A "husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. The home is to be God’s laboratory of love and service,” said President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Trials rarely come with a warning sign, though it would be nice if they did. And when these trials hit us, sometimes they test the strength of our testimony.

There is a divine pattern in the scriptures that shows how to connect the children of God with heaven. This pattern includes listening to the words of living prophets, studying the words of scriptural prophets, pondering those teachings, and then praying in faith to our Heavenly Father, knowing He will hear and answer your prayers.

For more information on this topic read “Children,” by Elder Neil L. Andersen, Ensign, Nov 2011, 28.

A Washington, D.C.-based organization has asked the University of Utah to stop the school’s football coaches from teaching an optional LDS religion class for players.

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell apologized Wednesday night for inaccurate comments he made a week earlier about the origins of the Mormon church. “I am truly sorry if I said something inaccurate about Joseph Smith, and I am happy to provide time on this show to a Church of Latter Day Saints spokesman to correct any inaccuracy,” he said on The Last Word, before adding “I just wish I could take those words back.” The words in question were spoken on April 3, in the middle of a monologue about Mitt Romney’s claim that President Barack Obama was trying to “establish a religion in America known as secularism.” O’Donnell brought up the Mormon religion’s origins to make the point that Romney, while attacking the beliefs of Obama, was vulnerable on the same score. “Religiously, Mitt Romney lives in the glass house of American politics,” he said. O’Donnell also said the following:

You are invited to join thousands of faithful Latter-day saints from across the world for the Firm Foundation Expo, the largest LDS event of its kind coming to the Utah Valley University Events Center the weekend after general conference, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, April 6th, 7th, and 8th.

Eight presenters, ages 16-19, spoke at the United Nations in a presentation that reflected the eight Young Women values. In their message, the shared, “We need the United Nations to listen to our voices . . . We are empowered by our feminine nature and biology, and we honor our procreative power.”

At the first ever meeting of the Relief Society, Emma Smith said these historic words, "We are going to do something extraordinary."

Nearly 276 years ago, 13 colonies united themselves and declared their liberty from England. While we seldom miss the firework show on the 4th of July, we frequently forget the compelling stories of our founding fathers. Glenn Rawson breathes life into these significant events in his new CD We Hold These Truths.