’ Central Storehouse.
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During his first BYU devotional as the prophet, President Oaks encouraged us to focus on the Savior.
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“The reason we planned this activity is because we wanted to be able to give back to the adults that have given us so much love and support throughout our time as youth.”
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These teachings are so familiar to us that we may forget they’re unique to Latter-day Saint theology.
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The Apostle read a scripture from Isaiah with the Brooklyn Nets player while overlooking the flags in Temple Square plaza.
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A clearer understanding of the Resurrection offers us hope for the future and courage for today.
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Watching the 2026 Winter Olympics? Look for this Latter-day Saint athlete on Team USA's four-man bobsled team.
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“I now put my garments on with an added measure of thankfulness.”
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The Hill Cumorah Pageant is ending after 84 years. As a thank you for the contributions of tens of thousands of participants, volunteers, and audience members over the years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will present a devotional with Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a broadcast of the 2019 Hill Cumorah Pageant on July 9, 2021.
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Among the 20 new temples announced by President Russell M. Nelson in the April 2021 general conference, three locations are in Europe: Oslo, Norway; Brussels, Belgium; and Vienna, Austria.
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President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was honored on Thursday, July 1, 2021, for his lifelong work to promote the values of God, family, freedom, and country.
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A new Church News video interviews religious leaders and scholars at the inaugural Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit, which was held June 28–29 on the university’s campus.
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Editor's note: This article originally ran on LDS Living in July 2020. The Parley P. Pratt Freedom Run is being held again this year on July 3, 2021.
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Our youngest child just graduated from high school. It was a strange experience, sitting in the same football stadium where we had watched her five older siblings celebrate the same accomplishment. Walking to the car, my wife and I reflected on the rapidly approaching end of our full-time parenting. There have been times of joy. There have been times of sorrow. There have been times when I wished I could crawl into a hole and not come out. There have been times when I gushed with tears of gratitude for the privilege of being a father to such amazing children. Coming to the end of this portion of the journey, I can truly say the overall experience has been happy and blessed. So, if my destination was joy, why was there so much difficulty, grief, and sorrow along the way?
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Happiness. It is the elusive thing we all seek. But as Elder James B. Martino taught graduates at BYU–Hawaii, “The degree to which we seek [happiness] will ultimately determine our destiny,” while acknowledging that in the case of clinical depression, professional help is needed. Sister Reyna Isabel Aburto also addressed depression and mental health this week on the Church News podcast.
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The Young Women’s program has undergone many changes in recent years. In this week’s Latter-day Saint Women podcast, Sister Elaine S. Dalton, Young Women General President from 2008–2013, shared her thoughts with hosts Karlie Guymon and Shalyn Back about the some of those changes.
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The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has revised the conditions in which Church officers may perform civil marriages between a man and a woman.
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