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Apostles and Church Leaders Share How They Prepare Their Conference Talks + What It's Like Speaking at Conference

When the prophets, apostles, and leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregate every six months to speak to the world, members and nonmembers are invited to tune in and hear their inspired counsel. With so many ears to hear, hearts to listen, and minds to enlighten, Church leaders turn to the Spirit.

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Who Was the Angel Sent to Comfort Jesus in Gethsemane?

By Andrew C. Skinner

While we have no way of definitively knowing the identity of the angel who visited Jesus in Gethsemane, here are some fascinating insights from Andrew Skinner's book Gethsemane.

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A marketing professional’s take on ‘abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice’

Ronell Hugh has spent his career in marketing working for recognizable businesses like Adobe, HP, Microsoft, and Walmart, and recently spoke of approaching the prophet’s call to abandon attitude and actions of prejudice from the perspective of a marketer.

The Unexpected Connection Between Zookeeping and Spiritual Gifts

By J. Stuart Bunderson and Jeffery A. Thompson, PhDs and authors of "The Zookeeper's Secret: Finding Your Calling in Life"

We didn’t set out to study spiritual gifts when we began our research on the zookeeping profession several years ago. We are management professors interested in how people find meaning in their work. But our study of zookeepers provided some surprising—and inspiring—examples of spiritual gifts in action. The things we learned in our scholarship reverberated with spiritual truth and provided some powerful insights into how we can discover and enact our spiritual gifts.

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Abortion: How President Nelson and Other Church Leaders' Teachings Provide Hope, Compassion, and Direction

By LDS Living Staff

With legislation and debates surrounding abortion making headlines from New York to Utah to California, this politically and emotionally charged topic has been thrust again in the public spotlight.

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Weight Watchers, P. Diddy, "Criminal Minds" + Other Bizarre Places You Wouldn't Expect Prophets to Be Quoted, but They Were

By LDS Living

From violent TV shows to weight watching apps, here are a few bizarre places you wouldn't expect to hear quotes from our prophets and apostles. This just goes to show how pervasive and crucial their words are to all of us today.

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Joseph Smith's Historic Meeting with the President of the United States (+ Video)

By LDS Living Staff

After Latter-day Saints were expelled from Missouri and while trying to rebuild Zion in the malaria-ridden swamps near Commerce (later Nauvoo), Illinois, Joseph Smith took a historic journey to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Martin Van Buren.

A group of eight adults and one baby pose with an heirloom Bible in front of a boat in Canada

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150-year-old family Bible returned to descendants across the globe

By Church News

“I was impressed that the Bible had been kept safe for a reason,” William Dunbar said.

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LDS Woman Given Secretary of State Award for Work in Turkmenistan

From living in Bosnia, Serbia, and Japan to helping improve writing skills and the lives of the disabled in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Allison Stimmler has seen much and changed much in the world we live in today.

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Watch: Mormon Tabernacle Organist Plays the Most Epic Halloween Solo

By LDS Living

Posted by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir just in time for Halloween, this eerie organ solo by Richard Elliott is the perfect music for upcoming parties, scares, and activities you've got planned for the holiday. Check out this creepy rendition of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Toccata in D Minor" as well as the chilling atmosphere in the Salt Lake Tabernacle.