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How a Trip to the Grocery Store Changed My Life

A few years ago, I came across one of the most striking personal examples of the power of attitude. At the time, I was looking down the barrel of turning 40. This re-sparked a desire to get back in shape so I began jogging a few times a week. Then, a month before my birthday, I gracefully jammed my pinky toe on my coffee table. Refusing to acknowledge a possible break I continued on with my daily life.

Latter-day Saint Life

5 Ways Other Religions Have Made Me a Better Latter-day Saint

As I reflect on the many ways my own life has been enriched through associating with people of different religious faiths, I see clearly that much of what I know about how to be a devoted Latter-day Saint comes from lessons I have learned from those outside my faith. I have been strengthened in unique ways by the virtues and values reflected in the lives of the followers of many religious faiths. Here are five simple ways other religions have touched my life and helped make me a more committed Latter-day Saint:

Lesson Helps

Lesson 3: Teach the Doctrine, Part 2

By Kelly Merrill

This article is intended to help readers better utilize the new Teaching in the Savior's Way manual that was recently released.

We stand with Mormons as Christ’s witnesses, says Utah’s Catholic bishop

Mormons and Catholics don’t see eye to eye on theology, but they stand "shoulder to shoulder as witnesses of Jesus Christ" in the public square, Utah’s Catholic bishop told nearly 2,000 mostly LDS students Tuesday. The Rev. John C. Wester, speaking at an LDS Institute of Religion devotional at Utah Valley University, pointed to his presence on the Orem campus as a "wonderful sign of the ongoing collaboration between our faiths" and another "important step in interfaith relations."

From the Church

Church Begins New Lecture Series

Image from history.lds.org A new 2015 lecture series sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will begin starting this Thursday, February 12. The series, which focuses on "Pioneers in Every Land," will begin with an address by Elder James J. Hamula, of the First Quorum of the Seventy and President of the Pacific Area.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why We Need to Stop Putting on "Our Best Airs of Perfection" and Share the Messy Parts of Motherhood

By Joy Madsen

This article was originally published on Joy Madsen's Facebook page and was published on ldsliving.com with the permission of Joy Madsen.

Improving sacrament reverence

For leaders who want to improve sacrament meeting reverence, consider pointing congregations to the Last Supper. Reverence is a matter of the heart and not a to-do list. When members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints allow the spirit of the Last Supper to sink deeply into their hearts, reverence for God’s sacrament meeting will blossom. A "sacrament" from the Latin sacramentum means to "set aside for a holy purpose." It is "a spiritual covenant between God and man," according to Elder Bruce R. McConkie in “Mormon Doctrine.”

Latter-day Saint Life

From Drug Dealer to RM:One Man's Incredible Journey of Repentance

By Jason F. Wright

On Thanksgiving day, Kayden Carlos stepped off a plane in Salt Lake City after completing a two-year assignment for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Maryland Baltimore Mission.

LDS Events Calendar

Lunch and Learn Series with Deseret Book Artists and Authors

Famed pastor Osteen reiterates Romney support

Famed pastor Joel Osteen reiterated his position that Mitt Romney is a Christian on Tuesday, saying as long as the likely GOP presidential nominee believes that Jesus is the Son of God then he subscribes to the Christian faith. "When I hear Mitt Romney say that he believes that Jesus is the Son of God–that he's the Christ, raised from the dead, that he's his Savior–that's good enough for me," Osteen said in an interview to air on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."