Search - LDS Living

11 years ago I watched general conference for the first time. Here’s why it was life-changing

I searched every corner of the internet to find what religion I identified with. But I had completely missed the gold mine that is general conference.

Loren D. Marks

Dr. Marks' interests cover religion and families, racial minority families, family finance, and qualitative research. He is co-director, with Dr. David Dollahite, of the American Families of Faith project through which they have interviewed 200 American couples and families of various Abrahamic faiths (including 80 adolescents). Information about the project can be found at http://AmericanFamiliesofFaith.byu.edu

Group of multiracial teenage college students ready to go back to school standing against blue background wall.

Latter-day Saint Life

5 scriptures to ease back-to-school anxiety

By Haley Lundberg

A new school year can bring some big feelings with it, and sometimes, that includes some back-to-school anxieties.

Heidi Swinton: Profiling a Prophet

As a young journalism student at the University of Utah, Heidi Swinton had big dreams of one day working for Newsweek, but a prompting encouraging her to focus on the work of the Lord led her to a different path in life instead. This path still involved Swinton using her talents through writing, but in ways she never could’ve imagined—including writing the biography of President Thomas S. Monson.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Ways to Reduce Anxiety Using Gospel Principles

By Dr. David T. Morgan

I love a good nap. Though not always the most productive activity, it can be a nice rest from physical and mental stress. I remember almost weeping for joy when I read President Kimball’s counsel that naps could be an appropriate Sabbath day activity. Hard work deserves appropriate rest.

Presidents and prophets: The story of America’s presidents and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

By Michael K. Winder

Rising from obscurity and persecution, Latter-day Saints have gradually gained significant political clout and earned the trust and respect of some of the most powerful leaders in American history.

Lesson Helps

New Testament Lesson 33: "Ye Are the Temple of God"

By Ted L. Gibbons

Someone has called Corinth the Las Vegas of the Ancient World. It was a city of 250,000 citizens and another 400,000 or so slaves. It was located just off the Corinthian Isthmus, and was a crossroads for travelers and traders. It was a city of typical Greek culture; its people were interested in Greek philosophy, and placed a great value on wisdom.

Recommended by Us

Sheri Dew: Living the gospel is not about doing more, it’s about doing things differently

By Sheri L. Dew

“Immersing ourselves in the things of heaven … is not about doing more. But it may be about doing things differently.”

Sharon Eubank on the Everyday Humanitarian

Have you heard about Lift Up Your Heart? It's Magnify's event that is coming this fall, and Sharon Eubank is the keynote speaker. You won't want to miss it! It's a day to come and refuel your faith, renew your spirit, and remember who you are in Christ with other like-minded women.

Unnamed Women of the Book of Mormon: Mothers of the Stripling Warriors

Helaman went to battle with 2,000 young men and they needed every single one of them. They needed to be ready and they were prepared physically and spiritually by incredibly faithful mothers. What did it take to raise a stripling warrior and what can we learn from them?