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Latter-day Saint Superheroes (and Villains) in Spider-Man, Captain America +More

Superhero creator Stan Lee was a titan of comic book history. The 95-year-old former editor-and-chief of Marvel Comics was known for his powerful writing and unlimited imagination.

Latter-day Saint Life

"Come, Follow Me" Tips for Every Latter-day Saint to Make the Curriculum More Meaningful

By LDS Living Staff

Recently, I saw a creative idea on Facebook about how to incorporate Come, Follow Me into ordinary, daily. Jessica Dyer posted that she creates a topic jar, writing down headings or questions from each weeks' lesson, and pulls out a slip of paper at dinner or other random times through the week.

Latter-day Saint Life

"God Is Real": How One Family’s Faith Is Helping Them Through the Unthinkable

By Daedan Olander

From the name—“It’s just a bump in the road”—to the now 31 posts and counting, Kim and Ryan Dahlberg’s website is a typical blog spot about a sobering, atypical topic. After all, few people have battled with stage 4 metastatic melanoma, a disease which, in Ryan’s case, has resulted in 130 tumors growing throughout his body over the last year.

45: "A Voice of Gladness for the Living and the Dead" (Doctrine and Covenants 125–128)

Okay, let’s be real. As fun as emptying trash cans and vacuuming never ending hallways may be, not all of us are jumping at an assignment to clean the church building. All joking aside though, the less glamorous aspects of church service can sometimes be a little harder to gather participants for. Have you ever noticed or felt like the same five people in your ward are always the same ones showing up and doing the work? Turns out you might not be alone in feeling that way. This week’s study of Doctrine and Covenants 125-128 gives us a chance to dig into this conversation and how it applies to doing temple work for our ancestors.

Obama's biggest threat in 2012 may come from his own team: Jon Huntsman

Anyone returning to Washington after the holidays hoping for a calm and quiet reentry must have been sorely disappointed by the first week of the new year: From Capitol Hill to the White House, it was a clamorous, chaotic, and, yes, teary spell that emphatically marked the end of one political phase and the start of another. But this is not a column about the commencement of the Boehner or the Daley era, or the conclusion of the reign of Gibbs. Instead, it’s about a story that broke even earlier in 2011—on January 1, in fact—and then got drowned out by the bang and clatter at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, but which certainly merits more attention.

Latter-day Saint Life

Was That Revelation or Just Me?

MR says: How do you know if what you are feeling is the Spirit or something you've imagined? What are some signs that what you are feeling comes from your Heavenly Father?

Famous Latter-day Saints

When the Osmonds Performed with Cher, Julie Andrews + More: Watch These Epic Blasts from the Past

By Danielle B. Wagner

From TV shows to charity foundations to a member of their family being knighted, there is no doubt the Osmond family has become one of the icons of entertainment throughout the 1960s to today.

Latter-day Saint Life

Elder Holland Answers Questions About Church Policy, Husbands as Presiders, Mental Health + More

While at the Church of Oxford's Pembroke College Chapel, Elder Holland answered questions concerning family life, mental health, Church policy, and many other concerns members have.

Latter-day Saint Life

President Ballard: "There Is Absolutely Nothing Wrong with Asking Questions. Please Don't Brush Them Off"

Let me make sure that you understand this important point. There is absolutely nothing wrong with asking questions or investigating our history, doctrine, and practices. The Restoration began when Joseph Smith sought an answer to a sincere question.

On Mitt Romney Mormon Insult, Republicans Miss Mark

A handful of Republican candidates were asked during last night presidential debate about Rick Perry backer Reverend Robert Jeffress‘ recent comments that Mormonism, Mitt Romney’s faith, is a cult. “Should voters pay attention to a candidate’s religion?” asked debate host Anderson Cooper.