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Photo Gallery: Prophets Milking Cows, Flying Planes, Meeting Queens & More

MR says: From meeting movie stars and royalty to flying planes, from milking cows to traveling the world, check out some of these incredible pictures of our Latter-day prophets.

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Mormons, Muslims, & Others Build Prosthetic Hands for Victims of Landmines

At an LDS church, a prayer room was set apart for Muslims and other religions were invited to participate in a four-hour service event. A Muslim participant, Shaymaa Mahmud, said of the event, “It really needs to happen more often, these opportunities to discover our similarities and make connections. The service project highlighted the types of things that young people can be doing to help others. In my faith every act of goodness is a form of charity and a form of worship.”

Lesson Helps

The challenges of FHE when there are just the two of you

When Heather generously invited me to contribute to this series I was flattered, and then attempted to kindly decline. Rude right? But I was concerned that if I wrote about my family’s FHE experiences, it would either be a) hypocritical and fudging the truth, or b) honest and a serious, righteous disappointment. However Heather persevered and insisted that my perspective was important, and probably not that uncommon. So, here is my unconventional and very candid contribution to “This is What FHE Looks Like at My House.”

5 Things to Know about the Church in France

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

1. Members in France had to wait more than 150 years for a temple in their country.

Dave Says: Responsible After Death?

By Dave Ramsey

Dear Dave,

Latter-day Saint Life

6 Ways to Create Unity in a Ward with High Turnover

By Jannalee Sandau

Ward families provide wonderful opportunities to worship, make friends, find support, and strengthen your testimony as ward members work, learn, grow, and live together. But speaking as a former long-term member of a young single adult ward and a current member of an apartment-heavy ward with newlyweds and senior missionary couples coming in and out on a regular basis, I know that feeling support and connection at church can be a little more difficult when your ward family is constantly changing. Here are a few tips I’ve gathered that might help both leaders and members create more unity in an ever-changing ward.

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Mormon Family Raises 7 Kids on Boat in the Caribbean

Seven kids, one boat, and a whole lot of adventures. Find out what one LDS family has learned by making their home on a boat in the Caribbean.

Ensign Conference Issue Now Available

By Kelsey Berteaux

The the new month comes the new issue--the Ensign magazine has released the conference edition of the magazine, which in May includes the text of every conference talk from President Monson's welcome to his final remarks Sunday afternoon.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Prayers That Will Get You Out of a Prayer Rut & Draw You Closer to Heavenly Father

By Joni Hilton

Do you sometimes feel like your prayers are stuck in a rut? LDS author Joni Hilton provides three different ways of examining prayer that can help us break the routine of "good" prayers and draw closer to our Heavenly Father with the "best" prayers we can give.