Being single in a family-centered church can be extremely lonely at times.

My senior year of high school, I stopped eating. My freshman year of college, I started throwing up. And the two continued to alternate in my life for the next five years.

These celebrities found the gospel and happily became members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Years ago, before the Church instituted the three-hour block schedule for our Sunday meetings, we used to go to the chapel for meetings three times every Sunday—once in the morning for priesthood meeting, a second time for Sunday School opening exercises and classes, and finally a third time for a ninety-minute sacrament meeting. When I was a very young man, our ward’s Sunday School superintendent, Brother Marchant, came to our class one Sunday to ask for volunteers who would be willing to give the prayer, the 2½-minute talks, and the sacrament gem (a verse of scripture shared before the sacrament was passed) in the following week’s Sunday School opening exercises. My strategy was to quickly volunteer to say either the prayer or the sacrament gem. I was motivated by the desire to avoid having to give a talk at all costs! Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t the only person in the class with that strategy, and I missed out on my first choice, the prayer. I was quick enough, however, to score the sacrament gem assignment. Given the other alternative, I felt lucky.

It was my junior year and my seminary teacher was teaching us about ways we receive promptings. To illustrate, he mentioned one time he was prompted to find a case of hot sauce in a grocery store.

Temples, as we know, are richly covered in symbols.But of all symbols, stars seem to be the most commonly seen. Here are just a few different types of stars you might spot on temples, plus the symbolism behind them. (You may also want to check out "5 Tips to Better Understand Temple Symbols" for more information.)

Understand that we are mere mortal “babysitters” who can appeal directly to the real Parent. There is no more effectual and answer-deserving prayer than this: “Father, help me to understand and to do what is best for this, thy child.”

This lesson is different from most lessons. Normally, a lesson is made up of a collection of quotes from a number of talks. They are arranged by subject matter to make up the completed lesson. This week’s lesson on the power of the word of God all comes from a single talk given by President Benson in a special priesthood leadership meeting. This was his first general conference as the President of the Church.

When I was young, I wanted nothing more than for my dad to join the Church. I grew up with the best dad in the world. For my dad, family comes first. He was raised a Baptist, and has a strong testimony of the Savior and His eternal mission.