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A trip to Bethesda: BYU Museum of Art curator walks readers through an experience with Carl Bloch’s painting

For 20 years, Bloch’s masterpiece ‘Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda’ has attracted visitors from around the world to BYU.

The Mother of All Living by Al Young (1953)

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Innocent, not clueless: How much Eve and Adam knew in the garden and why it matters

Because we speak often of their innocence, we too often assume Eve and Adam were clueless when they left the garden. But in reality, they had been prepared and taught from the very beginning.

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Having one child ‘all the way home’: How a doctor’s words to Heidi Swinton following her newborn’s death changed her life

Heidi Swinton was a young journalist with big dreams when she felt led to start a family, but five years passed and she and her husband still had no children.

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One Powerful Quote from Every Conference Talk in April 2017

By LDS Living

Another conference has come and gone, but the words of God's chosen leaders still linger in our minds and hearts. In order to help you better remember the inspiring messages you heard over the weekend, here is one powerful quote from every talk given during general conference.

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5 Big Changes, Announcements from April Conference

By Danielle B. Wagner

From five new temples to not showing hymn lyrics during congregational hymns, this conference weekend saw many exciting changes and new announcements. Catch up on them here:

How Badly Do <I>You</I> Want to Lose Weight?

By Robert Jones

Most of the women we see at the Utah Wellness Institute want to lose weight. Sometimes it’s what I call “vanity weight”. Other times it’s over a hundred pounds. It doesn’t really matter the amount. Of course we’ll run some blood tests to see if their thyroid has a problem (most of the time it does—which obviously slows down their metabolism) or to see if their other hormones might be causing fat-storing issues. We can generally treat those things successfully with bio-identical hormones. But that’s not the biggest battle we face with these overweight women (and men, of course).

The Miracle That Helped One Mission President's Son Cope With OCD

On Spencer Hyde’s 15th birthday, he boarded a plane for Baltimore, Maryland, with his parents, who had been called to serve as mission leaders of the Baltimore Maryland Mission. Teenage boys usually don’t want to leave behind everything they’ve ever known, but for Hyde, there were even larger concerns: He was suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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Latter-day Saint Shares the Story Behind His Epic Proposal on "American Idol"

By LDS Living Staff

At 2 a.m. one cold December morning, Matt Zavoral was among the last students in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library in the wee hours before finals week began. That's when he had an epiphany—and it had nothing to do with his six impending finals.

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FHE: Families Sealed Together

By Shauna Gibby

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“All In” Excerpt: Religious Liberty Expert Weighs In on Why the Church Voiced Concern About the Equality Act

Last month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expressed concern regarding the Equality Act and, while the Church offered an explanation of its own, we asked Steven Collis, an expert on religious liberty, to provide his personal opinion about why the Church may have opposed the bill.