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How the Church Grew From 3 to 6,000 in Jamaica

For several years, the membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jamaica consisted of only three individuals: Victor E. Nugent, his wife, Verna, and their son, Peter.

10 Ways to Reinvent Your Sunday

By LDS Living

Let’s face it—sometimes Sundays aren’t as enjoyable or fulfilling as we’d like them to be. Between the stress of getting the family—and yourself—ready for church, preparing lessons, preparing meals, and keeping the kids occupied for the rest of the day, our day of rest can be anything but restful. If you’ve been stuck in a rut, try some of these ideas to help reinvent your Sunday.

9 Rare Artifacts from Early Church History

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Mormon Gold Coins + 8 Other Rare Artifacts from Early Church History

By Jamie Armstrong

With the turbulent early days of the Church came the loss and destruction of many items the Saints regarded as precious. Here is a look at some of the rarest books, coins, notes, and documents salvaged from Church history.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Fablehaven: NYT Best-Selling Author Brandon Mull Reveals 5 Little-Known Facts About the Magical Series

By Brandon Mull

When I was writing Fablehaven about 11 years ago, I hoped it would be my first published novel. I had already failed to publish several short stories and a different novel (that eventually evolved into Beyonders), and I had no assurance that my tale about a brother and sister discovering a secret wildlife park for magical creatures would ever be read by anyone besides friends and family. I had no way to foresee that Fablehaven would eventually reach millions of readers in 30 different languages. At the time, I just hoped it would make it to bookstore shelves.

5 Ways Fathers Influence Their Daughters

By Jamie Armstrong

We’ve all seen them—the sitcoms and movies, even television commercials that portray fathers as inept creatures bumbling through family life. In a culture where dads are often portrayed as the dunces of the family, researchers are only beginning to scratch the surface of just how important their role in the family truly is.

Latter-day Saint Life

4 Ways You Can Help a Struggling Missionary

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

Missionaries can deal with a slew of issues, and as a parent, sibling, or friend reading and writing letters from afar, you may feel helpless. But you’re not. Check out some ways you can help them with some of these most common struggles, and some prophetic counsel that may help as well.

Famous Latter-day Saints

7 Mormons Who Made March Madness History

By Jeff Hampton

Is your bracket filled out? Good. Mine is too.

Latter-day Saint Life

Sacrament Meeting on a War Ship + More Powerful Photos of Latter-day Saints During Wartime

By Saints at War Project

Latter-day Saints have a rich heritage of patriotism, going all the way back to the twelfth Article of Faith. Many have pledged their lives in military service as a part of that patriotism, and the Saints at War Project has collected the stories, photographs, and artifacts of their experiences. Here are just a few.

6 places to start as you seek to understand and navigate conversations of racial strife

What do you say when people’s hearts all over the world are hurting? What do you say to try to make up for the pain that has been felt over generations? Where do you start when you are determined to be better and do better? These are all questions we, at LDS Living, have asked ourselves over the past few weeks.

Latter-day Saint Life

How Could Jesus Have Sweat Drops of Blood?

By Andrew C. Skinner

From Luke's inspired description, we begin to comprehend that the Savior's anguish and suffering was unrelenting. In fact, it increased and increased— more pressure, more torture, more agony. "And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly" (Luke 22:44). Here the Savior of the universe teaches us through his experience that all prayers are not alike, nor are they expected to be. A greater need, a more intense life circumstance, calls forth from us more earnest, faith-filled petition and pleading.