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What Do You Do When You Don't “Know the Church Is True"? Elder Bruce C. Hafen Answers on "All In" Podcast

In the two most recent episodes of All In, host Erin Hallstrom sits down with Elder Bruce C. Hafen, General Authority emeritus, and his wife, Marie K. Hafen, to discuss their new book, Faith Is Not Blind. The book offers readers “a pattern for how to think about your questions and how, through grappling with them, to nourish your faith.”

Church Leaders Give $2.3 Million Raised by Giving Machines to Global Humanitarian Partners

“Being able to help someone else makes people happy,” said Sister Joy D. Jones, Primary general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who traveled to New York City to deliver checks to several of the Church’s global humanitarian partners.

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This week from the pulpit: Finding togetherness during times of distance

By Emily Linder

Editor's note: "This week from the pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

How Cancer Led a Latter-day Saint Mother and Son to Start a (Healthy) Chocolate Company

By Morgan Pearson

In 2012, Jodie Jones and her husband flew to Malaysia to pick up their son Sterling at the conclusion of his mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Jodie had just been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, but she didn’t tell anyone until after they returned home and Sterling had given his homecoming talk. She didn’t want to “rain on his parade.” That is the way Jodie Jones lives her life, always thinking of others first and always focusing on the positive. She wants her life to be a sweet story—that is how Jojo’s Guilt Free Chocolate was born.

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.

From the Church

5 Major Changes to the Church's "Friend" in 2018 That Will Get Kids Excited About the Gospel

Have you learned about these new features in the Friend that help kids have fun as they learn more about the gospel?

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5 Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert guest performances we’re still in love with

By Haley Lundberg

To celebrate the upcoming Christmas concert from The Tabernacle Choir, here are a few of our favorite performances featuring the Choir and past guest artists.

LDS Living's Top 10 for 2011: No. 2

By LDS Living

This year has been quite the "Mormon moment" with politicians, musicals, ad campaigns, athletes – you name it – and many of LDS Living's stories have followed these people and topics.

Best of: LDS Living Stories of the Week, February 9-15

By LDS Living

You might have missed what went on the last week, but we've put together our list of the week's most popular stories so you don't miss a beat. For February 9 through February 15, 2013, these are LDS Living’s top hits: