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Jessica Nelson

Jessica Nelson is a historian and documentary editor for the Joseph Smith Papers. She completed a BA in American studies at Brigham Young University and an MS in history at Utah State University, where she held the Milner/Butler Editorial Fellowship at the Western Historical Quarterly. Her thesis, titled “‘The Mississippi of the West’: Religion, Conservatism, and Racial Politics in Utah, 1960–1978,” was awarded the Lester E. Bush Best Thesis Award by the Mormon History Association in 2018. Previous to joining the Joseph Smith Papers, she worked as a research assistant for the women’s history team at the Church History Department.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Harrowing Story of a Convert Missionary Trapped in Civil War

By Jeff Hampton

In 1980, a man named Samuel Doe led a military coup d'état that overthrew the elected government of Liberia. Doe became the country's president, and, over the course of his 10 years in power, Liberia was ravaged by a civil war until rebels eventually assassinated President Doe, who belonged to the Krahn tribe. Suddenly, the life of any Liberian citizen of the Krahn tribe was in danger.

Lesson Helps

New Testament Sunday School Lesson 39: "Endeavor to Keep the Unity"

By Ted L. Gibbons

One of the major themes of the Ephesians is Unity, and in this epistle, Paul teaches us how to create the oneness spoken of by the Savior in the Doctrine and Covenants when he said, "If ye are not one, ye are not mine" (D&C 38:27). Paul talks about unity in several ways:

Latter-day Saint Life

What We Can Learn from Lucy Mack Smith About Enduring to the End

By Susan Evans McCloud

The following is an excerpt from Stories of Lucy Mack Smith: Mother of the Restoration by Susan Evans McCloud.

Fun

11 Hollywood Movies with Unexpected Mormon Connections

By Jamie Armstrong

Church members have some solid credibility in Hollywood, with classics like Napoleon Dynamite and more recent successes such as The Twilight Saga, Ender's Game, The Maze Runner, and Austenland all based on novels written by LDS authors. Here are 11 famous movies you might not realize have LDS connections.

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Missionaries on Mars Hill & Church Near the Acropolis: What It's Like to Be LDS in Greece

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

The Saints in Greece may be a melting pot of cultures, languages, and traditions, but there’s one thing they all have in common: their faith in the restored gospel.

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When Joseph Smith's Attackers Saved Him from a Murderous Mob + Other Firsthand Accounts of the Prophet

By Glenn Rawson

The Lord commanded on the very day the Church was organized that “behold, there shall be a record kept among you” (see D&C 21:1). Clearly the Lord values history, but many accounts recorded in the Church raise the question: what is the value of history in building our testimonies of the Savior?

Bullet Shell Sacrament Cups and Other Stories of the Gospel in Micronesia

By Devan Jensen

As we commemorate Pearl Harbor in the month of December, here is an interesting look at a group of little-discussed Saints whose lives were affected by the soldiers who responded to that tragedy 78 years ago.

Pictures of newly acquired Far West burial grounds

One of several historical sites recently acquired by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the site that was once the cemetery or burial grounds of Far West, Caldwell County, Mo. The site was previously owned by the Community of Christ. It is located about a mile northwest of the Far West Temple site where the original cornerstones of the temple are still situated and visible.

Latter-day Saints join with the rest of the Christian world in celebrating Easter

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints joins with the rest of the Christian world this week in celebrating Easter and remembering the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Church’s First Presidency issued this Easter message: