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How a Primary Lesson Saved a Latter-day Saint WWII Pilot from Death

While carrying out a mission as a B-17 bomber pilot during WWII, Lieutenant Wendell Bradford Terry (Mike to his friends) and his crew flew through thick flak and antiaircraft fire while passing over the French coastline. The left wing of Terry's plane was hit by an antiaircraft shell, causing a large portion of the wing to break off and both of the left engines to stop functioning, sending the plane in a downward spiral. In addition, the wing caught fire and the flames moved toward the aviation fuel tank, which would cause a deadly explosion. It was then Terry rang the alarm bell and screamed into the intercom: “Bail out! Bail out! Bail out!”

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Church Releases Video Series on Sister Aburto's Life (+ What the General Relief Society Presidency Says About Her Trials)

By LDS Living

"I knew I needed to share my story, even though there were parts of my life that I didn’t want to relive," says Sister Reyna I. Aburto in an article recently posted onlds.org.

{Food Dish} A (Cookie) Day to Remember

By Kate Ensign-Lewis

We recently baked your cookie recipes—all of them. (We had to give everyone a fair chance, right?) The result was a cookie extravaganza. Utilizing the not unformidable tasting abilities of our colleagues at Deseret Book Corporate and our celebrity judges, including Lion House head baker Brenda Hopkin, we narrowed down the field and found our winner!

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"You Exemplify Everything I Prayed You Would Be": Sister Dalton Speaks to YSA Women

What inspiring, insightful words from Sister Elaine Dalton, a former General Young Women president.

Fun

How an LDS 18-Year-Old and His Family Are Getting National Attention for Running in Crocs

By Katie Lambert

Avid runner Benjamin Pachev gets a lot of looks when he shows up at starting lines—particularly looks directed at his feet.

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One of the Oldest Member Couples in Italy Shares Miracles Behind Their Family's Conversion 40 Years Ago

Agostino and Pierina Vardeu were baptized members of the Church in June 1978. Married since 1961, they are among the most influential longtime members in Italy, and they’ve passed their love of the gospel down to four generations so far.

From the Church

New Bible Video: Parables of Wheat & Tares, Mustard Seed, and Leaven

The Meal Planning System that Saved My Sanity

Out of sheer necessity I created a meal planning system when my first child was a baby, and, with a little fine-tuning, I’ve used this same basic system pretty much every week for the past eight years. It has helped me kick things up a notch when things are going well and has kept everyone fed through survival seasons. Of all the systems that have come and gone in my years as a parent, this one has been the most helpful and effective.

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How to Keep a Journal for Your Missionary

By Nick Jones, founder of JRNL (Sponsored)

Keeping a journal is important at every stage of life, but during the intense and transformative period of an LDS mission, missionaries have hundreds of powerful experiences, learn countless vital life-lessons, and make more new friendships than they ever thought possible. With all of this crammed into the span of 18 months or two years, it’s even more necessary than at any other time of life to keep track of all the details that will be so treasured for years to come.

Putting Our Time and Talents to God’s Service

Early in this dispensation, the Lord declared: “… I, the Lord … make every man accountable, as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my creatures. … The earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be agents unto themselves.” (D&C 104:13, 17)