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15 LDS Apps That Help Kids Love Gospel Learning

Looking for a way to use your device for more good? Check out some of these great LDS-themed apps, perfect to keep you or your children engaged in the gospel no matter where you are!

Podcasts

First Black missionary to serve after 1978 revelation on priesthood explains why attempts at explaining ban do more harm than good

Marcus Martins is a former mission president who served as the first Black missionary following the 1978 revelation on the priesthood. In a 2021 “All In” episode, he discusses how misguided attempts at explaining the priesthood ban hold lessons for all of us regarding racism of all kinds.

From the Church

50 female international area organization advisers meet for the first time, social posts you may have missed during conference

By Lindsey Williams

Editor’s note: “This week from the pulpit” highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

Founders of Chatbooks explain what they’ve learned about what it means to ‘prosper in the land’ as parents

Vanessa and Nate Quigley, founders of Chatbooks, are the parents of seven children. They have been married for over 25 years. When they first got married, like most young parents, they had ideas of the kind of family they would raise.

Feature Stories

3 lessons one young mother was reminded of while watching last year’s Friend to Friend event

By Jannalee Sandau

As I pulled out the kid-sized table and chair and tried to convince my almost-2-year-old to sit down before the Friend to Friend event, I wasn’t sure how things were going to go.

Latter-day Saint Life

9 Must-See Films That Will Leave You in Awe of the Pioneers

By LDS Living

Trek: The Movie

Lesson Helps

FHE: Benevolence

By Shauna Gibby

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Podcasts

Kodiak Cakes co-founder recalls how Pres. Hugh B. Brown’s currant bush story encouraged him to keep going

Cameron Smith saw incredible success as Kodiak Cakes went from 2 employees and under $1 million in revenue to 130 employees and over $500 million in sales. But even as they were seeing tremendous growth, Smith had moments of discouragement.

It wasn’t the angel that converted Alma the Younger—but what did?

In the newly released book The Spiritual Physics of Light, Aaron D. Franklin, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and chemistry at Duke University, discusses the power of spiritual light and its role in conversion. Specifically, he explores the example of Alma the Younger who saw an angel, but whose account does not seem to attribute his change of heart to seeing an angel. In Alma 5:45–46, Alma relates his conversion,

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What are the 2 main theories surrounding Joseph Smith’s translation of the Book of Abraham?

In his new book, Let’s Talk About the Book of Abraham, Dr. Kerry Muhlestein addresses questions surrounding the origin of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price and how Joseph Smith may have translated it.