Search - LDS Living

The One Thing You Can Do to Make Your Children Happier and More Successful

From benefits you might expect, like helping your children avoid risky behaviors and get good grades, to even more surprising benefits, this one simple thing makes a huge difference to your children.

Latter-day Saint Life

Watch This Gorgeous Piano Medley of "What Child Is This," "Carol of the Bells" & "Silent Night"

Watch this beautiful Christmas medleycomposed of three beloved Christmas classics: "Silent Night," "The First Noel," and "What Child Is This," with hints of "Carol of the Bells" thrown in for good measure. Monica Scott wrote and performs this touching song, using her talents to spread the light of our Savior's love and the warmth of this season through music.

Latter-day Saint Life

New LDS Movie Shows Life of Christ Through Children's Eyes

Young Samuel and little Mary are intrigued by the man called John the Baptist, but they can't take the chance of staying in one place long enough to listen to his message. On the run from Roman soldiers, the brother and sister must do whatever it takes to survive. But when they meet a kind woman at a well, she introduces them to her son, Jesus—and their meeting forever changes the children's lives.

Latter-day Saint Life

Did You Know You Can Serve a Mission as a Church Photographer?

MR says: Did you know some of your photography could end up on LDS.org? And did you know the Church has 100 Church-service missionary photographers?

New York Times: Where Are Mormon Shakespeares and Miltons?

In 1888, speaking about the possibility of Mormon literature, the church leader Orson F. Whitney made an audacious promise to his fellow Mormons: “We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own.” Yet 125 years later, there is no Mormon Milton. There is no Mormon Milosz, no Mormon Munro.Mormons are, on average, better educated than most Americans, and they have written popular fiction. But Mormon authors tend to cluster in genre fiction, like fantasy, science fiction, and children’s and young adult literature. Orson Scott Card, who wrote “Ender’s Game,” the sci-fi novel on which the country’s current top-grossing movie is based, is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. So is Stephenie Meyer, author of the “Twilight” series.

Latter-day Saint Life

Touching Video: Mom of Sandy Hook Victim Shares First Easter After Losing Her Little Girl

Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection and eternal life offered to us by the Savior, but it can still be an especially sensitive time for those who’ve lost a loved one recently. TOFW presenterAlissa Parker, mom of Sandy Hook victim Emilie Parker, shares her story of the first Easter without Emilie and how twirling dresses, beautiful music, and a timely reminder of hope in the Savior replaced her deep sorrow.

Mormons have irrational beliefs? Who doesn't?

Commentators on both the right and left and both secular and religious note with disdain that Mormons (Latter Day Saints, as Mormons refer to themselves) have irrational practices and beliefs. The former, we are told, includes the wearing of sacred undergarments and the latter includes posthumous baptisms and the claims by the prophet of Mormonism to have found and deciphered engraved golden plates in New York State. I read and hear these dismissals of Mormonism with some amusement -- because everyone who makes these charges holds beliefs and/or practices that outsiders consider just as irrational.

Romney and the Mormons

Last week, there were more stories about posthumous Mormon baptisms -- this time it was Daniel Pearl. Pearl's parents sent an email to the Boston Globe, in which they responded to the LDS: We appreciate your good intentions but rest assured that Danny's soul was redeemed through the life that he lived and the values that he upheld. He lived as a proud Jew, died as a proud Jew and is currently facing his creator as a Jew, blessed, accepted and redeemed.

Famous Latter-day Saints

5 Celebrities Featured in the Church's "I'm a Mormon" Videos

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

There are some pretty famous Mormons out there, and they're ready to stand up for what they believe in. Check out these five celebrities who have been featured in the Church's "I'm a Mormon" video campaign.

SPONSORED: Visiting and home teaching made easy with new Web site 'LDSplan'

No more forgetting home or visiting teaching or pushing it off to the last day of the month.