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Julie B. Beck on Becoming Who the Lord Wants Us to Become (+ Podcast)

The following is part of a transcript for the Deseret News podcast "Therefor, what?" Listen to the podcast below or view the full transcript on deseretnews.com.

Latter-day Saint Life

Discovering a Renewed Richness in the Gospel

By Adapted from "Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints" by Jacob Z. Hess, Carrie L. Skarda, Kyle D. Anderson, and Ty R. Mansfield

Compared with a once-soulful experience of prayer and scripture study, many of us know what it’s like to find spiritual practices becoming impoverished, superficial, and thin. Although it’s easy to conclude that prayer or scriptures themselves are somehow limited, it would be shortsighted not to also consider ways in which larger tendencies toward distractedness, stressful busyness, and an accelerating pace of life might be playing a role.

The LDS Church in Austria

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

The beginnings of the Church were not always so harmonious. In 1841, Elder Orson Hyde was on his way to dedicate Palestine to the preaching of the gospel when he stopped in Vienna. Although he felt prompted to preach the word among the people there, he was not commissioned to dedicate the land, and the country of Austria had to wait 25 more years for Orson Pratt and William W. Ritter to arrive and begin the missionary work there.

Latter-day Saint Life

Dr. David T. Morgan: ‘Mary, Did You Know?’ (and other important questions)

By Dr. David T. Morgan

Sometimes these ancient individuals, like Mary, can seem a little flat and unidimensional...but surely they were robust and complex, not unlike human beings today.

Why questions are beautiful things

By Danielle Christensen

“This inquisitive nature of humans is fundamental to who we are. It sets us apart, this capacity to question.”

Podcasts

3 lessons taught by Samuel the Lamanite thousands of years ago that still matter to us today

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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Celebrate Black voices with these LDS Living resources

We hope you will take the time to watch and listen to some of these stories and acknowledge the beauty of diversity, the importance of equality, and the power of discussion and conversation.

Fun

15+ Times the Church Has Been Praised by Major News Outlets

By Emily Linder

It is not uncommon to see the Church and its members in the news. We've compiled a fascinating list of times a unique aspect of the Church has been spoken of positively by news outlets from across the world (organized by year). You may even learn something new about the Church from one of these 18 stories.

This Week from the Pulpit: "Ask of God" Why and How We Can Connect with the Divine

By Greyson Gurley

Editor's note: "This Week from the Pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Harrowing Story of a Convert Missionary Trapped in Civil War

By Jeff Hampton

In 1980, a man named Samuel Doe led a military coup d'état that overthrew the elected government of Liberia. Doe became the country's president, and, over the course of his 10 years in power, Liberia was ravaged by a civil war until rebels eventually assassinated President Doe, who belonged to the Krahn tribe. Suddenly, the life of any Liberian citizen of the Krahn tribe was in danger.