Search - LDS Living

This mission leader was a part of the NASA team putting a rover on Mars, but she missed its launch to serve the Lord

Sister Amos missed perhaps one of the most significant moments of her career at NASA when her team put a rover on Mars because of her desire to serve with her husband in the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission.

Screen Shot 2022-02-07 at 2.54.23 PM.png

Recommended by Us

Panther to priesthood, part 2: How a former Black Panther became a Latter-day Saint

By Eddie Leroy Willis

Wanda was so overjoyed by the blessings of the Church that she tried to share the good news of the gospel with anybody who would listen! She especially wanted to let Black Americans know that they didn’t have to struggle.

Thurl Bailey: The Impact of Seeing Potential

When someone sees our potential it can make all the difference in what we become. But what has that looked like in the life of former NBA player Thurl Bailey? It meant his mother believing that she was not raising average kids, and therefore Cs were not acceptable. It meant not making the middle school basketball team again and again until a coach finally offered to put in some extra work with the 6'10" 9th grader. And it meant overcoming obstacles in marrying his wife when the odds were against them. But perhaps most important, it has looked like Heavenly Father knowing Thurl's potential as a disciple of Jesus Christ. On this week's episode, we talk with Thurl about potential in all its forms and what we can learn from it.

Latter-day Saint Life

What I Hope We'll Teach Our Daughters (and Sons) About the Priesthood (Part 1)

By Wendy Ulrich

The following is a segment of an address originally given by Latter-day Saint Wendy Ulrich, Ph.D., at the FAIR Mormon conference and reposted with permission:

Latter-day Saint Life

"I Was Protected by Angels": After Falling from 80-Foot Cliff, the Miracles One Latter-day Saint Witnessed

By LDS Living Staff

Jerald Simon doesn’t remember anything from the first eight years of his life. His baptism, the birth of his four siblings, family vacations, learning to play the piano, childhood games and friends—all of these milestones are erased from his consciousness, marked in his mind only by a vast blankness.

Latter-day Saint Life

Lola Ogunbote: Racism and the human race against time

By Lola Ogunbote

Let’s seek to be less passive and more aggressive in this fight against racism. And more importantly, let us look up to Him who created us perfectly in His image.

Famous Latter-day Saints

How Gladys Knight Became a Latter-day Saint

By Jamie Armstrong

How did Motown legend and Grammy Award–winner Gladys Knight become a Latter-day Saint? And how has joining the Church affected her fame? Here's the inside scoop.

Lesson Helps

FHE: Aaronic Priesthood

By Shauna Gibby

Conference Talk:

CHAPTERS: My Lord, He Calls Me edited by Alice Faulkner Burch

My Lord He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black American Latter-day Saints edited by Alice Faulkner Burch celebrates the stories of Black Latter-day Saints. It’s an essay compilation by active Black American members of the Church whose ancestors were brought to the United States from Africa and enslaved. Because it's Black History month, we wanted to hear about their conversion stories, what life is like as a Black Latter-day Saint, and why they choose to remain in the Church. You will be inspired by the faith, testimony, endurance, wisdom, and spiritual strength of these faithful Saints.

Latter-day Saint Life

4 Tips to Better Access the Power In Your Priesthood

By David J. Ridges

In the April 2010 general conference, President Boyd K. Packer encouraged Melchizedek Priesthood holders to do better at exercising the power of the priesthood. He taught: