Search - LDS Living

Fun

25+ Dresses at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes to Inspire Your Modest Fashion

As Latter-day Saints, we understand that modesty encompasses much more than what we wear. It is a way of being. It is a way of understanding our potential as children of Heavenly Parents in everyday moments. It is about taking care of the divine and heavenly gifts we receive. It is a way of life.

From the Church

President Nelson Gives 13 Challenges to Help Church Members Unlock the Secrets and Mysteries of God

By LDS Living Staff

During his first talk as prophet speaking to all Church members in general conference, President Russell M. Nelson bore a powerful witness of our Savior, Jesus Christ: "Without our Redeemer’s infinite Atonement, not one of us would have hope of ever returning to our Heavenly Father. Without His Resurrection, death would be the end. Our Savior’s Atonement made eternal life a possibility and immortality a reality for all."

Fun

Mormon Entrepreneurs Who Braved the Shark Tank

By Carly M. Springer

abc.go.com On Tuesday, Jason F. Wright, the author of The Wednesday Letters, wrote about how he was well on his way to pitching a Wednesday Letters movie to the investors on ABC's Shark Tank (read the story here).

Three siblings receive mission calls the same day, enter MTC together

“Dear Elder Pinkston. You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Argentina Buenos Aires …” Before Patrick Pinkston, 19, could finish reading his mission call, a large whoop went out from family members who had gathered at home in Simi Valley to hear the news. But that was just the beginning.

Latter-day Saint Life

Daniel Peterson: How Recent Findings on Beekeeping in Ancient America Relate to the Book of Mormon

By Daniel Peterson

The Book of Mormon mentions bees or beekeeping but only twice. The first reference, in 2 Nephi 17:18, occurs in a quotation from the Old World prophet Isaiah. The second, however, concerns the Book of Mormon’s own early Jaredites: "And they did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee; and thus they did carry with them swarms of bees” (Ether 2:3).

Famous Latter-day Saints

Latter-day Saint YouTube Sensation Talks Parenting in the Digital Age

By Jessica Grimaud

Mindy McKnight didn’t plan to have millions of followers on YouTube—she just wanted to give her daughters cute hairstyles. She began snapping photos of the creative hairdos and putting them in a book so her daughters could choose their look every morning. When ward members and friends asked Mindy to give them tutorials, she decided to start a blog with picture tutorials.

Fun

The Most Hilarious Twitter Reactions from April 2018 Conference

By LDS Living Staff

After a general conference weekend like the one we experienced last April, there are too many emotions and too many words to summarize what we all witnessed. Solemn assemblies. Priesthood quorum changes. New apostles. Home and visiting teaching gone. And then that mic drop of seven new temples announced, including in Russia and India. As Elder Holland quipped, "President Nelson, I don't know how many rushes we can handle this weekend. Some of us have weak hearts. But, as I think about it, you can take care of that too."

Latter-day Saint Life

Jesus’s Revolutionary Teaching About Prayer That Might Influence How You Pray

By Taylor Halverson

The following has been republished with permission fromtaylorhalverson.com.

Latter-day Saint Life

Elder Uchtdorf Shares Amazing Message from 104-Year-Old Single Sister on Her Birthday

By LDS Living

Over the past century, Erma Rosenhan has prepared more than 400,000 of her German ancestors' names, according to the Deseret News. About this remarkable woman, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf recently wrote on Instagram, "She served as a missionary in Germany and volunteered in the Family History Library for 40 years. Her life has been full of meaningful service."

Lesson Helps

May 2012 Visiting Teaching and Home Teaching: General Conference

Because the May Ensign and Liahona contain a report of the April 2012 General Conference messages, there is no prepared message for visiting or home teachers. The Church encourages visiting and home teachers to prayerfully select addresses that apply to their sisters/families.