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What is it like to be on the gospel path with your spouse—attending church together, serving faithfully in your callings, and raising your children with the gospel as your guide—only to have them announce abruptly, or over time, that he or she no longer believes?

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 33: "President Brigham Young Leads the Saints"

By Ted L. Gibbons

God chooses his leaders. This is true at every level of Church administration. Joseph was chosen by the Lord and so were those who came after him. But in those early years, before the practice of succession in the Church had been formalized, some members were uncertain of the format succession ought to follow. In an August meeting held to resolve the matter of succession, the Lord placed the stamp of his approval on Brigham Young. One account gives the record in these words:

Feature Stories

Have you paid attention to the Hebrew word President Nelson keeps teaching about?

By Emily Linder

“Mostly by accident, I’ve found three different messages President Nelson has given in the past six months in which he taught about this special Hebrew word.”

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Latter-day Saint Life

How to be more mindful of the ministry of angels in your life

By Danielle Christensen

Here are six takeaways about the ministry of angels that can inspire us in our lives today.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why Does God Sometimes Allow His Saints to Be Martyred

By Book of Mormon Central

This article is republished with permission from Book of Mormon Central. For more inspiring and instructive content on the Book of Mormon visit Book of Mormon Central, subscribe to our mailing list, see our YouTube videos, and follow us on Facebook.

Latter-day Saint Life

How the Revelation of Baptisms for the Dead Was Received and Revealed to the Church

By Robert L. Millet

August 15 marks the anniversary of the Prophet Joseph Smith's first public announcement of the beautiful doctrine of baptism for the dead.

Latter-day Saint Life

Uniting East and West: Latter-day Saints and the Transcontinental Railroad

By Fred E. Woods

When the coast-to-coast telegraph was completed in Salt Lake City in October 1861, Brigham Young sent a clear signal to President Abraham Lincoln: “Utah has not seceded but is firm for the Constitution and laws of our once happy country.” Less than eight years later, on May 10, 1869, hundreds gathered at Promontory, Utah, to witness another coast-to-coast completion. The driving of the last spike of the transcontinental railroad reverberated continuity to a once broken nation.1

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From heroin addict to scholar: Latter-day Saint Ginny Burton shares how faith was vital in her recovery, success

By Danielle Christensen

A former heroin addict, Ginny Burton is now a college graduate and a Truman Scholar. She’s also a Latter-day Saint.

3 Ways to Navigate Uncertainty, Shared by President Hinckley’s Daughter

By Virginia Pearce Cowley

Virginia Pearce Cowley is the third child of President and Sister Gordon B. Hinckley. She and her late husband, James R. Pearce, are the parents of six children and have twenty-seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A published author and former marriage and family therapist, Virginia served as first counselor in the General Young Women Presidency and as a full-time Public Affairs missionary for the Church. She is married to Joseph F. Cowley Jr.

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Richard E. Turley Jr.: How I came to write ‘In the Hands of the Lord: The Life of Dallin H. Oaks’

By Richard E. Turley Jr.

Youth often choose prominent persons as role models, never really expecting to meet them. I chose such a role model when I was in my teens. His name was Dallin H. Oaks.