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Elder Uchtdorf’s surprising message about refugees + his story of becoming one—twice

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf was a refugee twice in his life, once as a 4-year-old boy fleeing Czechoslovakia with his family during World War II and later as an 11-year-old escaping from East Germany with his family after the turmoil following the war.

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The Song That Changed an LDS Artist's Life When His Baby Boy Was in the Hospital (Video)

By LDS Living Staff

"It started out with an email that my brother sent out over a year ago," LDS artist Nathan Pacheco says. The subject line of the email was: "Currently my favorite Christian rock song."

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The Hebrew Translation That Deepened How I See the Atonement

By Danielle B. Wagner

My first time reading James E. Talmage's Jesus the Christ, there was one heart-wrenching truth that fixated my mind. Even as a young girl learning of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, I had a hard time believing or understanding hatred and fear that would compel people to nail anyone to a cross and watch as they slowly suffocated, let alone our Lord and Savior.

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Gospel Principles Lesson 32: Tithes and Offerings

Supplement from "Like a Watered Garden” by Jeffrey R. Holland

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A New Twist on a Familiar Scripture That Taught Me It's Okay to Question and Still Build a Testimony

By Kaeley Scruggs

My whole life, I’ve heard D&C 18:10-16 in relation to missionary work. “And if it so be that you should labor all your days in crying repentance unto this people, and bring, save it be one soul unto me, how great shall be your joy with him in the kingdom of my Father!” (D&C 18:16).

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Preach My Gospel FHE: Lesson 6

By Jannalee Sandau

Chapter 9: How Do I Find People to Teach?

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Do Photographs of the Prophet Joseph Smith Exist?

By Seth Adam Smith

For the past decade, several photographs have been circulating online, each one believed to be a photograph of Joseph Smith. Let’s take a look at some of them:

September 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Special Needs and Service Rendered

September Visiting Teaching Message:

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LDS Prophets & Apostles Share Memories, Give Tributes to Mothers

When LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson was a boy, going to Sunday School on Mother's Day meant handing each mother a small potted plant and listening as Melvin Watson, a blind member of the church, stood next to the piano and sang "That Wonderful Mother of Mine."

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Sistas in Zion Share Profound Message for When We Feel the Church Isn't What We Want It to Be

By LDS Living

Sometimes, we may complain about things that we feel "the Church" is missing, from vulnerability to inclusivity to a list of other things. Whatever that frustration is personally, we may feel justified in thinking that the problem is with the Church as a whole and not with us.