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My story of finding physical and spiritual healing in the temple

We were the first Black family to be sealed in the Oakland California Temple. In the years since, the temple has been a healing place for me.

Mauli Bonner

Mauli Junior Bonner works in both the music and film industry. He writes for or develops some of the biggest names in Pop music, including Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Stevie Wonder and others. In film, he is an award-winning writer and director of stories following black pioneers in the early Church Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mauli is also a highly sought-after public speaker and gives trainings on “The Art of Connection.”

Sarah Collins

Sarah Collins is a podcast producer, writer, and content creator for Deseret Book. Despite listening to podcasts all day for work, her favorite pastime is listening to a podcast while driving in the car. Sarah would pick Diet Dr Pepper over Diet Coke any day, and she prefers it with a large fry after running a big race. An avid reader and music enthusiast, she dreams of spending a day with none other than Taylor Swift. Sarah is from Lindon, Utah, and for her the best day ever is spent on a hike with her dog.

Spilling the Family History Tea (with Dr. Sharon Staples)

Have you ever heard the term “spill the tea”? In recent contexts, this phrase means to perpetuate gossip or rumors. But is spreading gossip and rumors always a bad thing? In family history, it might not be. For this episode, we invited Dr. Sharon Staples to discuss what gossip has to do with family history and whether it can be used as a clue to learn more about our lineage.

Latter-day Saint Life

‘A home with Jesus’: The Bonner family talks conversion and finding belonging in the Church

By Morgan Pearson

The Bonner Family is known for their soulful gospel music and heartfelt testimonies. Read about their history here.

Lesson Helps

Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 42: "Continuing Revelation to Latter-day Prophets"

By Ted L. Gibbons

One of the great realities of the restoration is the fact of communication between this planet and the eternal worlds. Beginning with the vision in the grove and continuing on through the intervening years to this very day, we see evidence of continuous communication between God and his children. We have seen it in the unfolding of the revelations in the D&C and in the unfolding of the latter-day organization of the Kingdom of God on earth. President James E. Faust said:

Latter-day Saint Life

President Nelson to receive the Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize

By Haley Lundberg

President Nelson was specifically selected as the inaugural recipient of this prize “for his global efforts in ‘abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice against any group of God’s children’ through nonviolent ways.”

Podcasts

How a Former Drinking Buddy Helped His Friend Find the Gospel

By Katie Lambert

Eric couldn't get up.

Latter-day Saint Life

How the Church’s ‘Be One’ celebration served as a springboard for Mauli Bonner’s ‘Green Flake’ film

Mauli Junior Bonner says when he first learned about enslaved pioneers, it strengthened him—he wanted to learn more about them, why they stayed, and what their experience had been like.

Latter-day Saint Life

“The Gospel Isn’t a One-Size-Fits-All Exercise”: What 1 Woman Learned By Being Part of BYU’s 1% Black Population

By Alixa Brobbey

Alixa Brobbey was born and raised in the Netherlands. She lived in Ghana for two years before traveling to study English at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. She’s grateful for her goodly parents and loving younger sisters, the gospel, and the opportunity to call three different countries home. Her mother is Alice Brobbey, whose essay also appears in A Place to Belong.