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Race, the Priesthood, and Temples: A History of the Priesthood Ban (and How It Ended)
By W. Paul Reeve
The Church’s history with race is complex and controversial. Here is a look at the priesthood and temple bans, the “curses” associated with dark skin, and the evolution of LDS beliefs and doctrine.
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Why Emma Smith didn’t let the destruction of her first hymn book stop her
By Jennifer Reeder
Gathering, selecting, and editing hymns was not a typical project for women in the nineteenth century. That did not stop Emma, a visionary woman in her own sense of the word.1 She had been promised in her 1830 revelation: “Thy time shall be given to writing, and to learning much.”2 She probably gathered hymns from her hometown newspaper as well as other papers and denominational hymnals.3 The process, like so many other endeavors in her life, would ebb and flow with loss and compensation, requiring more than five years to produce.
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Capturing the Vision: Joseph Smith's First Prayer Through the Eyes of Those Who Have Portrayed It
By Jannalee Sandau
*This story originally appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of LDS Living.
The Church in India
By Briana Stewart
Its nearly 10,000 Members of the Church are taking hold of their proverbial handcarts, challenging tradition, and boldly paving the trail from a culture of man to a culture of Christ.
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How to Give a Powerful Talk: Tips from a Baptist Preacher Who Joined the Church
By Wain Myers and Kelly L. Martinez
Since becoming a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I’ve encountered a few cultural differences that took a little adjustment. For example, in the Baptist church, the same preacher delivers the sermon almost every Sunday, so it was strange to me that in this Church we didn’t have the same preacher every week. To make things even stranger, it was folks from the congregation that delivered the sermons!
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10 stunning examples of stained glass windows in Latter-day Saint meeting houses
By Bridger Talbot
Many people assume that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints never uses stained glass windows in their meetinghouses, reserving them instead for temples. In reality, hundreds of stained glass windows continue to filter colored light into Latter-day Saint chapels and provide a beautiful experience for Saints who worship there. Here are some examples of the most beautiful stained glass windows found in Latter-day Saint meetinghouses.
From the Church
Summary of leadership changes announced at the October 2020 general conference
By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
During the Saturday afternoon session of the October 2020 general conference, President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the calls of a new General Authority Seventy, a new member of the Presiding Bishopric and four new Area Seventies. He also noted the releases of one member of the Presiding Bishopric, three General Authority Seventies and 47 Area Seventies.
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September 2014 Home Teaching Message: Are We Prepared?
By LDS Living
In the vicinity where I once lived and served, the Church operated a poultry project, staffed primarily by volunteers from the local wards. Most of the time it was an efficiently operated project, supplying to the bishops’ storehouse thousands of fresh eggs and hundreds of pounds of dressed poultry. On a few occasions, however, being volunteer city farmers meant not only blisters on the hands but also frustration of heart and mind.
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Members See Miracles Amidst the Ashes as One of California's Most Destructive Wildfires Burns Down Homes
“The Lord uses different forms of trials to help build us,” said Sister Sheri Gordon, the Relief Society President of the Sundial Ward, “I know that these families who have lost [so much] will have hard times, but they don’t seem to be bitter toward the Lord. They feel that people care about them and they feel that the Lord cares about them as an extension of what other people have been willing to do for them.”
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Watch: Scholars Share How Joseph Smith Used a Seer Stone and the Urim and Thummim to Translate the Book of Mormon
By LDS Living
Though most members know that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon using the Urim and Thummim, they may not know that the prophet also used a separate seer stone "for convenience."