Laurel Christensen Day

Laurel Christensen Day is the president of Deseret Book Company, where she has spent her career developing content. She received a master’s degree in communications management and is the author of several books including The Faith Experiment. Finding love later in life, she married Stephen Day and with that, gained an instant family and became a grandmother—a role she adores. She loves spending time with Stephen at their favorite places in Cannon Beach, Oregon.

Stories of Faith

The inspiring truth about Ardeth Kapp I want to shout from the rooftops

By Laurel Christensen Day

April 08, 2024 10:33 AM MDT

“There isn’t enough space to share all that I learned from and experienced with Ardeth,” writes Laurel C. Day, president of Deseret Book Company, in a powerful, personal tribute to the former Young Women General President.

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Latter-day Saint Life

From ‘not enough’ to ‘too much’: What we can learn from the Old Testament about God’s grace

By Laurel Christensen Day

May 18, 2023 10:46 AM MDT

Laurel C. Day shares her experiences with God’s grace as the only way to bridge the gap between who we are and who we want to become.

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Latter-day Saint Life

When Your Life Doesn't Turn Out How You Planned: One Beautiful Truth to Remember

By Laurel Christensen Day

March 16, 2019 12:00 PM MDT

I don’t know about you, but I had a “plan A” for my life. (Surely I am not the only girl who attempted to plan out her life.) I remember sitting around with some of my girlfriends one day when we were all in college. We were discussing my “plan A,” and that led to “plan B” ... which led me to think about “plan C.” I sort of wrote out my life plans and realized that I was already on “plan K.” (And this was a problem because I hadn’t even served a mission yet. By the time I went on my mission, I was beyond “plan K.”)

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Latter-day Saint Life

Ready for Great Things: How the Young Women of the LDS Church Are Stronger than Ever

By Laurel Christensen Day

October 09, 2012 04:16 AM MDT

I remember like it was yesterday. I was a 13-year-old girl living in Pewee Valley, Kentucky. My mom and I drove to the stake center in Louisville for the first satellite broadcast just for young women of the LDS church. It was November 10, 1985, and it was the first time the Young Women theme was introduced. I can still remember the feeling of sitting there in the chapel, hearing that theme for the first time and listening to the invitation from Sister Ardeth Kapp, Young Women general president.

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