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Can I change immediately? What the scriptures say vs. what Satan wants you to believe

By Michelle Wilson

What if change can be immediate? In fact, what if long-lasting change isn’t possible without immediate change?

How to talk to teenagers about spirituality.

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6 spiritual questions your teens are sincerely asking—and how to answer them

By Kathryn Davis

I spoke with other seminary teachers, and we identified six pressing questions we each get asked regularly. Here is our advice on answering them.

'Antiques Roadshow' Appraises First Edition Book of Mormon at $100k

According to the segment, the book has traveled from Massachusetts and been carried out West through Missouri to Salt Lake and then Oregon. It has gone through five generations and still remains in good condition. The book was first given to the family as it was investigating the LDS faith and eventually converted.

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3 Brothers in Set of Quadruplets Now Serving Missions

Learn more about this faithful family and how they have found a way to support their three sons while they serve their missions.

Children of LDS First Presidency honor their mothers

Many Utahns know the members of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But many may not be quite as familiar with their wives: Frances Monson, Kathleen Eyring, and Harriet Uchtdorf. These are the women who lovingly stand by their husbands as they lead the faith. They also support and nurture their families. KSL asked a child of each one of them to share thoughts and reflections about their mothers.

Teen’s religious commitment springs from relationships, study shows

For the 12,000 teens who participate each year, EFY is a time for game nights, dances, and cheer-offs, and now a study at BYU illustrates the program’s secrets to success. In a new study, Brigham Young University professor David Dollahite and graduate student Emily Layton identified seven anchors of religious commitment for teens. Through in-depth interviews of 80 adolescents and their families belonging to different faiths, they recognized an overarching theme of teens building relationships.

Words of the Prophets: 15 Ways to Be Happy

By Richie Norton - Time Out for Women

Richie Norton, a new TOFW presenter and author of the book The Power of Starting Something Stupid, shares 15 ways to be happy-or one suggestion from each of the First Presidency and the Twelve. We LOVE it and think it’s one great way to prepare for General Conference!

Mission-driven change: Impact of Mormon missionary age change

Announcements by the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints tend to come without much warning, and on October 6 the church’s leadership dropped a bombshell. Effective immediately, the church’s leadership said during the opening session of its semiannual General Conference, the minimum age for Mormon missionaries would be lowered from 19 for men and 21 for women to 18 and 19, respectively. That might not sound significant to individuals outside the faith, but reporters noted that the audience in the hall audibly gasped at the announcement.

Utah couple creates Christian films

Amy and Shawn Kenney are filmmakers, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but they do not make Mormon films. They make Christian films. “The difference between a Mormon film and a Christian film is that one is geared to an LDS audience — usually with subject matter or references that are uniquely LDS,” said Shawn Kenney, who pulls double duty as writer and producer. “While a Christian film is faith based, it is inspirational, not necessarily denominational.”

Alissa Parker: Finding Emilie

December 14, 2012, is remembered by many as the day of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. But Alissa Parker remembers it as the day she lost her daughter, Emilie. In the nine and a half years since Alissa has found solace in the kindness of others and in the goodness of a God who has allowed her to feel her daughter's presence time and time again. While the trauma of her loss still causes Alissa to feel anxiety, she continues to find comfort in the confidence that she will be reunited with Emilie again.