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What My Prosthetic Eye Taught Me About the Savior: Surprisingly Funny Insights from a Blind Mormon

After an hour, we finally arrived at our family reunion in a canyon near Salt Lake City, and I had one thing on my mind. I had to find the restroom.

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Insights from a Temple Worker (+ What It's Like to Work Behind the Scenes)

By Danielle B. Wagner

Growing up and doing baptisms for the dead, I never thought much about all of the people dressed in white who gave me directions and performed the ordinances in the temple. But these faithful members actually come in a variety of ages and volunteer their time and resources in a miraculous way. Serving in the temple has been a valuable blessing in my life that I didn’t know was a possibility for me to do at this stage of my life. However, I have served as an ordinance worker for over a year and a half now and have seen the blessings in my life as a result of it. Because of this calling, I am frequently asked about what it's like and what I do during my six-hour shift. Here are a few insights and answers to some of the most common questions I've found people wonder about working at the temple.

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2 Things You Can Do When a Loved One Leaves the Church

By Nate Bagley

Two years ago I wrote an article titled “Why People Leave The Church and Never Come Back.” Since then, the article has been read nearly a million times. Rarely does a week go by without someone reaching out to say, “Hey Nate, I don’t know you, but I read your article. Can we talk?”

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Opening prayers or no opening prayers? 7 ways the Church has been thinking outside the box

By Haley Lundberg

“Writing for LDS Living has given me a unique perspective, and at this point, not a lot catches me by surprise. But what recent Church announcements have caught me off guard, and why?”

Book of Mormon Lesson 40: "Then Will I Gather Them In"

By Ted L. Gibbons

3 Nephi 16, 20-21

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What We Know About the Preexistence from the Book of Abraham

By John Gee

The end of the third chapter is the most quoted part of the Book of Abraham. In these few verses, Abraham is told about the preexistence. More than half of all citations of the Book of Abraham in the general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a third of all citations of the Book of Abraham in the Church’s manuals are from the Book of Abraham’s discussion of the preexistence. For Later-day Saints, this is the most important part of the book.

The hot chocolate exercise and 3 other tips for reaching a restful state of mind

By Kimberly Beecher

Jessica was a client of mine who was having panic attacks that terrified her—heart racing, couldn’t catch her breath, feeling lightheaded and tense. On top of that, she couldn’t sleep at night and she felt stressed and exhausted. No matter what she tried, it just seemed like things were getting worse. Why was this happening to her, a faithful Latter-day Saint who was trying the best she could to do what was right?

Mini Feature

My husband was specifically promised good health for obeying the Word of Wisdom. So why did he have a stroke at 37?

By Alisia Essig

I walked into the ER and saw my husband in a wheelchair, slumped over, one eye drooping. I could tell immediately that he was having a stroke.

Brother Brad Wilcox: Three things you need to know about patriarchal blessings

By Brad Wilcox

There are no restrictions on preparing for patriarchal blessings and helping others prepare. Here are three ideas that can help.

Why the founder of Lovesac gives credit for his success to his time as a Latter-day Saint missionary

The year was 2001 and Shawn Nelson was ready to throw in the towel on the small business he had started as a student at the University of Utah. After returning home from serving as a full-time missionary in Taiwan, Nelson broke out a giant foam-filled bag he had made pre-mission. The bag was used to sit on at drive-in movies or on camping trips, and it started to catch the eye of neighbors and friends who asked if Nelson would make them one. The bags gave Nelson something to do during college, but they never really made him a profit. So as he entered his final semester of college and in anticipation of moving to China after landing a “dream job,” he decided to close up shop—figuratively speaking.