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Over 100 LDS athletes have competed in the Olympics, with five competing in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. While many stood for their faith while they made history, there are some who were still searching for truth when they showed up on the world stage.

LDS Scouts ‘catch vision’

Scouting activities are far more varied than tying knots. “We’re doing all kinds of things,” said Jim Fox, general chairman of the 2012 Aaronic Priesthood Encampment for Boy Scouts. “Scouting isn’t just building fires.”

The Gift of Listening with Mauli Bonner

When it comes to ministering we often think of big acts of service, like showing up on a friend’s porch with a treat and a handwritten note, because at the very least, ministering requires food, right? This kind of service can be wonderful—we all love a thoughtful gift—but are we missing out on opportunities to serve because we feel overwhelmed when our own plates are full? Sometimes, though, one of the simplest ways we can minister is by offering them our undivided attention—the gift of listening. So in today’s episode, we explore how our capacity to love grows both when we take the time to listen and when we are heard in return.

Latter-day Saint Life

Wendy Ulrich: How the Savior fully knows what women experience

By Wendy Ulrich

"I’m grateful that female lives provide at least some of the images Christ draws on in explaining the mighty realities behind some of our most important symbols for who He is."

Latter-day Saint Life

President Eyring’s Counsel That Became the Foundation for the New Children and Youth Program

By Lindsey Williams

Editor's note: Our bi-weekly Friday column, “Found in the Footnotes,” explores some of the footnotes from remarks given by General Authorities and General Officers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Covered in Christ’s love: What wearing the temple garment really means

By Jennifer C. Lane

“Unlike other ceremonial clothing used during the endowment, the garment is worn underneath members’ normal clothing for the rest of their lives, serving as a daily physical reminder of their covenant relationship with God.”

Melaney Tagg: Kindness Begins With Me

There is an old Primary song that says, “I want to be kind to everyone, for that is right, you see. So I say to myself, ‘Remember this: Kindness begins with me.'” Melaney Tagg, our guest on this week’s episode, is a living example of what this Primary song looks like in action. When she observed the contention running rampant in her county’s school board meetings, Tagg knew she couldn't stand idly by—she had to, as President Oaks put it, "seek to moderate and unify," knowing that kindness needed to begin with her.

{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, May 5-11

By LDS Living

We all love a good story. And what better way to find out the best of the best than seeing what people found most interesting? For the week of May 5 through May 11, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top online stories:

Latter-day Saint Life

The Day We Celebrated My Son Not Getting Baptized

By Sarah Sargent

What an unexpected and touching story that shows not all Latter-day Saints walk the same path, but all are loved and can make their way back to our Heavenly Father.

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Emotional NFL Video Shows Drafted LDS Player Cry as His Parents Bear Testimony of God

After Garrett Bolles was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first-round of the NFL draft, he received a special surprise—a video of the couple he now calls his parents as they shared the faith they have in him and in the Lord.