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How the Length of Missions Has Changed Over Time

When 21-year-old Samuel Smith was called as the first missionary in 1830, there was no anticipated mission call opening, no preparation, no designated language or anticipated length of service. His brother Joseph Smith set him apart to preach the gospel, and Samuel took a stack of copies of the Book of Mormon and went. So how did mission calls evolve over the years and how was the traditional “18 months to 2 years” established? While there is little official documentation, we can find a bit about the changing landscape of missions since the Church’s organization. Let’s take a look at how things have been adjusted over the years.

Fun

Brick’em Young’s San Diego and Washington DC Temples Have Arrived Just In Time for the Holiday Season

By Brick 'Em Young, Advertiser

Connecting FAITH, FAMILY and FUN in one activity with Brick’em Young! Brick'em Young has now added the San Diego and Washington D.C. temple sets to their collection. These two new temples are limited edition products and can be purchased online along with the two versions of the Salt Lake and Nauvoo temples at Brick’em Young’s website, http://www.brickemyoung.com.

Latter-day Saint Life

Missionary in Terrorist Attack Had 2 Other Brushes with Terrorism, Talks to Family for First Time in Touching Video

By LDS Living Staff

Chad and Kymberly Wells had a very emotional and touching phone conversation when they talked to their son, Elder Mason Wells, 19, for the first time after he was injured in a terrorist attack in Belgium.

Latter-day Saint Life

BYU Football Coach Reno Mahe and His Wife Create Foundation to Honor Their Deceased Daughter

By Katie Lambert

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

17: “All That the Lord Hath Spoken We Will Do” (Exodus 18–20)

One son; two shoe; three tree; four door—these all sound like completely unrelated items, right? Well, you might be surprised to learn that they're actually a good way to remember the Ten Commandments in order. As we study this week’s lesson in Exodus 18–20, we’ll discuss why remembering the order of the commandments matter and how their meanings and applications reach deeper into our lives than we might have thought.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Lessons One Woman Learned After Following a Nerve-Racking but Undeniable Prompting

By Elizabeth Reid

I stood on the porch and knocked at the door, my rapidly beating heart pounding against my ribs. You’d think I’d be calmer, but I wasn’t. After several weeks, this hadn’t gotten easier.

Podcasts

‘All In’ host Morgan Pearson on the Church News podcast: ‘God knows how much things matter to you’

By Haley Lundberg

As part of the interview, Pearson shared what she has learned from talking with other Latter-day Saints about their own faith and testimonies on the “All In” podcast.

Thomas B. Griffith: Politics, Religion, and the Laboratory of Christian Living

In his April 2021 general conference talk, President Dallin H. Oaks made a simple yet profound statement: "On contested issues, we should seek to moderate and unify." In a world that often feels so divided, coming together can feel close to impossible. But Judge Thomas B. Griffith, who was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals in 2005, is a believer that it is possible and the "how" is found within the gospel of Jesus Christ. In this week's episode, Judge Griffith discusses how to bring that gospel perspective as we engage in our communities.

Strengthening Our Humility with Maria Eckersley

Do we sometimes look at being humble as being self-deprecating or diminishing our strengths? Being humble doesn’t equal being unimportant. Humility isn’t shrinking out of sight or shying away from being strong, and it isn’t hating on yourself. When we are truly humble, we can appreciate our own strengths and lift others as well. Like the saying goes, “All ships rise with the tide.” Being humble is another way to know our divine worth and the divine worth of others as children of God.

Seeking happiness will determine destiny, Elder Martino teaches at BYU–Hawaii; Sister Aburto talks mental health on Church News podcast

Happiness. It is the elusive thing we all seek. But as Elder James B. Martino taught graduates at BYU–Hawaii, “The degree to which we seek [happiness] will ultimately determine our destiny,” while acknowledging that in the case of clinical depression, professional help is needed. Sister Reyna Isabel Aburto also addressed depression and mental health this week on the Church News podcast.