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The Ins and Outs of Foster Parenting (and Why It Might Be Right for You)

Did you know May is National Foster Care Month? With approximately half a million U.S. children in the foster care system, the demand for loving foster parents is overwhelming. While foster parenting is fraught with both joys and challenges, many who open their homes to children in need count it among the most rewarding experiences of their lives.

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5 Lessons from This Week's "Come, Follow Me" Reading on Mosiah 25–28

By Lindsey Williams

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

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What a Nonmember Learned from an LDS Couple’s Lost Love Letters

By Brenda Stanley

I’m not a Mormon. But when I stumbled upon some old love letters written by a Mormon widower, I was compelled to seek out his descendants and share this precious family treasure with them. It was a journey that touched my heart in ways I could never have imagined.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Powerful Stories Behind "I Am a Child of God," "I Need Thee Every Hour" + 3 Other Beloved Hymns

By Karen Lynn Davidson

The LDS hymnal is full of uplifting music and poetry from a host of different sources, but they all share one commonality—they inspire and lift our minds toward heaven. Just as powerful as many of the words in these hymns are the stories behind them. Here are just a few.

{Lifestyle} Photo Gallery: Fathers Rock!

By LDS Living

Thanks to all our readers who submitted pictures of their dads for our Father's Day gallery. We can't tell you how much we loved seeing your pictures and reading your memories of the good men in your lives. Thank you for sharing your precious photos with us and letting us share them with the world! Enjoy! (And don't forget to prepare him a manly feast for Father's Day.)

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35 hilarious Primary program fiascos too good not to share

There are few things more hilarious than seeing primary children’s personalities shine through in unexpected ways.

Charlie Bird answers: ‘If there were a button that could make you straight, would you press it?’

By Charlie Bird

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles sits boldly over the hills of Santa Monica. The modern building boasts a myriad of fountains and soaring terraces that provide 360-degree views of the surrounding valley and hills. Inside, Western art from the Middle Ages to the present is displayed. Among my favorite pieces housed in the museum is a small collection of paintings by Claude Monet. The first time I saw a Monet was there at the Getty. I rushed into the room, beyond excited to finally see my favorite artist’s works in real life. I turned the corner and came face-to-face with the first painting on display.

Latter-day Saint Life

Anxiety and belief: 5 principles of faith to help prevent your doubts from becoming a faith crisis

By Debra Theobald McClendon, PhD

Not all faith questions need constitute a “faith crisis.” We need not be afraid of our questions, but can journey with them as we seek to address them with honest intent.

Latter-day Saint Life

How the Revelation of Baptisms for the Dead Was Received and Revealed to the Church

By Robert L. Millet

August 15 marks the anniversary of the Prophet Joseph Smith's first public announcement of the beautiful doctrine of baptism for the dead.

Latter-day Saint Life

Uniting East and West: Latter-day Saints and the Transcontinental Railroad

By Fred E. Woods

When the coast-to-coast telegraph was completed in Salt Lake City in October 1861, Brigham Young sent a clear signal to President Abraham Lincoln: “Utah has not seceded but is firm for the Constitution and laws of our once happy country.” Less than eight years later, on May 10, 1869, hundreds gathered at Promontory, Utah, to witness another coast-to-coast completion. The driving of the last spike of the transcontinental railroad reverberated continuity to a once broken nation.1