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3 Truths That Helped One Latter-day Saint Choose Joy After Her Son's Suicide

Elder Neal A. Maxwell quoted Anne Morrow Lindbergh as saying, “I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”

Latter-day Saint Life

5 Ways Not to Start a Sacrament Talk (and What to Do Instead)

By Kelsey Berteaux

Chances are, if you’re a Latter-day Saint, you’ve had this happen to you before: it’s a Tuesday night like any other. Our family has just finished dinner, and we’re clearing the table when the phone rings. It’s the bishop. The conversation lasts less than two minutes, but the worry we feel coming away from that phone call will haunt us for the next week: we’ve been asked to give a talk in sacrament meeting.

From the Church

Sister Aburto on Mesa temple’s special history for Latin American members + more from Church leaders

With the Mesa Arizona Temple open house underway, Church leaders are encouraging people of all faiths and backgrounds to visit the newly renovated building. In an opinion piece for The Arizona Republic, President Dallin H. Oaks explained that the temple “creates a connection among members of the greater Mesa community.”

Latter-day Saint Life

The Truth about the Lies We Tell Ourselves

I admit it: I don’t always tell myself the truth. Whatever name I give them–rationalizations, excuses, fibs—these thoughts in my head are the opposite of truth. I have learned that I often tell myself lies.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Woman Shares Her Honest, Heartbreaking Story of Teen Pregnancy and How She Placed 2 Children Up for Adoption

By Melinda Payne

It might seem crazy that within 30 seconds of meeting someone, you can know that these people were meant to raise your baby, but that’s how it was for me. I just knew. On Christmas day I called them and asked if they would take this baby in and raise her as their own.

Lesson Helps

The church needs you

Editor's note: Clayton Christensen is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and a member of the Deseret News' Editorial Advisory Board. The Deseret News recently asked Christensen, a Salt Lake City native and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to share this experience. For better or worse, the very language that we use when describing a situation affects how we understand the situation and hence guides our behavior. Consider the different responses that we might get from the following two sentences: "You need the church" and "The church needs you."

President Nelson draws our eyes to the heavens as a star reminds us of the ‘Light of the World’

Editor’s note: “This week from the pulpit” highlights recent messages from General Authorities, General Officers, and leaders of the Church.

Just Asking: Lisa Valentine Clark

Q: You’re most well known for your work with the web comedy series Pretty Darn Funny. Why did you choose to become involved with that project?

Feature Stories

President Nelson at the piano: Watch 3 times we’ve seen the prophet showcase his talent as a musician

By Emily Linder

We often see prophets behind the pulpit, but how about behind the piano? Here are three times President Nelson has shared piano performances with the Church.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Orson Scott Card Tells Scientology Magazine: 'I Have Faith'

Image via Freedom magazine