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Harvard symposium for prevention of child sexual abuse shares 2 general conference talks on website

Two talks from the most recent general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were shared on Harvard’s Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse symposium website. Which two talks were they? Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s “Not as the World Giveth” and Sister Joy D. Jones’s “Essential Conversations.”

President Nelson interviewed by The Atlantic for ‘The Most American Religion’ article

By Morgan Pearson

Visitors to The Atlantic’s website might be surprised to see a large picture of a Latter-day Saint temple at the top of the site’s home page. Members of the Church will be pleased to find that they can read the words of their prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, in an exclusive interview granted to writer McKay Coppins, a Latter-day Saint himself. The article is a personal essay in which Coppins addresses the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, both the Church at large and in the life of just one of its 16 million members worldwide.

New video project seeks to promote gospel living for those with same-sex attraction

By Erin Jones

“Live how you want.” “You’re free to choose your own lifestyle.” “God supports you no matter what you choose.” These are the messages purported by most online resources for those dealing with same-sex attraction.

From the Church

Remote Tongan island finally contacted after disaster. Here’s how Latter-day Saints are helping

By Haley Lundberg

Because communication was non-existent with the outer islands, Elder Inoke Kupu learned of the extremely dire circumstances only as communication improved and after a Tongan Navy vessel visited there.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why the Church created a special African American congregation over 50 years ago

By Haley Lundberg

In October 1971, Elders Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, and Boyd K. Packer, under the direction of the First Presidency, established an official congregation of Latter-day Saints unlike any other the Church had ever seen or has seen since.

Latter-day Saint Life

After Losing 10 Children, One Woman Finds Hope in the LDS Church and Walks 9 Hours to Get There

By Katharine Lyon

As the mission president of the Zambia Lusaka Mission from 2013–2016, Leif Erickson and his wife, Linda, had the incredible opportunity to observe the faith and optimism of the Zambian Saints up close. “Just like anywhere else in the world, there are setbacks and struggles,” Erickson says, “but the goodness of these Saints and the strength of their faith and reliance on the Lord inspires us.”

Lesson Helps

Young Women Lesson 6: A Woman’s Responsibility to Teach

Manual 3; Supplement from General Conference talk "Mothers Teaching Children in the Home" by L. Tom Perry

5 Things to Know about the Church in Haiti

By Kelsey Berteaux

1. The first Haitian member of the Church was converted after reading a Joseph Smith pamphlet.

Latter-day Saint Life

Elder Andersen Shares Heartbreaking, Hopeful Story: LDS Family Loses Little Girl the Day Before Her Brother Was Born

Recently on Facebook, Elder Neil L. Andersen talked about his trip to Arizona last month when he visited the Eagar family in the midst of a tragedy and a blessing. After having just lost their 4-year-old daughter, the mother of this little girl went into labor, giving birth to a little boy early the next morning.

When we try to one-up the Lord’s standards: Culture vs. commandments

By LDS Living Staff

Sometimes in an attempt to prove our faithfulness to the gospel, Latter-day Saints create standards that require even more than what the Lord is asking of us. So before we expend too much energy trying to live these "higher" standards, we should ask ourselves, "Are we living the cultural gospel or the Lord's gospel?"