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An Interview with Steve DeVore by Melissa Anderson

Why My Race Is a Gift from God: Perspectives from an African American Latter-day Saint

*Editor's Note: This is a republication of an article written in 2011, prior to the release of the Church's essay "Race and the Priesthood" in 2013.

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What I’ve realized about God’s love in my mixed-faith marriage

By Ashli Elizabeth Carnicelli

Being a mother in a mixed-faith marriage has given Ashli unique insight into agency, eternity, and God’s never-ending love.

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How One Mom's Prayer Saved Her Daughter in an Unexpected Way

By Emily Belle Freeman

I close my eyes and focus on soaking up the warmth of the sun. It is halftime, and I am exactly where I most love to be: on the sideline, cheering on my girls and their coach. This is my joy.

The Least and Most Expensive LDS Missions

How much do full-time missions in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints really cost?

Mormons in America: The 'cosmopolitan and sophisticated' members

Whether or not Mitt Romney makes it to the White House, his candidacy signals that Mormons have arrived in American political life. Just as President Obama’s nomination and election marked a sea change in the country’s tortured racial history, so Romney’s nomination has changed religious boundaries that have persisted for more than 160 years. No religious group has been more persecuted by the U.S. government, or more derided by other faiths present in the country, than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or the LDS Church, as many Mormons refer to it).

How Mormonism's approach to 'sister missionaries' has evolved

Some Mormons may think that lowering the age of the LDS Church’s female missionaries to 19 from 21 is no big deal. Andrea Radke-Moss, who teaches at Brigham Young University-Idaho, is not one of them. To Radke-Moss, who teaches history, the move is nothing short of revolutionary — especially given how far the Utah-based faith has come in its approach to "sister missionaries."

Turf Wars, Talents and Spiritual Gifts

In the last 30 years, I have been a member of about a dozen different wards. With each move, I must establish new friendships and create a niche among my fellow saints. Church is a place for shared faith, but it is also a place where many perform a skill that may or may not be related to one’s professional training. If it’s a skill that a sister does not use at work, this often makes church a particularly important venue for expressing that skill.

President Uchtdorf and Others Discuss Mormonism's Global Reach

How The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is adjusting to meet the needs of an international membership was the theme this year of the annual Church History Symposium jointly organized by Brigham Young University and the LDS Church History Department.

Family-owned bookstore closes to welcome Deseret Book and LDS Distribution Center

After 15 years in the Magic Valley Mall — and 40 years serving the area’s LDS population — Crowley’s-The Quad bookstore is closing. “I call it moving,” store owner Richard Crowley said.