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In the hustle and bustle of holiday activities, make time to enjoy the peaceful spirit of the season. To help you take your mind off of your dinner parties and visitors, we’ve put together a list of good holiday reads in the true spirit of the season for you and your family to enjoy.

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3 Parenting Lessons from Jesus Christ

By Catherine Christensen

In one of our most beloved passages of scripture, Christ visits the Nephites and takes the time to gather all the children around him to teach them, pray for them, and bless them one by one. The more I’ve studied this beautiful story, the more I’ve realized that this is not just an uplifting, feel-good story. It is a powerful teaching moment from the Savior that shows how He hopes we will treat His beloved little ones. Here are three things I have learned about parenting from Christ’s example with the Nephite children:

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When spending time with your spouse can become unhelpful

By Brent A. Barlow

I firmly believe that many married couples today unknowingly get into situations—traps, if you will—that can be harmful to marriage. This may be out of ignorance, apathy, or innocence, or any combination of the three. One such trap is the idea of “togetherness.”

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13 More Simple Explanations to Help You Answer Frequently Asked Questions About the Church

By Jon Cooper

There are so many Church doctrines and gospel principles that giving you only 14 explanations didn't cover nearly enough. So here are 13 more explanations to help you clarify certain concepts for your nonmember friends and neighbors.

Why Magnolia Chief of Staff Emily Snyder Doesn’t Like The Word “Become” + What She’s Learned from Her Influential Bosses

Emily Snyder was raised a member of the Church with a dream of being a mother just like her mom. However, as she got older, she realized that her life may end up presenting her with a different set of circumstances and opportunities. Now a graduate of Columbia’s MBA program who has previously worked closely as an assistant to both Clayton Christensen and Julie B. Beck, Snyder is employed in Waco, Texas, where she works for Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia as the company’s chief of staff.

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Why I Happily Married a Pornography Addict

By Christine

The following post comes from hopeandhealinglds.com and has been republished with permission. This article is one of a series of posts addressing education on and recovery from pornography addiction and betrayal trauma. For more on this series, including the husband's perspective in this story, click here.

Lani Olsen Hilton

Lani Hilton is the author of Celebrate Sunday: 52 Ideas to Help Your Family Delight in the Sabbath. She has also published articles in the Liahona and LDS Living magazines. She is a speaker at Education Week and For the Strength of Youth Conferences. Lani and her husband, John, have six children. She loves to live Jesus, learn Jesus, preach Jesus, travel, hike, bike and ski (in that order).

S. Michael Wilcox

S. Michael Wilcox received his PhD from the University of Colorado and taught for many years at the LDS Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah. He has spoken to packed crowds at BYU Education Week and has hosted tours to the Holy Land, to China, to Church history sites, and beyond. He has served in a variety of callings, including as bishop and counselor in a stake presidency. He has written many articles and books, including House of Glory, Sunset, 10 Great Souls I Want to Meet in Heaven, Twice Blessed, and Finding Hope. He and his late wife, Laurie, are the parents of five children.

How early Mormons shaped Utah

Mitt Romney's run for president has drawn new attention to Mormonism, but if you really want to learn about the church and its roots in Utah, the Romney you may want to talk to is the candidate’s distant cousin Clive.Clive Romney (he and the Republican nominee share a great-grandfather, Miles Park Romney) is a passionate promoter of Mormon and Utah pioneer history. As the executive director of Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts, Clive Romney writes and produces songs and stories about Utah history and the Mormon faith and helps lead tours that show how early Mormons shaped the state.

Hope and Healing after Divorce

At age 25, I was divorced. How would I heal from the pain?