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The most famous Porter Rockwell stories: Fact or fiction? Church History Library explains

The stories surrounding Porter Rockwell, an early Church member and a larger-than-life character in Church history, are varied and fantastic. For example, did he really try to break Joseph Smith out of Liberty Jail? Was he truly the first Latter-day Saint to hunt bison on the Great Plains? Would he actually yell “Wheat!” when charging into a fight?

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"Today" Show Quotes Sister Kimball During "Words of Wisdom" Segment

By Danielle B. Wagner

Thanks to the Deseret News for making us aware of this story.

Young Men Lesson 32: Tithing

Manual 1; Excerpt from "The Lord's Richest Blessings," by Carl B. Pratt

Latter-day Saint Life

Church-Sponsored Basketball Team, "Mormon Yankees," Once a Major Missionary Tool

Photo from Deseret News via Rodney Burt, Cedar Fort Church ball today sometimes gets a bad rap, but it wasn't always that way.

Latter-day Saint Life

Steven Harper: Three important lines from hymn no. 26, ‘Joseph Smith’s First Prayer’

By Steven C. Harper

“It’s overly simplistic to say that the Presbyterian God abhorred people and the Methodist God didn’t, but the contrast helps us see a difference that meant a lot to Joseph.”

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3 powers given in the temple endowment to those who continue on the covenant path

By Anthony Sweat

“Although we have not yet arrived to a ‘fulness’ of the priesthood and glory of God, … we have received promised blessings from God for those who enter and continue on the covenant path and some of those promised blessings are available to us here and now in mortality.”

Latter-day Saint Life

Free Holy Week guide: Learn Hebrew words and ancient traditions to make Easter more meaningful

By Tamara Uzelac Hall

In his April 2023 general conference address, Elder Gary E. Stevenson challenged us to rethink the way we celebrate Easter by asking this question: “How do we model the teaching and celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Easter story, with the same balance, fulness, and rich religious tradition of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christmas story?”

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Sister Oaks Shares How She Discovered "Being Single Does Not Mean You Have to Put Off Being Happy"

By Kristen M. Oaks

I remember feeling many times that I was just marking time, waiting for my life to happen.

Lesson Helps

Book of Mormon Lesson 8: "O How Great the Goodness of Our God"

By Ted L. Gibbons

2 Nephi 6-10

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The Ultimate List of Latter-day Saints Who Have Written NYT Best Sellers

By LDS Living

If you’re looking for quality literature to share with your kids or to read for yourself, check out these amazing Latter-day Saint authors who have made The New York Times Best Seller list. From Brandon Mull to Richard Paul Evans and Stephenie Meyers, Latter-day Saints have definitely made their mark in the literary world over the years for anything from children's books to self-help volumes. Check them all out here and let us know if we missed any!