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Why I Happily Married a Pornography Addict

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.

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Why are young missionaries today choosing to serve? 4 inspiring stories from elders and sisters in the MTC

By Brad Taylor

I have conducted well over a thousand interviews with new missionaries. One that I always ask is: “Why did you choose to serve?”

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4 Parenting Secrets That Will Improve Your Relationship with Your Kids

By Brent L Top and Bruce A. Chadwick

The following is excerpted from 10 Secrets Wise Parents Knowwritten by researchers and authors Brent L. Top and Bruce A. Chadwick and is based on a major, 10-year study they conducted with more than 5,000 LDS teens and an additional 1,000 young adults. Here are a few parenting principles they found that surfaced again and again in the happiest families.

Lesson Helps

Book of Mormon Lesson 30: "The Great Plan of Happiness"

By Ted L. Gibbons

It is about the Book of Mormon I want to talk today. I do so with just one objective in mind: To get you to read it.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 40: "Finding Joy in Temple and Family History Work"

By Ted L. Gibbons

Several years ago as I was about to depart for work, a call came from my bishop. His oldest son had disappeared. The boy had eaten breakfast and dressed for elementary school, but when his mother was ready to drive him and his sisters to school he could not be found. They thought perhaps he had walked. His mother transported her daughters and then made a search. The boy was not at school. It was at this point that calls went out to the police and to several ward members. I delayed my departure for work and along with several dozen others, commenced an intensive search of the neighborhood. After a few hours, his mother found him, curled up on the floor of his closet with the door closed. He was fast asleep.

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One Gay Man's Powerful Journey Away from the Church and Back Again (+ Important Insights for Families and Ward Members)

By Jamie Armstrong

Editor’s Note: LGBTQ issues are sensitive and complex. The following article is about one man’s journey and is not in any way meant to suggest that his experience is the right experience for others. We thank Tom Christofferson for graciously sharing his story in an effort to foster greater understanding and a more open dialogue about LGBTQ issues in the Church.

Gold Star Widow Jennie Taylor Recalls the Day She Was Notified Her Husband Had Been Killed

By LDS Living

On Memorial Day, Americans, including members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, honor the men and women who have died while serving in the military. On Nov. 3, 2018, Maj. Brent Taylor was killed while deployed in Afghanistan during a ruck march—the military equivalent of a hike. He was the victim of an inside attack. On this week’s episode of All In, Jennie Taylor, Brent’s wife and the mother of their seven children, recalled details of the horrific day.

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How a Latter-day Saint and a conference protester became unlikely friends

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

As Bryan Hall walked up to a group of general conference protesters one cold October morning, he never thought that he would one day become friends with the ringleader, Ruben Israel, a man he had come to hate—a man he had never even met.

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Sister Oaks's Experience Dating an Apostle (+ 7 Dating Insights)

By Kristen Oaks

I never had the goal to marry an Apostle. My goal was to draw close to Heavenly Father and make my life as meaningful and happy as I could. Because I value and believe in the plan of salvation, I wanted all the blessings associated with it. That included someday, in this life or the next, finding a companion that I loved and respected, a man I could trust and depend on, who would be loyal to me and active in the Church. I wanted to marry a man who loved the Lord more than he loved me, whose allegiance was to His eternal covenants. It would simply follow that such a man would be true to me and our future family.

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Mom of 2 Sons with Autism Shares When She Learned Angels Are Real + 4 More Faith Lessons

By Tamara K. Anderson

I never expected I would be the mother of a child with disabilities, let alone two children with disabilities. But sometimes life detours have a way of teaching us things Heavenly Father knows we need to learn.