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Elders Uchtdorf, Gong post on social media about International Friendship Day; Sister Wright on stepping out of the ordinary

Editor’s note: “This week from the Pulpit” highlights recent messages by General Authorities, General Officers, and leaders of the Church.

One single adult’s experience with the Abundant Life Conference, General Authority talk summaries

By Emily Linder

Editor’s note: “This week from the Pulpit” highlights recent messages by General Authorities, General Officers, and leaders of the Church.

Latter-day Saint Life

How a Tongan Legend Applies to Latter-day Saints Today

Wanting to protect his land from Western colonization in 1839, Tonga’s Christian King George Tupou I had prayed: “O, God the Father, I give unto you my land and my people and all generations of people who follow after me. I offer them all to be protected by heaven.”

Latter-day Saint Life

The good, the funny, and the downsides of general conference Twitter

By Morgan Pearson

For over five years, I was responsible for coordinating general conference web coverage. This year, I took a break.

40: “It Is Thy House, a Place of Thy Holiness” (Doctrine and Covenants 109–110)

Have you ever been to a temple dedication? If so, do you have any specific memories about the event? A temple dedication often brings a flurry of excitement and energy to an area, and that was certainly the case for the Saints who were eagerly awaiting the dedication of the Kirtland temple. This week we will dig into Doctrine and Covenants 109–110 to read the stories of Saints who attended the dedication. We'll see what their experiences teach us about attending temples, including the struggle we might sometimes have over feeling worthy to be there.

Latter-day Saint Life

Podcast: How Have the Attitudes of LDS Women Changed Since the Early Days of the Church?

By LDS Living

LDS Perspectives podcast hosted editors Jenny Reeder and Kate Holbrook, historians of 19th- and 20th-century women, to review their unprecedented project of compiling LDS women’s speeches within the LDS Church in the book At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women.

Latter-day Saint Life

Lucy Mack Smith's Faith-Filled Speech That Parted the Ice on the Erie Canal

By Jennifer Reeder

Lucy Mack Smith (1775–1856) was the mother of Joseph and Hyrum Smith and nine other children, and she was a strong voice in the early Church. She gave this speech to a gathering of emigrating Saints at Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York in May 1831.

SOM Transcript - S4E43

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U.S. Senators Jeff Flake and Mike Lee Honor President Thomas S. Monson on the Senate Floor

On Thursday, Senators Jeff Flake and Mike Lee honored President Monson's life with tributes given on the Senate floor.

SOM Transcript - S6E4