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Church adjusts how sister missionaries serve at Temple Square

Adjustments are intended to enhance the guest experience and increase missionary opportunities.

Karen Lynn Davidson earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. At Brigham Young University she was a member of the English faculty and director of the Honors Program. She has served on the General Music Committee of the Church and plays violin with the Orchestra at Temple Square. She is the author of the popular classic Our Latter-day Hymns: The Stories and the Messages and coeditor of the Histories volumes of The Joseph Smith Papers series.

Bible Video: Jesus Declares the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

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A Miraculous Story That Illustrates How the Temple Sealing Power Can Bring Back Loved Ones Who Wander

By Bruce C. Hafen

The life story of Newel and Lydia’s son Jesse Knight raises a familiar but provocative question: How far will the temple’s sealing power reach out to rescue the wandering children and grandchildren of faithful, temple-married parents? Some Church members believe that eventually, regardless of when or how far some of their posterity may stray, the sealing power will bring them back. The answer to their question rests on the central issue of agency. It may help to ask it this way: If God extends redeeming grace and exalting power through the full blessings of Christ’s Atonement and the priesthood ordinances, why must each of us still engage the process so willingly?

Old Testament Lesson 5: "If Thou Doest Well Thou Shalt Be Accepted"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: The pattern followed in Moses 5 is the pattern still followed by Lucifer and his fallen angels. Whenever truth is taught or righteousness appears, Lucifer will make an effort to counteract the effects of such activity. After Adam and Eve were taught the fundamentals of the atonement, they “blessed the name of God, and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters” (Moses 5:12).

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Guest artists of Christmases past: Who has performed with the Tabernacle Choir?

By Jannalee Sandau

Here is what some famous guest artists had to say about their experience performing with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square at Christmastime.

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Concentration Camps & Fleeing Their Homes: The Story of Latter-day Saints in Armenia in 1921

By LDS Living Staff

"What if their story were my story?" This probing question asked by Sister Linda K. Burton in the women's session of general conference has been one of the clarion calls to Latter-day Saints as they've begun focusing on a new task: supporting refugees. With the new Relief Society initiative, "I Was a Stranger," Saints all over the world are stepping in to see how they can help relieve the refugee crisis.

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One Analogy Those Who Aren't Struggling in the Church Need to Understand

By Rosemary Card

You know that analogy from Elder Ballard where the Church is a boat? It’s all about how we need to stay in the boat, especially when the waves start rolling and the winds start blowing.

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7 Books That Will Help You Better Understand the Scriptures

By LDS Living

No matter how many times you've read the scriptures, someone else has probably picked up on something you haven't. Here are a few books that will hopefully give you more insights into the stories and doctrine you love.

Mormon History Association highlights pioneer Saints of Canada at conference

By Brooke Ward

Complete with cowboys, fugitives and dusty little cabins euphemistically dubbed ‘flannel palaces,’ the story of a Mormon settlement in southern Alberta reads with all the intrigue and romance of the Wild West. However, the migration north is first and foremost a story about faith and cultural resilience, said Lynn A. Rosenvall, who will discuss the transfer of Mormon culture to the region in his keynote address at the Mormon History Association’s upcoming 47th annual conference in Calgary, Alberta.