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Latter-day Saint Life
This 6-year-old went viral for saving his sister from a charging dog. Here's the invitation his Latter-day Saint family extends to the world
By Emily Linder
Bridger Walker, age 6, touched the hearts of many after shielding his sister from a neighborhood dog at high cost to himself. His story has been covered by major news outlets such as Yahoo! and ABC News, and he’s received messages of love far and wide, including from celebrities like Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. But what many may not know is that the Walker family are Latter-day Saints and through this experience they have spread a message of love and a call to “comfort those that need comfort.”
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How does serving a mission affect attitudes on global development? What one economist found
By Valerie Russell
Lee Crawfurd was watching The Book of Mormon musical when something clicked—the full-time missionary program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be considered a “natural experiment.” Crawfurd is not a member of the Church. He is an economist who seeks to understand why some people are more interested in helping people in poor countries than others. Crawfurd, who has worked with a few members of the Church who served missions, recognized while watching the play that, unlike many international volunteers who choose where they will go, prospective missionaries face uncertainty. They could learn Swahili to serve in Africa or Portuguese to serve in Portugal or preach the gospel in their own language or own country. Prospective missionaries only know one thing for certain: they will go and do (see 1 Nephi 3:7).
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What might it mean when your patriarchal blessing doesn’t mention something you hoped it would?
Receiving one's patriarchal blessing often carries with it great anticipation and great expectations. Will the blessing mention the things we've always dreamed of having in our lives? And what if it doesn't? As a young girl, Makenna Myler's life revolved around running so when she received her patriarchal blessing, she expected it to talk about the role running would play in her life moving forward. When it didn't, she was confused and, for years after, she wrestled over whether she should be running or not.
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Latter-day Saint Life
Black Bishop Shares His Conversion and Experience with Unanswered Questions About Race and Priesthood
By Danielle B. Wagner
After being arrested at age 14, Donald Kelly knew something needed to change in his life.
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Latter-day Saint Life
How women of the early Relief Society served nationally and globally
By Jennifer Reeder
Throughout the 19th century, Relief Society members became involved in national and international women’s associations to give women a public forum and to improve humanity at large.
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Famous Latter-day Saints
Jane Manning James and Emma Smith: A remarkable friendship amid deep racial prejudice
By Alexandra Mortenson
The friendship between Jane Manning James and Emma Smith—remarkable in a pre–Civil War era—is documented only in a few scattered lines of historical text.
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Latter-day Saint Life
How President Nelson Strengthened My Struggling Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
By LDS Living Staff
There are very few things I can stand at a pulpit and testify I know are true. Among them are that I know my Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother love me with an infinite, unfathomably deep and perfect love, and they are far more merciful to me than I deserve. The second is that I know that Jesus Christ, my brother and Savior, died for me, knows me—my pains, shortcomings, sins, weaknesses, joys, and strengths—entirely, and that He has never and will never abandon me.
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Beauty Redefined: Rejecting the Media's Impossible Standards
By Lexie Kite and Lindsay Kite
In a world where a constant—and we mean constant—flow of media images far exceeds the number of women we could ever see face to face, this abnormally thin and digitally-enhanced feminine ideal has become the norm in our minds. A counterfeit, dangerous, unattainable norm.
13 Jobs You'll Be Surprised Were Held By General Authorities
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13 General Authorities who had surprising jobs
By Kelsey Berteaux and Alex Mortenson
One of the most beautiful things about the Church is how it brings people together from different backgrounds, and the pasts of the Brethren leading the Church today are no different. Find out what unique jobs some general authorities have held before they were called to serve.
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Latter-day Saint Life
The story of these early Black Latter-day Saints coming to Utah is not your traditional pioneer tale
By Trent Toone
It’s not the traditional pioneer story.