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17: When God Speaks...And When He Doesn't

If there was ever a time when Calee needed to hear the voice of the Lord loud and clear, it was the year she found herself in the midst of a difficult divorce navigating life as a single mom. The fact that the heavens seemed completely silent might have driven her further from her faith, but Calee’s determination to hold out for more from God takes her to new and exhilarating places when she seeks to understand the quiet.

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Watch: Church Creates Emotional Video About Divorce

By LDS Living

In a new "His Grace" Mormon Channel video, Meggan discusses the pressures she felt within her family and Church culture to make her marriage work, even when everything was falling apart. But then, when divorce became inevitable, she found a way to find healing through our Savior.

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After Divorce, LDS Father Shares Ways Others Were Ministering Angels to Him (+ How We Can Be Too)

By Brian Duncan

What a powerful testament of how even small acts of kindness can bolster those who most need to feel the love of the Lord in their lives: "On one particularly difficult Sunday, I was feeling invisible and unimportant. I felt that I didn’t belong in a ward with so many “normal” families. So as soon as I led my children to their Primary classes, I found myself walking toward the exit. I didn’t know where I would go; I just wanted to disappear. But before I could slip away, a kind brother in my ward put his arm around me. . . ."

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How the answers to 2 prayers helped one woman find joy after her 42-year marriage ended in divorce

Life after divorce—it’s not something we talk about very often within the Church. But what do you do when your marriage falls apart? Specifically, what do you do when your marriage ends because of the agency of another person?

Young divorced sister missionary shares unique story

About a month ago, I checked in on the influx of sister missionaries and spotlighted blogs that described the process from decision to return. This sparked a reader, Julianne Hatton, to drop me a note: “My daughter is also serving a mission. What makes her story interesting is that she is divorced.” Now I don’t have numbers, but would imagine this scenario to be somewhat unique and so dug a little deeper into Hermana Grace Hatton’s story and on a preparation day she wrote me her story.

Birth and Rebirth through Divorce

From what I remember, (it has been almost 8 years since I pushed another life out of my body) birth is painful, messy, exhausting, and frightening. I can understand why Nicodemus might have been a little incredulous when he was questioning the need to be reborn, i.e. “You want me to do what???” However, there are times in life when a rebirth is absolutely necessary. Not because we weren’t right when we started, but because we have strayed from the person we were meant to be when we began.

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8 Things Every Divorced Mormon Needs to Know

For more on this topic, see "Survey Reveals What It's Really Like to Be Divorced in the LDS Church."

Hope and Healing after Divorce

At age 25, I was divorced. How would I heal from the pain?

Help for Life Challenges

What I’ve learned about discipleship from my friends and family who have experienced divorce

By Kristen Howey Dimick

“In one way or another, divorce touches most families in the church,” said President Oaks, and isn’t that the hard truth?

6 Tips for Surviving the Holidays After Divorce

By Jessica Carter

The holidays can be an especially difficult time if you are recently divorced. If you’re facing the holidays for the first time as a divorced person, try the following tips to brighten the season.