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Sister Aburto on Mesa temple’s special history for Latin American members + more from Church leaders

With the Mesa Arizona Temple open house underway, Church leaders are encouraging people of all faiths and backgrounds to visit the newly renovated building. In an opinion piece for The Arizona Republic, President Dallin H. Oaks explained that the temple “creates a connection among members of the greater Mesa community.”

Latter-day Saint Life

Unprecedented documentary featuring missionaries premieres at Sundance

By Haley Lundberg

In a historic first, a documentary team unconnected with the Church was given unique access to film four young Latter-day Saint missionaries serving in the Helsinki Finland Mission.

Short & Simple

Fun facts and trivia to welcome in the new year

To satisfy your trivia craving, here are a few of the facts and other tips from our January/February issue of LDS Living Magazine.

Latter-day Saint Life

What JFK, Abraham Lincoln + 9 other US presidents had to say about Latter-day Saints

By Katie Lambert

Latter-day Saints have left a profound mark on history, and their influence has been felt around the world.

From the Church

Samoa Officials Praise President Nelson, Church: "I’m a Catholic, but I Know He’s God’s Prophet"

Under threatening skies and with the Apia Samoa Temple in the background, President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints warned Samoans Saturday night to keep themselves and their children safe.

Sponsored: 6 reasons why you need to lose weight beyond looking great

By Charles Hales / Science Writer

(Salt Lake City, UT) - Did you know that being overweight may increase the risk of many health problems, including diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers? Being overweight or obese has reached epidemic proportions, with most Americans having body mass indexes (BMIs) above the ideal range. What’s more, as the obesity rate continues to climb, the percentage of Americans actively trying to lose weight is dropping.

Presidents and prophets: The story of America’s presidents and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

By Michael K. Winder

Rising from obscurity and persecution, Latter-day Saints have gradually gained significant political clout and earned the trust and respect of some of the most powerful leaders in American history.

Latter-day Saint Life

6 Ways to Rethink Member Missionary Work

Whether you are a returned missionary or not, as an LDS you are a missionary for life. A member missionary. However, your role is different as a “civilian saint” and sometimes it helps to have some pointers after you take off the name tag. Here are six.

All the single Mormons: D.C. is 'Little Provo,' but with more pressure to marry

It’s Tuesday night Bible study, which at this Crystal City Mormon chapel looks a bit like a mixer. Pews are filled with people in jeans and flip-flops, many texting. The night begins with a prayer before segueing quickly into an ice-breaker trivia game and a pizza social.

Scientists still searching for 'God particle'

Creation is at the center of religion, and it is also at the center of a search, not for God, but for the "God particle." In April rumors began that the $10-billion Large Hadron Collider near Geneva had found what it was built, in part, to find: the elusive Higgs boson, nicknamed the "God particle." It would have been a huge scientific breakthrough, but it looks now that the God particle may not exist after all.