After the death of his friend to suicide and working with The Trevor Project, a national suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ youth, lead singer for the band Imagine Dragons, Dan Reynolds, is organizing a music festival to show that people with different points of view can still show love for each other.

“If you really listen to this story you will realize there really is no other explanation but God," Tiffany Johnson said.

The first song that members of the Tabernacle Choir sang at Tuesday night‘s rehearsal was “Come, Ye Children of the Lord”—an appropriate choice after 19 months apart.

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One of the most frequently asked doctrinal questions since the early days of the Church concerns the history and whereabouts of the Israelites sometimes called the "lost ten tribes." Yet "Where are the lost ten tribes?" is not a Latter-day Saint question at all. It was brought into the Church by early converts from other denominations, who were already speculating concerning it. It was asked more commonly in past generations, but even today the question still arises. It is unfortunate that it should be asked at all, however, because latter-day revelation gives clear teaching on the subject—as does the Bible. The expression "lost tribes" is found in only two verses of scripture—both in the Book of Mormon (see 2 Ne. 29:13; 3 Ne. 17:4). Both passages refer to members of the house of Israel outside their ancestral homeland. Nephi indicates that the word lost shows the perspective of the Israelites in Palestine: the "lost" tribes were simply "lost from the knowledge of those who are at Jerusalem" (1 Ne. 22:4). Thus those people are Israelites who were removed from Palestine and whose history was unknown to those who remained, including to the writers of the Bible and the Book of Mormon.

Every U.S. president has dealt with criticisms from the press of their day. Being able to influence public narratives has often been an important task for any politician or public personality. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, for example, were so concerned with the way the newspaper Gazette of the United States was shaping opinions against their Democratic-Republican Party that they covertly established a partisan editor and newspaper of their own, the National Gazette, to counterattack their rivals in The Federalist Party.

Editor’s Note: Tammy Uzelac Hall is the host of LDS Living’s newest podcast, “Sunday on Monday,” a weekly Come, Follow Me focused podcast that dives into the hidden treasures of the gospel. Here are five questions readers might have while reading the first chapters of the Book of Mormon in their studies this week, accompanied with Hall's insights that add new meaning to the beloved verses.

Scripture is a hallmark of religion, and we believe that regular scripture study is a key to spiritual progress and protection. The Latter-day Saint scripture library includes the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. The Lord also instructed us to treat the teachings of living prophets as scripture: “For his word ye shall receive, as if from mine own mouth, in all patience and faith” (D&C 21:5). How can we maintain a course of study that draws upon both sources and gives them the attention they deserve? Here are four ways you can seamlessly integrate your study of the standard works with your study of the teachings of living prophets.