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Savannah Wooden: The Physical Healing Power of God

Savannah Wooden was in high school when, after years of struggling with seizures, she made the difficult decision to have brain surgery that, if successful, would cure her seizures. The surgery was, by that measure, very successful, but in the years since, Savannah has struggled with the byproducts of the surgery. Even then, she can see that the power of the priesthood invited healing into her life that otherwise may not have been possible.

Stories of Faith

Latter-day Saint creates one of the most exciting moments of the Olympics

By Emily Linder

Latter-day Saint Kenneth Rooks seems to have a gift not just for running but also for bringing a crowd to the edge of their seat.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Mom Stuns Crowd with Incredible Ironman Win, Likely to Move on to World Championships

By Katie Lambert

Jocelyn McCauley says she wasn't thinking about anything when she crossed the finish line of the Ironman New Zealand 2017 race, finishing first place in the women's division.

Taylor Ricks: Noticing the People Hidden in the Pages

Taylor Ricks has often taken comfort in not just the stars of scripture stories, but also those characters who are so quietly present that we may not even notice them. Perhaps it’s because she has never felt like the star of the show herself. Or because there have been moments where she has wished no one would notice her at all. Unnamed scripture heroes have become trusted friends to Taylor—friends who have gotten her through incredibly difficult times. On this week’s episode, Taylor introduces us to a few of these friends and shares why they matter so much to her.

Rebecca Hirschi: To the Finish Line

In 2012, amidst cancer treatments, Rebecca Hirschi achieved her goal of running the Boston Marathon. But on New Year's Eve 2020, Hirschi approached another finish line as she was nearing the end of her battle with cancer and was on hospice. That night, she was carried up the stairs by her family. Her daughter and husband got her ready for bed, but when it was time for her evening prayers, Rebecca insisted on kneeling. She said she owed everything to God. Three days later, Rebecca returned to that God who gave her life. In this episode, recorded just a few weeks before she passed, Rebecca shares what she learned about the gift of life and living each day to its fullest.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Church Hosts the First Ever Canadian Black History Summit

Nearly 500 people recently gathered for the inaugural Canadian Black History Summit held in a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The free conference, held April 16, 2016, was co-hosted by the nonprofit FamilySearch International (the genealogical arm of the Church) and the Ontario Black History Society.

Fun

LDS Adventurer Seeking to Join 186-Mile Dogsled Race Across Arctic Tundra

"I crave adventure like most people crave chocolate," Marianne Jennings said in her video application to join Fjallraven Polar, a 186-mile long winter adventure across the Arctic tundra. That's right. Jennings is currently vying to be one of only two US participants allowed to compete in an arduous dogsled expedition across some of the most hostile climates Norway has to offer.

NCAA Wrong Again in Case of LDS Cross-country Runner Stripped of Eligibility for Costume Race

For the second time in 2½ months, the NCAA came to its senses and reversed field after picking on some helpless athlete, but only after getting slapped around by the media. There is still unfinished business. There is at least one more wrong that needs to be righted, and this involves an athlete at BYU.

53: The Heavens Are Open

Stories in this episode: In the early days of his firefighting career, Steve enters a burning home to save a life and is forced to choose between protocol and following the Spirit; Heidi anguishes over her efforts to help create a documentary about Joseph Smith’s life until she receives a special witness from God; Alone in the rainforests of Madagascar, Elizabeth finds herself in dire need of heavenly power to call down a miracle.

New York Times: Black Mormons and the politics of identity

When Marguerite Driessen, a professor here, entered Brigham Young University in the early 1980s, she was the first black person many Mormon students had ever met, and she spent a good bit of her college time debunking stereotypes about African-Americans. Then she converted to Mormonism herself, and went on to spend a good deal of her adult life correcting assumptions about Mormons.So the matchup in this year’s presidential election comes as a watershed moment for her, symbolizing the hard-won acceptance of racial and religious minorities.