Editor’s note: “This week from the pulpit” highlights recent messages by Church leaders.

Meet and chat with these talented LDS artists at the City Creek Deseret Book store in Salt Lake City every Friday from 1:00-3:00 pm!

Nnamdi sculpts straight from the heart, and his story might change yours.

From monster truck driving to the Olympics and the NFL to the NBA, many famous athletes have found the gospel and discovered the fullness it brings to their lives. Here are just a few remarkable stories of athletes who have converted to the Church.

A little over 100 years ago, Jack Dempsey became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, defeating four-year defending champion Jess Willard in a title fight by way of corner retirement between the third and fourth rounds.

Everywhere he goes, people assume Thurl Bailey played some ball. And their assumptions are correct—Bailey, 7 feet tall, had a long and successful career as a professional basketball player, and now he's an analyst for the Utah Jazz.

In the last year of Joseph Smith's life, he formed a council to discuss political and temporal matters, known as the Council of Fifty. In the newest installment of The Joseph Smith Papers, the council's minutes are now available to the public for the first time.

On his most crippling days of anxiety, Steve Young described the fear he experienced as an athlete in an interview with CBS: "You wake up and you see the crack of the morning dawn . . . and you would have this dread."

A fire can engulf a structure in a matter of minutes. Understanding the basic characteristics of fire and learning the proper safety practices can be the key to surviving a house or building fire.

Question: When did tan skin become the “in” thing? Can you pin a date or time period on it? Chinese women do everything they can to cover their skin when walking outside; most American women do everything they can to uncover their skin while in the sun. True, I think most of us will agree when I say we love the sun. I haven’t seen much of it lately (thanks a lot, Utah), but I’m confident it will show its pretty little face sometime soon. But with that happy sun, comes a little “Debby-Downer.” I’ll secretly admit to you that I’m always a little depressed when I read the medical reports my mom sends me about how detrimental the sun is to my skin. Argh. I’m not sure why I keep reading those if they just strike fear in my heart about cancerous moles the size of my head. However, in this instance, I will admit defeat and say, “Mom, you are right.”