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See what producer, actor, and author Lisa Valentine Clark has to say about the similar difficulties--and rewards--between raising children and producing the new, heartwarming movie Once I Was a Beehive.

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President Uchtdorf Shares What Brings "Peace in This World & Eternal Life in the World to Come"

By LDS Living

We are so blessed to have 153 temples throughout the world that fill our lives with light and bring us near our Heavenly Father. After the dedication of the Fort Collins Colorado Temple, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf and Elder Dale G. Renlund shared beautiful insights about temples on Facebook.

Meet the New Provo City Center Temple President & Matron

Allen Carlsen Ostergar Jr., 73, Oak Hills 4th Ward, Provo Utah Oak Hills Stake, called as president of the new Provo City Center Temple. President Ostergar’s wife, Nancy Sigrid Farnsworth Ostergar, will serve as temple matron. He serves as a stake president. He has served as president of the Louisville Kentucky Mission, president of the Brazil Missionary Training Center, president of a Young Single Adult stake and bishop. Former administrative director of Missionary Training Centers, he was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Allen Carlsen and Martha Deon Gooch Ostergar Munson.

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Elder Bednar Shares the Tender Moment He Helped His Son Learn How to Give Priesthood Blessings

By David A. Bednar

One of our sons and I were assigned as home teaching companions. Together we taught a number of families, including a divorced sister with three young daughters. Over time we developed a close and trusting relationship with the woman and her children. We appreciated the opportunities we had to serve them spiritually and temporally.

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Mormons Join Muslims in Prayer, "Hug" Mosque After Shooting at Mosque in Quebec

Shortly after two gunmen killed six people and injured eight after opening fire at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, Mormons and other faiths gathered together to show their love and support for their Muslim neighbors.

{LDSL Blog} Filming 'Just Off the Square'

By Jamie Armstrong

One of my favorite things about working at LDS Living is meeting new people. I’ve learned that everyone has a fascinating story to tell, if given the opportunity. With that in mind, the LDS Living editorial staff decided to grab our video camera and hit the streets just off Temple Square to talk with some of the amazing Church members who were in town for general conference. We were not disappointed.

Members Draw Closer to the Temple as Temples Grow Closer to Members

When her father, a lifelong Mormon, returned to active participation in the church in south Florida in 1981, the closest LDS temple to little Eliza Gomez was in Washington, D.C., more than 1,000 miles away.

Men Urged to 'Rise Up' and Be Shepherds at Priesthood Session

Comparing home teachers to shepherds, President Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, urged the men and young men of the church during Saturday night’s priesthood session of the 183rd Semiannual General Conference to be true shepherds who lead their sheep rather than sheepherders who ride casually behind their sheep.

Meredith Vieira Show Features LDS Dad's Halloween "Magic Wheelchairs"

By LDS Living Staff

What began as the desire to create an unforgettable holiday soon turned into a non-profit organization that is gaining national attention.

A Mormon Antidote to Dwindling Jewish Youth: More Expectations and Conversions

As someone who believes that Jews should actively proselytize to non-Jews and become as involved as possible in Jewish life, I was dismayed (though not surprised) at the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey of U.S. Jews that showed an increasing detachment of non-Orthodox Jews -- especially young Jews -- from Judaism. This does not bode well for the future of the American Jewish community, and countless commentaries on the survey’s findings have appeared recently in the Jewish press nationwide. When Jewish life is viewed through Mormon spectacles, it is hard to see how the survey could have turned out otherwise, given the relative lack of religious responsibility placed on young Jews’ shoulders.