After two long years apart, the Big 3 are back together again.

The minute I arrived in Uruguay as a missionary, I felt the heavy weight of the challenge that was before me. The life I had lived for the previous 19 years would be extremely different from what I was going to be doing for the next two years. The first big change was how I could carry myself. Pre-mission in the heat of competition, I had a short fuse that would explode at any sign of defeat (Especially when facing my older brother). I could care less who was hurt or offended along the way, I just wanted to win.

For Katie Mellor, a job offer from Chicago-based Leo Burnett came at an awkward time.

The 2014 Mutual theme is an invitation to the youth of the Church to “come unto Christ,” youth leaders say. It is an opportunity to invite Latter-day Saint youth to “partake of the enabling power of the Atonement,” said Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson, Young Women general president. Church leaders announced the theme—“Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness” (Moroni 10:32)—this fall. “As you draw near to the Lord, you will have a desire to serve others,” said Brother David L. Beck, Young Men general president. Leaders are encouraged to use the theme to enrich Mutual opening exercises, as a topic for sacrament meeting talks by youth, or to provide focus for youth activities such as camp, youth conference, and devotionals. Resources for introducing the theme, including videos and music, will be available to leaders on LDS.org by the end of 2013.

One of my favorite church historical sites is Palmyra, New York. As I’ve walked the streets and paths of this beautiful little town, I’m reminded of stories filled with joys and sorrows of those magnificent Mormons who contributed to her history.

When Richard L. Elliott seats himself at the polished cherrywood of the Conference Center organ in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the 7,667 wind-powered pipes translate the music of his soul into something others can enjoy.

You could call him the Bible detective.

MR says: Where do you stand? Would you rather choose to believe or choose to doubt?

In his 1995 book “Evangelicalism and the Future of Christianity,” the prolific British biologist and theologian Alister McGrath explains that "evangelicalism is grounded on a cluster of six controlling convictions, each of which is regarded as being true, of vital importance and grounded in scripture.”

Elder LeGrand Richards responding to a question from Dr. Paul Cheesman, Director of Book of Mormon Studies at BYU's Religious Studies Center in the 1960’s said, “I heard Brother Callis once say that when Joseph Smith received the plates he got down on his knees before the Lord and said, “O God what will the world say?” And the voice of God came to him. “Fear not, I will cause the earth to testify the truth of these things.” (Taken from a letter from LeGrand Richards to Paul R. Cheesman, Dec. 30, 1969)