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3 Things We Need to Know When We Don't Understand God's Plan for Us

I think we as humans crave certainty and control. When we encounter complex issues and situations—more general ones like polygamy or priesthood restrictions, or intensely personal ones like having same-sex attraction or dealing with a devastating divorce or death—we want to make sense of them. We want to know why it’s happening and how everything is going to work out. In the absence of a clear explanation, we or others may invent one.

Dave Says: Fun to Date, But Not to Marry

By Dave Ramsey

Dear Dave,

LDS Mother Remembers Harrowing, Spiritual Experiences 40 Years After Her 2-Year-Old Daughter Went Missing

After 40 years, Mari Vawn Tinney remembers the touching spiritual moments that comforted her after her daughter went missing.

Lesson Helps

Young Women Lesson 36: Marriage Standards

Manual 3; Supplement from "Eternal Marriage," by F. Burton Howard

Latter-day Saint Life

"Washington Post" Features Latter-day Saints Who Lift Woman with MS Into Bed Every Night

The Washington Post recently featured a touching story of how ward members help one of their neighbors into bed every single night. In 2015, the Mormon Channel created a video about Kathy Felt and all those who are helping to lift her:

Latter-day Saint Life

A 3-Step Spiritual Guide to Successful Dating & Marriage

By Zack Oates

I had just received the news through some not-so-subtle hints.

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.

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When her marriage ended after 42 years, this Latter-day Saint chose the Lord as her ‘light in the wilderness’

By Morgan Pearson

Judy Eror’s children suspected their father might leave the year before he actually did. They tried to tell their mother, but she insisted they were wrong.

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Feature Stories

Christmas alone: Making the holidays ‘holy days’ when you’re celebrating by yourself

By Shelly Johnson-Choong, MSW

Some people who will be alone for the holidays are just hoping to endure. But there are some ways to manage this experience and find joy.

Podcasts

How one couple has drawn upon the power of covenants and hope amid infertility

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week in the United States. We didn’t know this when we planned this week’s episode of “All In”—where Cathy Burningham shared her family’s decade-long struggle with infertility. But we like to believe that God knew and made sure that those who are struggling with infertility know that He is aware of them.