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What One ER Doctor Has Learned From Witnessing His Son's Addiction Recovery

One Friday in 2015, nearing the end of my shift in the ER, an EMS radio call came: cardiac arrest. We were told it was a male, approximately 30-years-old. He appeared to have overdosed and didn’t have a pulse. The day before, arguing again with my 29-year-old, heroin-using son, I had threatened to throw him out of the house. He responded that he would kill himself with an overdose. After the EMS report, I rushed to call my son—he didn’t answer. I called my wife. She hadn’t seen him.

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4 Reasons Why We Remain in the Church When the World Is Becoming Less Religious

By James and Judith McConkie

Only hours before Jesus made one of the great “I Am” declarations in John’s Gospel, He had fed five thousand hungry pilgrims and walked on the “rough seas” of the Galilee (John 6: 1-25). He had performed astonishing miracles. Yet when He came to the synagogue in Capernaum, the ostensible disciples who had followed Him demanded more, saying, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe [you are the promised Messiah]? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ [Why will you not do the same?] (John 6:31 NIV).”

'Marvelous Stories': A Heritage of Faith and Sacrifice Bring the 100-year History of the Laie Hawaii Temple to Life

By Trent Toone

As a 9-year-old girl, Mary Ann Mele Wong Song traveled with her family from their home in Kauai to Oahu for the dedication of the Laie Hawaii Temple in November 1919.

Bullet Shell Sacrament Cups and Other Stories of the Gospel in Micronesia

By Devan Jensen

As we commemorate Pearl Harbor in the month of December, here is an interesting look at a group of little-discussed Saints whose lives were affected by the soldiers who responded to that tragedy 78 years ago.

How identifying 6 key promised blessings that flow to Israel can help your study of covenant Israel

By Kerry Muhlestein

During our last general conference, President Russell M. Nelson asked us to undertake a specific course of study. He said, “As you study your scriptures during the next six months, I encourage you to make a list of all that the Lord has promised He will do for covenant Israel. I think you will be astounded! Ponder these promises. Talk about them with your family and friends. Then live and watch for these promises to be fulfilled in your own life.”1

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Have we lost our awareness of what it means to be a chosen people? Scholar Robert Millet weighs in

By Robert L. Millet

For a full 10 seconds I stood in amazement. It had never occurred to me at this point in the second half of a two-semester course that I needed to define something so fundamental.

Eva Witesman: Why I Love the "Raucous Reverence" of Our Family's Nativity Reenactment

By Eva Witesman

Every Christmas, my family reads the story of Jesus’ birth from the second chapter of Luke.

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4 Latter-day Saint Movie Reviews: What Parents Should Know About "Run the Race," "Fighting with My Family," "The Lego Movie 2," and "Alita"

By Trina Boice

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Sister Neill Marriott’s special Christmas reading to do with your family

While serving in Brazil, Sister Marriott prepared a Christmas reading that juxtaposes the Savior’s birth with turmoil of his last mortal week.

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How Many Apostles Were Married in the Salt Lake Temple? See Their Wedding Photos Here

By LDS Living

This article originally ran on LDS Living in June 2014 and has been updated to reflect the current First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.