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Watch: We love this small town shocked by missionaries shoveling driveways for free

Last week, a local TV station in southeastern Michigan featured the snow-shoveling missionaries on the evening news.

Morgan Pearson

Morgan Pearson is the host of the All In podcast, an interview-style podcast that has been downloaded over 13 million times. She previously wrote for the Deseret News where she published more than 480 stories. Her new book, All In: Exploring What It Means to Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ, shares what she has learned from interviewing over 130 people about their faith in Jesus Christ. Morgan is happiest when wearing sweatpants and will never get enough dark chocolate.

LDS Church News: Obituaries

Orlene Jones Poulsen, 91, died July 5, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sister Poulsen served on the Relief Soceity general board and as a member of the Adult Correlation Committee. She also served with her husband, George William Poulsen Jr., as he presided over the Hawaii Honolulu Mission from 1963-66 and as he served as a regional representative.

From the Church

Primary General President Offers Prayer at White House

“Please help us to unite as one nation under God,” said Sister Joy D. Jones, Primary general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, during a prayer at the White House in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Latter-day Saint Life

"The Wall Street Journal" Features the Mormon YSA Struggle to Find True Love Around the World

By Danielle B. Wagner

"For 50 years, the scattered singles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe’s north have gathered most summers for Festinord," writes Erin Clare Brown for The Wall Street Journal. "Equal parts spiritual summer camp and singles mixer, the five-day conference has become an essential part of the region’s LDS dating game."

Abe Mills and Stephen Jones: Love Thy Neighbor

The complexities surrounding conversations of racism today are numberless but the root of the solution is the two great commandments: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. On this week’s episode, we talk with Abe Mills and Stephen Jones, two black Latter-day Saints, about their experiences with racism within Church culture, the faith of those who came before them, and why they don’t hesitate to share their faith in Jesus Christ.

Latter-day Saint Life

This week from the pulpit: President Nelson assures “The Lord is watching over each one of you”

By Emily Linder

Editor's note: "This Week from the Pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

Fun

"Indiana Jones," "Lord of the Rings" Actor Stars in New BYUtv Holiday Film

By Danielle B. Wagner

Set to premiere Thanksgiving night, BYUtv's new holiday film, Winter Thaw, stars John Rhys-Davies, best known for his roles as Gimli from Lord of the Rings and Sallah from Indiana Jones.

Latter-day Saint Life

An 11-Year Mission, Imprisonment + More Early Saints Endured to Spread the Gospel

By R. Mark Melville and Reid L. Neilson

The scriptures are stocked with examples of how disciples, apostles, and missionaries overcome the hardship that is accompanied with sharing the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. From Peter and John to Alma and Amulek all the way to our present day, nobody has been or will be immune to the trouble that comes along with the joy and fulfillment of preaching the good word. There is an opposition in all things, but the opposition that disciples face doesn’t have to overshadow the miracles that are wrought within the work.

Jenny Reeder and Janiece Johnson: How Church History Can Help Rather than Hurt Your Faith

“All In” host Morgan Jones talks with two historians, Janiece Johnson and Jenny Reeder, who work to uncover and bring to light the stories of women in Church history. Janiece and Jenny discuss how Church history has strengthened rather than weakened their testimonies, the women they most admire from the past and what it means to be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ. They also discuss the historicity of “Jane and Emma” and whether it is okay to fictionalize history in film.