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The assassination of Joseph Smith: 3 details you might not know

By Ryan Jenkins

Here are some details leading up to Joseph Smith’s martyrdom that aren’t widely known.

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Ask a Latter-day Saint Therapist: Our Child Left the Church, Will We Be Separated After Death?

By Jonathan Decker, LMFT

For daily gospel-based relationship insights, join Jonathan’s Facebook group . To submit a question for Jonathan, click here.

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The Only Thing Scarier Than God Working Through Imperfect Leaders Is to Think He Doesn't

By Adam S. Miller

The gospel isn’t a celebration of God’s power to work with flawless people. The gospel is a celebration of God’s willingness to work today, in our world, in our lives, with people who clearly aren’t. To demand that church leaders, past and present, show us only a mask of angelic pseudo-perfection is to deny the gospel’s most basic claim: that God’s grace works through our weakness.

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What If You Can't Figure Out God's Plan for You?

By Sherrae Phelps

What does God want me to do? This is a common question that is sincerely asked by individuals seeking to live a good life and wanting their actions to be in alignment with God’s will. It is a familiar quest that many embark on, to try to figure out what work they were preordained to accomplish. What’s their personal mission? What’s the purpose of their life? These are valuable questions to wrestle with.

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A Prompting to Call an Apostle and What It Taught One Woman About How the Lord Works

By Name Withheld

During the early years of my marriage, I was often overcome with feelings of disappointment that my relationship with my husband wasn’t very strong. In fact, as time continued, I grew apprehensive whenever we had to be together for any length of time. I wasn’t enjoying life, my children, or my marriage. It seemed to be all work and no fun.

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3 principles you don’t want to miss (or misunderstand) from this week’s ‘Come, Follow Me’ chapters

By Emily Linder

Editor's note: “Resources to follow Him” curates study resources, teachings, and thoughts to deepen your study of this week's Come, Follow Me.

Mormon 1–6: Fair Ones

Take a moment and place your hand over your heart. How is your heart today? If it could talk, what would it say? Have you ever heard the sound of your own or a loved one’s beating heart on a stethoscope or ultrasound? Of all the things to hear, it is the heart that connects you to life because it is life. And for today’s discussion of Mormon 1–6, the heart dictated life for the Nephite people. Let’s dive into the impact their hearts had not only on themselves but also on our lives today.

Best of: LDS Living Stories of the Week, May 11-17

By LDS Living

You might have missed what went on the last week, but we've put together our list of the week's most popular stories so you don't miss a beat. For May 11 through May 17, these are LDS Living’s top hits.

Famous Latter-day Saints

How a Famous LDS Designer for Marilyn Monroe & Other Hollywood Stars Made Modesty Fashionable

Rose Marie Reid's never compromised her beliefs as she rose to renown in the fashion world. Called “the most prominent Latter-day Saint woman of her generation," she stuck to her standards, no matter what.

From the Church

Church Answers: Why Does the Church Support LGBT Rights but Oppose Same-Sex Marriage?

A few weeks ago, the state of Utah passed two bills that simultaneously protect religious freedom and ban discrimination against LGBT people in the areas of housing and employment. “Fairness for all” was the call around which all parties rallied. This compromise demonstrated that opposing viewpoints can come together to achieve agreeable ends. While the specifics of the Utah law may not translate into every locality around the country, it was the approach that was significant. The Utah Legislature demonstrated that the tension between religious freedom and gay rights does not have to be a battle in which the victor takes all and the defeated get nothing. Instead, we can live together with our deepest differences.