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Recently I attended a sacrament meeting in Arizona where I listened to a very happy young man share his testimony of the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ in his life. He had just been baptized. He said he owed his joy to the example of a young woman named Kirsten. She had refused to go on a date with him because she was 15, explaining that Mormons do not date until they are 16. This young man had never heard of Mormons before.
Just a few days after someone stole their family's Christmas presents, an LDS family lost their son in a tragic accident. Our prayers are with the Billman family.
Happiness. It is the elusive thing we all seek. But as Elder James B. Martino taught graduates at BYU–Hawaii, “The degree to which we seek [happiness] will ultimately determine our destiny,” while acknowledging that in the case of clinical depression, professional help is needed. Sister Reyna Isabel Aburto also addressed depression and mental health this week on the Church News podcast.
Deseret News recently featured a story that tells what Latter-day Saints wrote about Joseph Smith and his speaking abilities. These quotes give us a little insight on what it would have been like to hear Joseph Smith speak at the first general conference.
We invite you to prepare for April general conference by following President Nelson’s counsel to “make time for [God] in your life—each and every day.”
Mauli Bonner came away from the 2018 “Be One” celebration a changed man with an intense desire to learn more about Black pioneers and to teach others about them.
Sometimes as Latter-day Saints and human beings, we have so much to do that we forget to take time to be. Elder Holland has said, "As King Benjamin cautioned his people, it is not intended that we run faster than we have strength and all things should be done in order (see Mosiah 4:27).” But despite that, I know that many of you run very fast and that your energy and emotional supply sometimes registers close to empty."
William T. Bruner represented most religions’ take on the fall of Adam and Eve when he wrote, “There was nothing fortunate about the fall of man. It was a total tragedy for God and man.” However, as Latter-day Saints, our doctrinal beliefs surrounding the fall are quite different. Daniel K. Judd outlined that difference in his piece, “The Fortunate Fall of Adam and Eve”: