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Reconciling concerns about faith and evolution

“We only place limits upon God’s power when we require that His creation fit our own personal views or when we try to suppress the views of others.”

Help for Life Challenges

How to partner with Christ to become the listener your children need

By Melinda Wheelwright Brown

Our relationship with Christ can transform our capacity to listen. Learning to listen well can deepen our spiritual rootedness with God and our loved ones.

Lesson Helps

Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 27: "They Must Needs Be Chastened and Tried, Even as Abraham"

By Ted L. Gibbons

Zion is a place, but it is much more than that. The truth is that Zion is a place only because things must be located someplace. Unless it is filled with Zion people, it is something else. Contemplate the following comment:

Lesson Helps

New Testament Lesson 29: "The Number of the Disciples was Multiplied"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: The calling of members to labor in the Church may create dilemmas of resentment and difficulties of understanding. Den mothers may long for the light of teaching in a Gospel Doctrine class. WEBLO advisors may secretly covet the anonymity of the Nursery. We are frequently called to do things that we might prefer not to do, but nevertheless things which must be done.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why It's a Myth That Mormons Have a Monopoly on Truth and Salvation

By Fiona Givens

The language of Mormon culture, like that of most other cultures, is fraught with contradictions. All faiths have their intemperate zealots, and even the wisest and best men and women can say uninspired, ridiculous, and even reprehensible things. The religious scholar Krister Stendahl has suggested that in evaluating religions, it is only fair to characterize a faith group in terms of its best, not its worst, manifestations.1

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Elder Ballard's Miraculous Trip to Ethiopia & the Beginning of Latter-day Saint Charities

By Jamie Armstrong

In 1985, a special fast for the famine victims of Ethiopia sparked a flood of donations that far exceeded the Church’s expectations. This act of generosity by Latter-day Saints marked the beginning of what would become Latter-day Saint Charities—the Church’s humanitarian organization—which has been spreading hope and healing throughout the world ever since.

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5 Ways to Help Your Teen See Their Potential Like You Do

By David J. Ridges

“Full potential” can mean many things. Ultimately, it means attaining exaltation, thus becoming Gods. On a more immediate basis, “full potential” for youth can mean, among other things, earnestly striving to live the gospel, having the beginnings of their own testimony, doing reasonably well in school, preparing for missions, serving others, and basically being a good influence on other youth among other things. The question is what can parents do to have a better chance of helping their children attain this potential?

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Joseph Smith Had a Second Seer Stone. Here's What We Know About It

By Michael Hubbard MacKay and Nicholas J. Frederick

Last year the Church released photos of Joseph Smith's brown seer stone. But did you know he also had a white seer stone that might have been even more important to him?

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Why We Need to Stop Humiliating Others in the Name of Modesty

By Katie Lambert

I guess I should not have been surprised when some of the top news stories on my Facebook feed were about modesty once school started, but I was.

12 Summer Reading Books for Teens

By Carly M. Springer

What if the first day of your relationship was the only day you had?