Davis Smith served as a mission president in the Brazil Recife North Mission. He is a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs and the founder and chairman of Cotopaxi, an outdoor brand that has assisted millions living in poverty. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from Brigham Young University. Davis and his wife, Asialene, have four children and live in New Haven, Connecticut.

The following is excerpted from 10 Secrets Wise Parents Knowwritten by researchers and authors Brent L. Top and Bruce A. Chadwick and is based on a major, 10-year study they conducted with more than 5,000 LDS teens and an additional 1,000 young adults. Here are a few parenting principles they found that surfaced again and again in the happiest families.

The September pick for LDS Living Book Club is What Seek Ye? by S. Michael Wilcox. Follow the LDS Living Book Club Instagram for more insights with the author.

Nearly 70,000 Latter-day Saints traversed over 1,000 miles to arrive in a desert land far away from loved ones and civilization, but of those faithful pioneers, only about 3,000 came by handcart. Here are some unique and inspiring stories straight from their journals.

The wildfire that burned through Paradise, California, in 2018 was the most violent in the state's history. With the containment taking nearly two weeks, the blaze destroyed nearly 15,000 homes and took 86 lives.

Watch former The Voice contestant, YouTuber, and LDS member Madilyn Paige give a stunning cover of "Beauty and the Beast" with Nate Terry.

In this two-part podcast, Mormon Matters host Dan Wotherspoon and panelists Gina Colvin, Charles Harrell, and Chris Cobb take on all of these issues, and much more. Are there different, healthier ways to view the question of Mormon teachings and doctrinal discourse? Is doctrinal presentation, especially in Church curriculum, a straightforward process of teaching truth, or is there much more at play–assumptions (cultural, Western, cognitive, gendered, and countless other types) motivating what is selected as more or less important? The panel explore what it means when leaders might say that this or that doctrine is “binding” upon members and whether or not it is actual “doctrines” that are canonized or simply sources (scripture) that are granted authoritative power–and, as is evident about any scripture, whatever doctrines might be offered therein call always to a wonderfully wide spectrum of interpretation? The panel also explores whether we might be in a moment within Mormon development when doctrines are being scaled back, when less emphasis is being placed upon teachings and more on community, doing good in the world, “becoming” better Christians/human beings.

More than a thousand youth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Denton, Parker and Tarrant Counties danced the night away at the West Regional LDS Prom held April 9, at Celebrations in Highland Village. At first glance the prom was like any other prom in any other age. Young ladies wearing, what for many were their first evening gowns, transformed into beautiful princesses escorted by dashing young men only slightly ill at ease in their many hued tuxedos. High heels pinched dainty toes and young men tugged at over tight ties. Some came in limos and some in the family car. There was music and dancing, food and laughter. No doubt some fell in love and some hearts were broken in that elaborate and awkward and beautiful and timeless way of youth.

Visiting teachers and home teachers are encouraged to review and prayerfully consider last month's general conference addresses to select a messages they can share with the brothers and sisters they visit. With encouraging talks on a variety of topics, every member is sure to gain a deeper understanding and motivation from the Lord's chosen apostles and prophets.

Instead of choosing between faith and reason, truth within the restored gospel and truth in the wider world of God's children, learn how to seek “anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report.”