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The Gatherer and the Thorn: BYU dean for diversity and inclusion on ‘rooting out racism’

By Lita Little Giddins

Lita Little Giddins explores how racism can be a “thorn in the flesh” for those who seek to gather Israel.

From the Church

5 of our favorite First Presidency Christmas devotional stories

By Haley Lundberg

Here’s a look back at the last five years of Christmas devotionals and some of our favorite stories that were shared.

Latter-day Saint Life

Where did the YSA ward come from?

By Danielle Christensen

We’d be willing to bet your next linger longer that most Latter-day Saints who go to YSA wards today have no idea how they came to be. Here’s a look at how they’ve evolved over the years.

Latter-day Saint Life

Latter-day Saint ALS Survivor Set to Row Across the Atlantic, Shares How His Faith Keeps His Hope Alive

By LDS Living Staff

Tim Ryan stepped out into a dark, snow-strewn night in February 2017, an exciting and crazy idea forming in his mind. He was going to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

Lesson Helps

Book of Mormon Lesson 27: “All Things Denote There Is a God”

By Ted L. Gibbons

When Korihor had his first-hand experience with the power of God he tried to explain to Alma why he had attacked the truth. According to his statement in Alma 30:53, this is the path he followed:

Latter-day Saint Life

Why It's a Myth That Mormons Have a Monopoly on Truth and Salvation

By Fiona Givens

The language of Mormon culture, like that of most other cultures, is fraught with contradictions. All faiths have their intemperate zealots, and even the wisest and best men and women can say uninspired, ridiculous, and even reprehensible things. The religious scholar Krister Stendahl has suggested that in evaluating religions, it is only fair to characterize a faith group in terms of its best, not its worst, manifestations.1

Latter-day Saint Life

How to talk to children about temple covenants after a divorce

By Nancy B. Rollins, PhD

All I ever wanted to be in life was a full-time wife, mother, and then grandmother. When divorce became a reality in my life, it was almost more than I could bear. I could imagine many other sorts of trials and afflictions in life that I could handle, but not this. I felt like Job when he said, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me” (Job 3:25).

Lesson Helps

New Testament Lesson 6: "They Straightway Left Their Nets"

By Ted L. Gibbons

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Latter-day Saint Life

The Remarkable Story of How a Nepali Hindu Found the Church and Gave Up Everything to Follow Christ

By Alexandra Mortenson

“I don’t want to go to school!” 5-year-old Usha shouted at her older brother, pulling his hair. Later she would become one of the first Nepali women with advanced degrees in both medicine and public administration, but as a little girl, she didn’t yet realize what a privilege education was.

Fun

3 LDS Family Trips to Check Off Your Bucket List (with Church History Sites + More)

By Lucy Stevenson

Summertime means family vacation time! Here are some trip ideas to check off your bucket list. With both Church history sites and other fun things to see and do, you can be sure to plan a trip your whole family will love.