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FHE: Pioneer Children Sang As They Walked

By Carly M. Springer

LDS.orgThis lesson help is based on the book, Pioneer Children Sang As They Walked by Jessica Warner.

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When Your Friend Leaves the Church: 7 Ways to Cope and Comfort

By Rachelle J. Christensen

When one of my friends announced on social media that she no longer had a testimony of the Church, I was shocked and saddened. A few months later I met up with another good friend who told me that she and her entire family had left the Church. I felt profound grief, confusion, and loss for these friends, and I struggled to understand and reconcile my feelings. How would their choices affect the future of our friendship?

Bonus: Jeff Benedict: Through a Journalist’s Eyes

Steve Young, Dave Checketts, Jabari Parker, Clayton Christensen, Spencer Hadley, Gary Crittenden and Kyle Van Noy. These are just a few of the Latter-day Saints Jeff Benedict has profiled during his career as a journalist. On today’s episode, we talk with Jeff about what these people and their stories have meant to him and why he is grateful for a job that has allowed him to spend time seeing the world through a unique lens.

CHAPTERS: What is Truth? by Aaron Franklin

We have been given the gift of curiosity and discovery, and something all of us as Latter-day Saints share is the desire to know truth. It started with Joseph Smith asking that very question, and perhaps we've all had our sacred grove moments. If you've found yourself asking, “what is truth? How do we cut through the noise of the world and the many “untruths” that are out there and find the true peace and rest that comes from placing Christ at the center of all our seeking?" You're not alone.

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What Joseph Smith's Dog's Name Was (+ How He Comforted Him in Liberty Jail)

Not very many people know that Joseph Smith owned a faithful mastiff, Major. Read how the prophet's furry companion protected and loved him throughout his life, even in the dark confines of Liberty Jail.

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How Prayers and a Blessing Helped These Men Survive an Avalanche

What an incredible story of faith!

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After 4 Heart Transplants, LDS Family Continues to Inspire and Bless

The Bingham children, all under age 18, have undergone four heart transplants in the past 12 years. We are amazed by this family's faith, hope, and resilience amidst such a difficult trial.

From the Church

Church makes its largest-ever humanitarian donation, helping to fight the world’s ‘seismic hunger crisis’

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

See how the Church’s multimillion-dollar donation will provide food assistance to over a million people in Africa.

Watch: Justin and Kristi Osmond on the 'divine purpose' in the adoption of their 2 newborns

By Danielle Christensen

More than anything, Justin and Kristi Osmond wanted to start a family. After marrying a little later in life, the couple tried everything they could to have a child of their own, spending thousands of dollars on expensive and painful treatments. But despite the procedures, medications, and doctor appointments, Kristi miscarried five times.

Sponsored: Reverse-engineer Nephi’s youthful testimony to teach your own family

By Sharla Goettl — Advertiser

While Nephi was growing up in Jerusalem, he did not know where the Lord would lead him. He grew and learned; he watched and listened. Yet later, when a dangerous task was placed before him, with his father-prophet waiting for his reply, Nephi was able to respond, “I will go and do the thing which the Lord hath commanded…” (1 Nephi 3:7). What had Nephi been taught that made it possible for him to respond in such a way?