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Led to the Savior: How Sister Aburto found healing from both sides of the veil after tragedy

Sister Aburto lost her brother in an earthquake as a child, went through a painful divorce with her first husband, and didn’t get to say goodbye to her father before he died by suicide.

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FHE Lessons on "Trek": Responding to Doubt by Turning to Christ

By Alan Peterson

This month's edition of weekly FHE lessons is based on the new family movie Trek, which follows a young Mormon teenager named Tom and his friends on their handcart journey. Each lesson includes a scene from movie to watch and discuss. Your whole family will laugh along and be inspired by Trek: The Movie, available at Deseret Book stores and deseretbook.com.

Latter-day Saint Life

What My Friend's Unsolved Murder Taught Me About Christ's Power to Deliver Us from Evil

By Wendy Ulrich

One of the most distressing phone calls I ever received came late one evening while my husband, Dave, fairly recently sustained as the bishop of our ward, was out of town on business.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why This LDS Assault Victim Asked the Judge to Show Mercy to His Attacker

By Jeff Benedict

In his book Make a Choice: When You Are at the Intersection of Happiness and Despair, New York Times best-selling author Jeff Benedict shares a touching story of one of his former missionary companions, Bruce Jasper. While divorced and living with his widowed mother, Jasper was able to find deep compassion and incredible strength to forgive a stranger who caused him immeasurable pain and suffering. Below, Benedict recalls his friend's tragic yet hopeful story:

Latter-day Saint Life

4 Reasons We Need Young Single Adults to Be Temple Workers

By LDS Living Staff

When I started working at the temple two years ago, I had no idea I was going to instantly acquire 30 or more adorable mothers and grandmothers, whom I love. They marvel over my “young memory;” set me up on dates with their nephews, grandsons, and neighbors; impart of their wisdom; and constantly remind me what a blessing it is to be working at the temple. “It’s so nice to see young people in the temple!” and “I never even thought about working here at your age!” are phrases I hear regularly.

14 Tips for Disciplining Children

By Jonathan Swinton

One of the most common issues parents ask me for help with in counseling is how to appropriately discipline their children. Kids can be a wonderful joy in the lives of parents, but they can also become stressors when their behavior starts to get out of control. I have compiled a list of helpful discipline strategies that can help parents improve the behavior of their children.

The Midsingles Phenomenon in the LDS Church

By Cathy Geigle

This article is an excerpt from our magazine. To get the full story, subscribe to our magazine or purchase a single copy through Deseret Book.

D&C Lesson 45: The Family Is Ordained of God

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: Satan is laboring mightily to impede the progress of the Kingdom. If you had been assigned by him to decide where to attack in order to lessen the power of the church, where would you focus your efforts? Which doctrines or organizations would you be most determined to undermine? Elder Boyd K. Packer named the number one target on Lucifer’s hit list.

Latter-day Saint Life

Preventing Pornography Addiction: 3 Ways Latter-day Saint Families Can Help Break the Shame Cycle

By Kari Monet

Ironically, the very methods we use to encourage purity in our children sometimes drive them into pornography addiction instead of helping them navigate inevitable exposure and missteps.

{LDSL Blog} Top LDS Living Stories of 2012

By Kaela Worthen Gardner

The Church has made huge strides this year in reaching out to the LGBT community and opening up the discussion on homosexuality within the context of the gospel. This article was by far our biggest pot-stirrer of the year, but it is also one that helps spread understanding and compassion. Without proclaiming what is best for others, one man dealing with same-sex attraction, Ty Mansfield, shares his faith-affirming testimony of his experiences that led to his getting married in the temple and starting a family of his own.