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According to Pew Research done in 2013, the average teen sends 3,339 texts a month and teens ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven hours a day using entertainment media, Mike Madsen, product manager of the youth.lds.org website, said at the LDSTech Conference on Oct. 17 at the Salt Lake Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah campus. “The youth are plugged in,” he said. The way to reach them is with technology, and the Church has seven products that can help strengthen the youth:

How to 'Share' and 'Tweet' the Gospel

In the Wentworth Letter, written in March 1842 to John Wentworth of the Chicago Democrat, the Prophet Joseph Smith declared that “the truth of God [would] go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it [had] penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear.”

{Food Dish} Fab Five Friday: FHE Lessons and Desserts

By Ashley Evanson

Here are some links to FHE lesson plans with coordinating desserts to match the topic. Yum!

Latter-day Saint Life

Jenny Oaks Baker Performs "Silent Night" for Official "Christmas Eve" Music Video

Christmas Eve, which stars Sir Patrick Stewart and Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder, is a story of six groups of New Yorkers who spend Christmas Eve stuck in elevators. It's not a horror movie, saysChristmas Eve director Mitch Davis, "but it is dramatic . . . it's also a little comedic and—dare I say it?—transcendent." Davis, an active Latter-day Saint, also directed the 2001 Disney film The Other Side of Heaven, which brought the missionary adventures of Elder John H. Groberg to the big screen.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why It's Okay to Admit I'm Struggling Being Faithful Today

By Josh Searle

Yup, that’s me in the above picture raising my hand. I too, struggle with being faithful. I wish my personal life looked like so many other lives portrayed on social media or even in Sunday School class as extremely happy and valiant and active members of the gospel.

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Relationships: Why Good Can Be Best

By Alisa Snell

Most LDS singles strive to be their best in every aspect of life. They fear settling for something that is mediocre in dating and love. They hope for amazing (and even enviable) relationships.

Latter-day Saint Life

Dysfunctional Families are Forever

By Zandra Vranes

Dear Diary,

BYU basketball: Cougars proud of Davies' path to repentance, what he's done with his second chance

BYU coach Dave Rose describes senior forward Brandon Davies' career as "really unique." Davies is considered one of the best post players in school history. He has been named to the Wooden Award preseason watch list, and he could end up among the top 10 all-time scoring leaders at BYU (right now, he's No. 41 on that list and ascending rapidly, with 1,068 career points).

From the Church

Church Addresses Mountain Meadows Massacre and Other Pioneer Conflicts

The “Reformation” and the Utah War

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Family's Home Destroyed by Fire While Couple Attended Funeral

After losing their home and most of their possessions in a devasting fire, the Gordons have received an outpour of love from the community, including a GoFundMe page set up for the family that reached more than it's goal of $1,200 in less than a week.