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‘He had so much faith and love for me’: Charlie Bird shares experience of coming out to his brother on Mount Kilimanjaro

On this week’s episode of This is the Gospel, three storytellers share what it means to them to “act well thy part.” Among these guests is Charlie Bird, who speaks of his wrestle with coming out as gay to his brother, Sam, for fear of damaging their close relationship. But as they were climbing Mount Kilimanjaro together, something clicked. “I have to tell him,” Charlie realized. Read Charlie and Sam’s account of what happened next.

Jill Geigle: Preparing Pornography-Resistant Families

Jill Geigle has dedicated a great deal of time throughout her life to preparing children and families to face the challenges of a modern world. Specifically, she is passionate that, because all of us will come into contact with pornography at some point, we should prepare our families to be pornography-resistant rather than seeking to protect them from pornography. On this week’s episode, Jill shares with us four principles that will help you implement this preparation in your own home.

Rachel Cope: When God Invites Us to Slow Down

The world undoubtedly moves at a faster pace today than it did during any previous period of Church history but historian Rachel Cope is a believer that, in all generations, God often aids our conversion by inviting us (and sometimes forcing us) to slow down. On this week’s episode she shares her own experience as well as examples from Church History that illustrate the fact that the process of conversion is not a race but rather something that requires work and often takes time.

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By Shauna Gibby

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Lucy Mack Smith Shares Harrowing Story of When a Mob Prepared to Kill Her + the Vision That Warned Her of Their Coming

The following is a part of Lucy Mack Smith's general conference address on the temple grounds in Nauvoo, Illinois, on October 8, 1845, a year after the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This speech is the first account of a woman speaking at general conference and is part of the unprecedented Church history book At the Pulpit, which you can access for free on lds.orgor on your gospel library app. At the Pulpit spans 185 years of Church history and includes more than 50 groundbreaking discourses from LDS women.

23: How We Move Forward

After a year of asking and waiting, Donald finally got permission from his mom to join the church when he was 15. Being a part of this new church family felt like the right next step for this Jamaican immigrant living in Florida, but he soon learned that while the restored gospel was perfect, the people weren’t. In this story, Donald shares the moments that left him wondering about his place in the body of Christ and what helped him to chose faith and forgiveness.

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This Week's #LightTheWorld Videos You Don't Want to Miss

By LDS Living

The Church's #LightTheWorld campaign continues to spark a flurry of creativity in the music video world, and we love the light and inspiration these videos share. Here are a few of our favorites from the past week.

77: We Are All Connected

Stories in this episode: Julie, Whitney, & Brooke each have a story to tell about the struggle and surprises of a life lived in pursuit of discipleship, but they can't tell their story without one another and they can't tell their story without the extraordinary life of Jonah, the little boy who brought them all together.

What It Really Means to Build Upon the Rock of Our Redeemer

We launched our latest book club last week and we are inviting you to be a part of it! We’re reading The Rock of Our Redeemer by Elder David A. Bednar. For this episode, podcast producer Sarah Collins is joined by Mindy Brown and Maria Eckersley. They are doing a little kick-off for the month to get you excited about the themes of the book! Then, next month, you can join in a Zoom meeting to discuss the talking points of the book with like-minded women in our community. That will be on October 24 and hosted by Tammy Uzelac Hall. You can head to our website for more in formation. Today, our main hope is for you to feel the power of what we learned from this book: how to build stronger connections with Christ and what it really means to build upon Him as our rock.

18: The Roots of Faith

Stories in this episode: An extraordinary lesson from her family history helps Sister Linda K. Burton find the right words to minister to the women of the Relief Society when she is called as president; Deserey is called to be the Family History specialist in her single adult ward and receives a special spiritual confirmation from her father beyond the veil about the value of her calling.