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President Ballard to Women: "We Should Not Question Each Other’s Choices or Inspiration"

"Women have remarkable influence," President M. Russell Ballard recently posted on Instagram. "You sisters have been divinely endowed with a unique kind of discernment and strength that differs in some ways from the gifts our Heavenly Father gave His sons. These differences are intentional and eternal. They don’t make you better than a man, nor do they make you inferior to him. They just make you different—wonderfully, deliberately, everlastingly so."

Latter-day Saint Life

How practicing yoga helps one Latter-day Saint strengthen and share her faith

By Katie Lambert

Millions of people practice yoga, including many Latter-day Saint members. But what spiritual benefits can members of the Church gain from this form of exercise?

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When Missionaries Followed a Prompting to Return to the Home of a Man Who Had Threatened Them

By John H. Groberg

The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences with his family as he served as a mission president in Tonga. During his service, Elder Groberg helped plan a jubilee celebration for the Saints in Tonga and promised the missionaries that, leading up to the jubilee, 500 people would be baptized into the Church in one month. The number seemed impossible. In 1966, the total number of members baptized into the Church for the entire year was 604. In 1967, the number rose to 833, but Elder Groberg understood the Lord was working miracles to move His work forward in Tonga. Below is one of those miracles that helped bring 507 people into the Church in one month in Tonga.

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How a Small Chapel in a Run-Down Neighborhood Helped Open Missionary Work in a Country Half a World Away

By John H. Groberg

The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences as he served as a mission president and later as a general authority.

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The 3-Stage Model to Dealing with Uncertainty and Questions in the Gospel

By Bruce C. Hafen

We first met as students in a BYU religion class called “Your Religious Problems.” We both solved our biggest “religious problem” when our friendship from that class blossomed into our marriage. For each class, a student would pick a religious question, do research on it, then lead a discussion. We each wrote a short paper on how we would resolve the problem.

Lesson Helps

New Testament Sunday School Lesson 43: "A Chosen Generation"

By Ted L. Gibbons

1 & 2 Peter, Jude

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Stories of Faith

By Haley Lundberg

After years of exploring other faiths, YouTuber David Boice concluded that there was something undeniably different about Latter-day Saints.

Fun

The Surprising Way "The 12 Days of Christmas" Song Is Really All About Christ

By Larry and Lisa Laycock, with Ryan and Larissa Chase

One of our family’s favorite legends is the explanation of how “The Twelve Days of Christmas” may have been composed. The legend says that in 16th-century England, wicked leaders prevented many Christians from practicing their religion. During that period, a royal decree forced those who did not embrace a particular religious ideology to take their worship into hiding. Violation of the laws of the time could result in severe punishment, even death.

Lesson Helps

FHE Lessons on "Trek": Responding to Doubt by Turning to Christ

By Alan Peterson

This month's edition of weekly FHE lessons is based on the new family movie Trek, which follows a young Mormon teenager named Tom and his friends on their handcart journey. Each lesson includes a scene from movie to watch and discuss. Your whole family will laugh along and be inspired by Trek: The Movie, available at Deseret Book stores and deseretbook.com.

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What We Know About One of the Most Prominent Mothers Mentioned in the Book of Mormon

By Dr. Taylor Halverson and Dr. Camille Fronk Olson

Sariah is one of the few named women in the Book of Mormon. Her contribution in the family dynamics of Lehi’s party was crucial to the success of the journey to the Promised Land.