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I’m Not a Typical Latter-day Saint and Why That’s Okay

When I think of a “typical” Latter-day Saint, I think of a pregnant mom pulling out of her driveway in her SUV, five kids in the back seat, and a delicious dinner already cooking in the Crock-Pot. Maybe they’re on their way to soccer practice, piano lessons, or playdates, and they might even have little stickers on their back windshield representing each member of the family. Bonus points if the stickers are wearing Mickey Mouse ears.

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How the Hebrew Translations of "God" and "Jehovah" Might Change Your Understanding of Deity

By Taylor Halverson

When we read the scriptures, many different words or titles are used for God. Some are used more than any others, and these names have special and significant meaning. Here are just a few and the background behind them.

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The Surprising Truth I Learned Taking President Nelson's Challenge to Read the Book of Mormon (+ the Miracles It Brought into My Life)

By Carmen Rasmusen Herbert

A few years ago, a dear friend challenged me to read the Book of Mormon in 28 days, and I’m not exaggerating when I say it changed my life. I only had one baby at that time, and was able to read while he napped during the afternoons. I would make myself a little lunch, sit down on the couch with a comfy blanket, and read for around an hour every day in the quiet family room of our tiny third-story condo.

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7 things Emma Smith wanted the women of the Church to know

By LDS Living

In a letter to her husband, Joseph, Emma Hale Smith wrote, “I desire the Spirit of God to know and understand myself, that I might be able to overcome whatever of tradition or nature that would not tend to my exaltation in the eternal worlds. I desire a fruitful, active mind, that I may be able to comprehend the designs of God, when revealed through His servants without doubting.”

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4 Unexpected Blessings of Unemployment

By Tracie Snowder - Aggieland Mormons

I grew up with a father who worked in the fickle world of pharmaceutical sales. We went through several periods where my father didn’t have a job, and those moments of anxiety and uncertainty were the most devastating times for me. I vowed I would never be in the same position when I had kids.

Famous Latter-day Saints

The Woman Who Gave Elvis Presley and the Queen a Book of Mormon

By LDS Living Staff

Nine children with 34 gold and platinum records, hit television shows, over 102 million records sold worldwide, and an international following in the UK torival that of the Beatles' success in the United States. Not to mention anon-profit foundationthat has raised more than $5 billion for 170 children's hospitals across the nation.

Podcasts

Listen: The Unlikely Encounter in the Middle of Nowhere That Helped a Stranded Family Get Home

By LDS Living

Somewhere on the Utah-Nevada border in the dead of winter is not the ideal place or season to have a car break down, especially when that car is full of six children.

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What helped this Latter-day Saint woman keep her faith after 3 of her adopted children were abruptly taken back

In this week's episode of This Is the Gospel, Holly and her husband explain that they never imagined they would adopt multiple children during their lifetime. But after seeing the devastation of the Romanian Revolution, Holly and her husband felt the Spirit directing them to adopt children who were hard to place or neglected. And after feeling confirmation from the Spirit to adopt three girls from Africa in 2006, Holly felt that their family was about to grow yet again—until a devastating turn of events caused Holly to question her faith and trust in the Spirit.

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The Incredible Way Strangers Helped Three Latter-day Saint Travelers Who Lost Everything in a Foreign Country

By LDS Living

Something didn't feel right.

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Am I actually receiving revelation from the Spirit, or did I make up my answer? Here’s how to tell the difference

By Danielle Christensen

Experts share their insights on how to stay open to the Spirit and prevent anxiety from getting in the way.