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Pioneer treks are a common summer activity for Church members around the world, allowing them to experience, if even partially, the challenges the earliest pioneers faced in searching for religious freedom in the 1800s. Opportunities abound to learn how suffering and sacrifice brings one close to the Savior. Walking in the pioneers’ footsteps, participants can feel empathy for those who heeded the call to gather to Zion.

Latter-day Saint Life

Church Releases Documents Detailing the Role of Women in Early Church History

Early documents of the Relief Society published for the first time.

How Serving in the Military Instead of on a Mission Led to President Eyring’s Unexpected Missionary Service

By Robert I. Eaton and Henry J. Eyring

The following is an excerpt from President Henry B. Eyring's biography, "I Will Lead You Along," written by Robert I. Eaton and Henry J. Eyring.

Latter-day Saint Life

5 Beautiful Themes in Temple Architecture You May Have Missed

By Jolynn Forman

Jolynn Forman is a Latter-day Saint artist who researches the themes of different temples and incorporates those themes into her paintings. All artwork in this article is by Sister Forman.

Lesson Helps

10 profound blessings Latter-day Saints have been promised if they will forgive

By Emily Linder

Knowing the blessings promised to those who forgive can be a powerful motivating force to do so.

Famous Latter-day Saints

5 Famous Actors Who Became A Latter-day Saint

By LDS Living

From Academy Award-winning actors to those with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, learn more about the famous actors and actresses who converted to the Church.

From the Church

Utah Area Presidency gives new guidelines for Primary, baptisms during COVID-19

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Utah Area Presidency shared the following message with Church leaders in Utah on February 12, 2021. The letter offers recommendations for Primary leaders, parents, and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Latter-day Saint Life

Latter-day Saint Psychologist: The Wise Men's 3 Keys to Finding Happiness

By Dr. David T. Morgan

When I was a seminary student many years ago, I loved short scripture mastery scriptures, as they were easy to memorize. One still lingers in my mind today: “Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy” (2 Nephi 2:25). Back then, this scripture didn’t mean much to me besides being an easy “check off” on my scripture mastery list. Now 30 years later, after disappointments and stress and challenges and heartbreak, this scripture carries more personal meaning. If men and women exist to be joyful and happy, they why do so many seem to be unhappy and depressed? If happiness is the design of our existence, has that design been thwarted?

From the Church

The Primary General Presidency was released. Here are just 7 changes that impacted children during their service

By Lindsey Williams

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‘I’m not raising my children alone’: How Jennie Taylor found peace after her husband was killed in Afghanistan

By Carolyn Campbell

Jennie Taylor remembers the evening of November 2, 2018, so well. It was the first time she had seen many of her college girlfriends in what seemed like forever. Their overnight reunion included plenty of laughs and shared stories about each other’s kids and husbands. Jennie was convinced that her mom was right when she encouraged her to leave her seven children and take an overnight trip with the girls a few hours from their Utah home.