Search - LDS Living

Arizona Family Sets Out to Visit Every LDS Temple in the World in Two Years

The Alcantar family—mom Ange, dad Sal, and four of their five children aged 2 to 10—are three months into a two-year adventure around the world visiting as many LDS temples and historical sites as they can.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Things You Can Do When You Don't Like Your Ward Members (or They Don't Like You)

By Amanda Black

I struggled writing this. First of all, I didn't want to come off as jaded. Second, I didn't want to sound like I was trying to encourage discord within ward families.

Latter-day Saint Life

12 Teachings from President Nelson That Will Give You Hope and Motivation for the New Year

By Russell M. Nelson

Throughout his service in the Church, President Nelson's teachings have brought hope, direction, and a deeper commitment to the Savior. Here are a few uplifting teachings that will inspire you as you prepare for a new year, excerpted from the new book Teachings of Russell M. Nelson.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Things to Remember When Attending Church Is Uncomfortable

By Jessica Grimaud

Being at church has at times been a major struggle for me. My first major panic attack happened during a Sunday School lesson while I was in college, and the months following that experience I struggled with inexplicable intense anxiety in both church and other social settings. After some time and with the help of therapy, medication, and prayer, church became again a place of peace rather than panic for me. Unfortunately, that anxiety returned full force last summer.

3 Ways to Simplify + Things to Let Go in the New Year

By Carolyn J. Rasmus

Simplifying our lives goes beyond mere management of interrupting phone calls and hectic schedules; it is far more than organizing closets or cleaning out unwanted and unused things that clutter our homes. Simplifying is about enhancing our ability to focus on things that really matter, to deliberately choose our priorities, and to let go of physical and emotional clutter that prevents us from focusing on things of real importance.

Latter-day Saint Life

How This Latter-day Saint's Last Written Testimony Deepens Our Understanding of Grace

By Ashli Kristine Hansen

The concept of grace can be hard to understand. Just the word itself can have many different meanings—it can be a title, it can mean a prayer, it can denote style, refinement, or civility. It can mean different things in different religions.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Difference Between Priesthood Power and Priesthood Authority (and How Women and Men Can Access Both)

By Wendy Ulrich

Priesthood power is more than priesthood authority. With priesthood authority (authorization through someone holding priesthood keys), women and men can fulfill callings and assignments, represent the Church as missionaries, make covenants, and perform ordinances that are valid. With both priesthood authority and priesthood power, they can do these things in ways that magnify those callings, invite the Spirit, bless lives, develop spiritual gifts, and even bring about miracles. Relief Society General President Linda K. Burton affirms, “There is a difference . . . between priesthood authority and priesthood power. Priesthood authority is conferred by ordination, but priesthood power is available to all.”1

Latter-day Saint Life

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Three Nephites

By Katie Lambert

The three Nephites—few in the Church have not heard about these translated beings. Like the apostle John, these three disciples of Christ chose to "live to behold all the doings of the Father unto the children of men" (3 Nephi 28:7), meaning they are translated beings who will live on the earth until the Second Coming.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why We Can't Turn Away from Politics (+ 4 Easy Ways to Get Involved)

By Danielle Wright

“Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance—you have to work at it.”

Latter-day Saint Life

How the Lord Brought One General Authority Thousands of Miles to Bless a Man Near Death

By John H. Groberg

The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences as he served as a mission president and later as a general authority.