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Watch: Latter-day Saint Brothers Face Off in Epic Pitching Competition

By LDS Living

You know, there's just something about sibling rivalries—they just aren't fair.

Podcasts

How do constraints allow us to embrace our role as co-creators with God? ‘Lola Dutch’ illustrator explains

English writer G. K. Chesterton has been quoted as saying, “Art consists in limitation.” Could this principle be true outside of traditional forms of creativity?

How Can I Make it Onto a "100 Coolest" List?

How do people get to be so awesome?

Latter-day Saint Life

8 Dangerous Myths About Repentance

We all slip-up. Sometimes, we even crash and burn. And no matter our mistakes, we get bombarded with justifications or reasons why we can't or don't need to repent. But all of these are not true. In fact, they are downright dangerous.

{Lifestyle} Out of Gift Ideas? Try This.

By Connie Sokol

Despite our lack of time, energy, or planning (perhaps you’ve put off holiday shopping as long as I have), giving a meaningful gift doesn’t have to be stressful or time-consuming. It’s about sharing the real you or blessing someone’s life with a simple act. It’s the gifts of forgiveness, love, or peace (or not sending that sequined cowboy hat).

Latter-day Saint Life

"There Were Times I Would Have Rather Been Dead": Kyle Whittingham's Son Praised for Going Public About Depression, Anxiety, and Coming Home Early from His Mission

What a powerful message from Alex and Kyle Whittingham: "If you or someone you know suffers from any type of mental illness, don't be afraid to get help. It could save your life, and theirs." "Please, never be afraid to open up. There's always help for you, and there's always people that care."

A Back-to-School Pep Talk For Moms

By Lisa Valentine Clark

It’s that time of year: the leaves are changing, there’s a slight chill in the air, you haven’t put away the shorts just yet but you mean to and you’ll probably get to it soon. The phrase “chunky sweaters” is returning to your vocabulary, you are starting to stomach conversations about Halloween costumes with your eager children, and you notice “pumpkin spice” featured in every drink or dessert at every eatery. It’s happening. You can’t deny that school is just barely beginning and you’ve got time to adjust. It’s already here. IT’S HAPPENING.

Latter-day Saint Life

Video: 10-Year-Old Has Sweetest Way of Uplifting Others

By LDS Living

This video, posted on stiry.com, shares the story of a 10-year-old girl named Leah.

Mormons have irrational beliefs? Who doesn't?

Commentators on both the right and left and both secular and religious note with disdain that Mormons (Latter Day Saints, as Mormons refer to themselves) have irrational practices and beliefs. The former, we are told, includes the wearing of sacred undergarments and the latter includes posthumous baptisms and the claims by the prophet of Mormonism to have found and deciphered engraved golden plates in New York State. I read and hear these dismissals of Mormonism with some amusement -- because everyone who makes these charges holds beliefs and/or practices that outsiders consider just as irrational.

From the Church

Church Releases Improved Calling Management Tools for Ward Leaders

I mentioned previously that ward leaders would soon be able to manage home and visiting teaching and callings on LDS.org from any internet-connected device without having to use MLS on the computer at the church. It’s now here. (At least for my ward. If you can’t get access as described in this article, don’t worry. It will be coming to your ward very soon.)