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5 Ways to Strengthen Your Faith When It Gets Hard to Believe

Whether you are facing loss, financial struggles, illness, or a faith crisis, there are simple ways to develop a stronger faith to help get you through these trying times.

64: The Creative Spark

Stories in this episode: Adam is all set for a safe career in engineering when a chance encounter leads him to embrace his true creative calling as an animator; When faced with upheaval and contention in her community, peace-loving Bryn finds solace in repentance and a prompting to fold 1,000 origami cranes.

Help for Life Challenges

A better way to explain ‘having a testimony’ that gives teens a solid foundation

By Emily Linder

We can prepare our youth for a life of faith by framing a testimony not as an object to be obtained but as a phoenix—reborn again and again.

Famous Latter-day Saints

LDS Paralympian Lives Fearlessly, Sacrifices to Compete in Rio

By Katharine Lyon

With the 2016 Paralympics underway, LDS Paralympian Ann Yoshida shares her excitement heading into the Games, her motivation for continuing despite setbacks, and the balance she finds in work and faith.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why Not Receiving an Answer to Your Prayers Is Actually a Proof of Miracles

By Shalissa Lindsay

The following story originally ran on LDS Living in 2017.

Simply Three: Music—A Key to Expression

With nearly 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube, Simply Three is a string trio known for inventive arrangements of popular music. But they're not just experts at finding unity in sound: one of the three musicians isn't a Latter-day Saint, so when the group set out to record an album of hymns, they approached the project in a beautiful and harmonious way. On this week’s episode, the three musicians share the love they have for music and the beliefs that informed their modern approach to sacred songs as well as why they believe music is a gift when it comes to vulnerability and expression.

Latter-day Saint Life

Shorter Church Meetings: How It Will Work and 6 Crucial Things You Need to Know

By LDS Living Staff

The Latter-day Saint social media world was rocked during the Saturday morning session of general conference when Elder Quentin L. Cook announced that weekly church meetings will now be two hours to help members and families focus on home gospel study.

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Latter-day Saint Life

Sister Beck Shares How to Develop the Faith of Miracles, Become "Awash in Christ's Grace"

By Danielle B. Wagner

At the opening of the 2019 BYU Women's Conference, Sister Reyna I. Aburto, second counselor in the general Relief Society presidency, stood to quote Ether 12:16, “and even all they who wrought miracles wrought them by faith.”