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8 women who have spoken at the UN from the Church’s Primary, Relief Society, and Young Women General Presidencies

Did you know that at least eight female leaders of the Church have either spoken at a United Nations event or held a leadership position in the organization? When you consider the United Nations’ five main areas of focus, the Church’s desire to be involved shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Latter-day Saint Life

President Monson Shares the One Label We Should All Be Proud to Have

By Thomas S. Monson

The following is an excerpt from A Prophet's Voice: Messages from Thomas S. Monson.

The Impacts of Colorism (with Dr. David-James Gonzales)

What does sunshine have to do with family history? Well, besides helping our plants and vegetables grow, sunshine has a profound effect on our bodies. One of those effects is melanin production. Melanin is a dark pigment in our hair, skin, and iris of the eye that protects us from the sun’s radiation. Tragically, throughout history some have used melanin to create caste systems that determine social status, ultimately affecting our family history. In this episode, Dr. David-James Gonzales discusses how these caste systems and resulting colorism began and the impact they still have on us as we seek to learn more about ourselves and our ancestors.

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Woman Memorialized in 90-Year-Old Statue on Temple Square Reflects on the Story Behind It

MR says: Just two years old at the time, Marie James was immortalized on Temple Square when she was sculpted into the bronze statue of a man and woman pulling two children in a handcart.

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From Palm Sunday to Easter Morning in the Scriptures

About this holy week, Elder Bruce R. McConkie has said; “There were powerful things happening during the last week of our Savior’s life. We can still today follow his footsteps through the scriptures as he experienced the events leading up to his ultimate and eternal sacrifice and resurrection.”

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Elder James E. Talmage on Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost and 'Unpardonable Sins'

These are the words of the 16-year-old boy.

'The Book of Mormon is designed for us'

Reading the Book of Mormon strengthens Latter-day Saints because doing so brings them closer to God, said the Sunday School general president, Russell T. Osguthorpe.Brother Osguthorpe and his counselors in the Sunday School general presidency, Brother David M. McConkie and Brother Matthew O. Richardson, spoke recently with Church News regarding the Book of Mormon as the gospel doctrine course of study for adults and older youth in the Church during 2012.

President Oaks has a distinct general conference talk style. Here’s who may have influenced that

By LDS Living

In President Dallin H. Oaks’s new biography, readers explore 377 pages of the upbringing, the life, and the ministry of the First Counselor in the First Presidency.

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ABC News: LDS Bridesmaid Goes All Out in Hilarious Bridal Photo

"This is how I am currently feeling about wedding and engagement season coming up," Janessa James wrote as a caption on the February 3 post. "Yes, this is an actual photo of me (extremely single) helping my best friend with her bridals. The photographer asked me to throw her train up and then dive out of the shot, and so I did. Very theatrically."

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.”