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Prayer, mindfulness, and meditation: How one woman is fighting adrenal fatigue

Being diagnosed with adrenal fatigue is just what it sounds like—utterly exhausting. For Janet Hales, that even meant walking slowly for five minutes was almost more than she could endure.

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,

Why studying the women in Christ’s life can help us ‘Hear Him’

By Valerie Russell

As we harness the right tools, studying the scriptures can draw us to Jesus Christ. That is the hope of Daniel Smith, producer of the “Messages of Christ” YouTube channel. On his most recent project, the Women and Jesus video series, he is joined by Heather Ruth Pack. She provides a woman’s perspective and helps by writing and editing each video script. Together, their love for the scriptures shines through as they prayerfully tell the stories of the women who interacted with the Savior thousands of years ago.

The time and placement of the Founding Fathers—coincidence or providence?

“Did the Founding Fathers coincidentally and conveniently appear on the scene at the same time or were they raised up by God at a specific time for a divine purpose?” This is the question Elder Tad R. Callister, an emeritus General Authority Seventy and former Sunday School general president, posed in a recent article for Church News.

New #HearHim video from Elder Gong: 'You and I are never truly isolated'

By Emily Linder

In continuation of the #HearHim video series, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified that in a time of social isolation, we are not, and couldn’t ever be, isolated from the Savior.

Latter-day Saint Life

President Nelson: Joseph Smith's ‘divine tutoring’ from ‘dozens of ancient prophets and angels’

By Danielle Christensen

The Prophet Joseph Smith was the recipient of divine tutoring in remarkable ways.

See what the Vanuatu and Kiribati temples will look like

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Port Vila Vanuatu Temple, which was announced on October 4, 2020, by Church President Russell M. Nelson, will be built on a 1.62-acre site located at Blacksands Crossroads, on the site of the Blacksands meetinghouse in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet with an end-spire. An ancillary building will also be constructed and will include an arrival center, patron housing, and a distribution center.

Latter-day Saint Life

My 4 unexpected takeaways from a digital fireside with Brother Brad Wilcox and Sister Michelle Craig

By Emily Linder

After enjoying thoughts from Brother Brad Wilcox and Sister Michelle Craig on freedom, I almost stopped the digital fireside they were guests on before the Q&A session, but I’m so glad I didn’t. I would have missed an off-the-cuff discussion that taught me things about the feelings of two Church leaders that I never would have known otherwise.

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Some missionaries called to Europe and Asia are beginning to return to their original assignments

By Lindsey Williams

Sister Kendra DeLange arrived at the Provo Missionary Training Center on March 4, 2020, with the next 18 months of her life laid out: she would spend five weeks in Provo learning Danish and then fly across the Atlantic to the Denmark Copenhagen Mission.

What Sister Nelson said about 'wake-up calls' that changed my perspective on life in 2020

By Danielle Christensen

When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve this past year, my family celebrated in typical fashion with Chinese food, watching the ball drop in Times Square on television, and tromping around in the snow while banging pots and pans outside, despite the frigid temperature. The year 2020 promised to be a good one. Not only was it a nice, even number, but it brought in a new decade, and new hope in addition to a new year.