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5 tasty pumpkin recipes to help you savor the season

It's that time of year when the smell of pumpkin spice permeates every kitchen. But you don’t have to limit your fall cooking creativity to pie and bread! Try out some of these unique and tasty pumpkin dishes, great for dinner, dessert, or just a snack.

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New Testament Lesson 20: "Woe Unto You...Hypocrites"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: I held up two glasses of water and asked my seminary class to tell me how they were different. It was a difficult assignment. The containers were identical, the amounts contained were equal, the water of the same apparent purity. They could see no difference, but were willing to concede that there might indeed be invisible, even deadly differences that they could not identify just by looking.

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Joseph and Hyrum’s death masks: 5 things you might not know

By Jannalee Sandau

Find out more about what a death mask is and how the Church came to have these special memorials on display.

Photo Gallery: What we saw at the amazing Mormon pageant

Curiosity and speculation about the Mormon religion has reached new heights this year, as the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney sparks what amounts to a national intro course on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. For those looking for a crash course into the history of Mormonism and its beliefs, there is perhaps no better place than the annual Hill Cumorah pageant, an elaborate Mormon spectacle that takes place here every July.

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3 Principles to Remember When Loved Ones Are Doubting

By David B. Marsh

We seem to be living in a time when many have doubts about the truthfulness of the Church. Virtually everyone knows someone who is doubting. Many leaders report having interviews with members who are struggling. Parents heartbreakingly watch children leave the Church and feel powerless to help. While the choice to leave the Church lies with our loved ones, there are things we can do to support them and help them dissolve their doubts.

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Counsel from Elder Holland Every Returned Missionary Needs to Hear

By Katharine Lyon

For many returned missionaries, coming home can be one of the hardest parts of serving a mission. After 18 months or 2 years of finding, teaching, and serving others full-time, it can be disorienting to return to a life filled with school, work, and dating.

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What we may have missed in Jesus’s loving response to a despised man in the Bible

By Taylor Halverson, PhD, and Scott Haines, MD

Jericho has become a magnet for centuries of pilgrims seeking to experience the stories of Jesus. These religious tourists are seeking to experience something like what Zacchaeus did so many years ago when Jesus visited Jericho.

First Chapter of New Gerald Lund Book "Only the Brave"

By Gerald N. Lund

"One of the things I most enjoy in writing fiction, particularly historical fiction, the creation of characters who become like actual people to me," writes beloved author Gerald Lund in the preface of his new book, "Only the Brave". "...I have come to learn that the characters should--perhaps even must--take on lives of their own if they are to be worth caring about."

Photo Gallery: What Mormon Teens are Doing Worldwide

Samoan Latter-day Saint youth participate in rugby during an interfaith conference.

LDS Week in Review: 5 Must-Read Stories (April 18 - April 24)

By LDS Living

Earlier this week, Elder L. Tom Perry was hospitalized for breathing troubles. Though the Church announced that Elder Perry was released from the hospital and was resting at home Wednesday night, Friday, the Church gave an important update on Elder Perry's health: