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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.

Podcasts

How a Former Drinking Buddy Helped His Friend Find the Gospel

By Katie Lambert

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Compassion Is for Everyone with Cali Black

Compassion is a call to action. It helps us reach beyond comfort zones, friend circles, and ward boundaries to serve and love like Jesus would. As we’ve been studying peacemaking, one important part of that pursuit is that peacemaking takes work. It requires action on our part.

Neylan McBaine: Women, Church, Gospel, and Jesus

Neylan McBaine was raised in New York City by a single mother who also happened to be a singer in the Metropolitan Opera. She watched as her mother was applauded and recognized within her faith community for her accomplishments. But as a young student at Yale, Neylan began to realize that many women perceived a woman’s role in the Church as something different—something prescriptive. Neylan has since dedicated her time and talents to helping women see there is no one way to be a Latter-day Saint woman.

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.

Latter-day Saint Life

The chilling account of early Latter-day Saints in a haunted farmhouse

By Jamie Armstrong

Editor's note: This article originally ran on LDSLiving.com in 2018.

Kacey McCallister: Without Any Reservation

When Kacey McCallister lost his legs as a little boy, his parents wanted to be there for him in every way. But the doctors had some advice for the McCallisters that at first might seem unfair—to let Kacey do everything on his own. But this advice, and his parents’ diligence in following it, changed Kacey’s life and now there's very little he can't do. On this week’s episode, we talk with Kacey about overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles and how he's learned to rely on the Savior through them.

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.”

Fun

5 Fun Facts about Elder Hales

By Carly M. Springer

1. He grew up on Long Island, New York, 20 miles away from the nearest LDS chapel. His father once took him to the Sacred Grove where they prayed and made personal commitments to the Lord. Later, his father painted him a picture of the Sacred Grove, which Elder Hales still has hanging in his office.