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The real lives of women of faith—new research on what it really means to believe

A recent study by the Pew Research Center shared statistics that Latter-day Saint women are top of the charts when it comes to experiencing “a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being on a weekly basis.” We also report the “highest rate of being very happy.” To someone only paying attention to what media and popular culture might say, these statistics might be surprising. But we know why these numbers ring true: we live our faith daily and it really does bring us greater peace and happiness.

Transforming our View of Conflict with Chad Ford

For many of us, peace is something we imagine as a life void of opposition and tension. A calm home. A quiet heart. A life where nothing rubs, nothing breaks, nothing hurts. And while this is certainly aspirational, we know that life has inevitable conflicts. So as followers of Christ, we want to learn not to avoid conflict but instead transform ourselves into people who can navigate disagree, tension, hurt, and disappointment in the way that the Savior would.

D&C 93: Receive of His Fulness

Doctrine and Covenants 93 contains eternal truths that overturned the traditional religious ideas of that time. While it is not the longest section of revelation by the number of verses, it is packed with doctrinal principles—from the nature of God to how we can learn about Him. The light and truth in these scriptures can illuminate the rest of the doctrine that we and the early Saints both will come to understand.

D&C 84: Power of Godliness

Six years ago, in the October 2019 women’s session of general conference, President Nelson said to all the women, “I entreat you to study prayerfully all the truths you can find about priesthood power. You might begin with Doctrine and Covenants sections 84 and 107.” This week, we will be studying the first of those powerful revelations on the oath and covenant of the priesthood and how it holds truths relevant to all of God’s children.

D&C 89-92: Principle with Promise

Understanding history is all in the stories of the people who lived it. This week’s Come, Follow Me study of Doctrine and Covenants 89–92 features the Word of Wisdom. But today, we’ll learn from a historian about Emma Smith, the School of the Prophets, the translation of the Bible, and the attitudes at the time toward alcohol and tobacco that colored the world when this revelation took place. We’ll also discuss a woman who lived a whole life of service around this one event in scripture.

D&C 88: House of God

Two days after the revelation on war given in Doctrine and Covenants 87, the Prophet Joseph Smith received a breath of fresh air with a revelation on peace in section 88. This section is known as the “olive leaf” revelation, containing eternal truths about our relationship with God and a command to draw closer to Him in a temple. We now live in the world they wished for—where temples dot the earth, and Zion can be anywhere we gather.

Morgan Scalley: The Most Important Wins of All

Morgan Scalley is recognized as one of the top defensive coordinators in college football, known for preparing his players to be ready for whatever comes their way on the field. But for Coach Scalley, the most meaningful preparation happens off the field. In this week’s episode, he shares how living the gospel of Jesus Christ has taught him to face life with faith and why the joy found in the Savior’s Atonement far surpasses any victory on the scoreboard.

D&C 94-97: Salvation of Zion

The Saints in 1833 were split between two Zions and were commanded to build two temples to bless God’s people. Doctrine and Covenants 94–97 makes the commandment of building temples a priority. Today, temples are still being constructed across the many places we call Zion. And for those of us not on the building committee, we can still make visiting and honoring the house of the Lord a personal priority.

Camille Fronk Olson: Walking Through the Doors God Opens

Have you ever found yourself walking through a door you never expected—but somehow knew God opened for you? On this week’s episode, Camille Fronk Olson shares her own personal experience with the subheading of her new book, “But If Not”—this is her story of “Finding God in Unmet Expectations and Unwanted Detours.”

The Power of Stillness by Hess, Skarda, Anderson, and Mansfield

In a church that teaches us to “always abound in good works,” it might feel a little unusual to also have a commandment to “be still.”  We're a people who love to do! And yet, woven deeply into our faith is a divine invitation to stillness.