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How the Loss of a Loved One Guided Me in My Journaling

Every journaler has their own reasons for how they journal, why the journal, and the way they keep their journal the way they do. To be honest, I didn’t start keeping a traditional journal until I started working for JRNL.com. I journaled in other, more non-traditional, ways: Facebook, writing a column for my father’s newspaper, and blogging, but I didn’t keep a true journal.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Crucial Reasons You Have the Church Calling That You Do

By Zack Oates

It was my first week in a BYU singles ward and I was called as Elders Quorum President. First item of business: fill all the callings.

Fun

BYU Cougarettes keep winning national titles. Dancers share how they physically and spiritually prepare

By Sarah Griffin

The Cougarettes had never won back-to-back national titles in both jazz and hip-hop—until now. Here’s how the dancers prepared to make Cougarette history.

Latter-day Saint Life

What Leo Tolstoy Had to Say About Mormons

By LDS Living Staff

A creative genius, a master of realistic fiction, and arguably the greatest novelist of all time, Count Leo Tolstoy made an indelible mark on the literary world. Though he died over a century ago, his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina are still popular and relevant today and considered among the finest novels ever crafted.

Latter-day Saint Life

Family Counselor Shares Honest Conversation About Divorce in the Church: "I Feel More Unwanted and Unneeded Than Ever"

By Christy Kane PsyD, CMHC

Several years ago, I decided to leave the banking executive world to pursue a career as a mental health professional. I did this for two reasons: 1) I wanted to feel like I was doing more with my life than managing home loans and 2) I was inspired by the wise counsel of a dear friend who, when I asked her why she chose to be a psychologist, said, “There are many difficult things individuals have to go through in life, but they should not have to do it alone.”

Latter-day Saint Life

Unprecedented documentary featuring missionaries premieres at Sundance

By Haley Lundberg

In a historic first, a documentary team unconnected with the Church was given unique access to film four young Latter-day Saint missionaries serving in the Helsinki Finland Mission.

Podcasts

NFL left tackle Garett Bolles talks about the importance of taking second chances

On this week’s episode of All In, Garett explains that God gives us all many chances, though it’s up to us to use our agency to accept them.

What the Tampa Bay Rays' Mental Skills Coach taught us about ‘heavenly habits’—and how it may have led to their big finish Saturday night

By Morgan Pearson

Brett Phillips had every reason to feel the weight of the world as he stepped up to the plate on Saturday night. Down by one, bottom of the ninth in Game 4 of the World Series with a chance to tie or win the game, he knew he was not the guy the Tampa Bay Rays wanted at bat. Phillips found his way onto the Rays’ roster for his defense and pinch running rather than his batting, and after going hitless in two previous at-bats during the team’s playoff rounds, it was without a doubt the most significant moment of the young player’s career. As the New York Times put it, “There was no logical reason for Phillips to succeed, yet he swore he was confident.”

Stories of Faith

The Book of Mormon meets Grand Ole Opry? This new country album (and the story behind it) is worth a listen

By Haley Lundberg

Inspiration pushed aside any inhibitions. The Nashville Tribute Band’s deepest wish is to sing about the Book of Mormon’s divinity.

Latter-day Saint Life

‘Forbes’ includes Latter-day Saint on 50 Over 50 list with Dolly Parton and Tina Turner

By Emily Linder

Forbes writes, “Their stories are important reminders that while we can’t control every circumstance, we can control our actions [and] experience can fuel a more vibrant career than your younger self could have ever imagined.”