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Why Home is the Best Place for Spiritual Learning

Our family recently enjoyed a memorable vacation to the eastern United States. The journey began in New York City with its bright lights, baseball and theatres. After a quick stop in Niagara Falls we set our sights on Church history.

5 Keys to a Happier Mom and Home

A few weeks ago, I had one of those days. My husband was sick in bed with the flu. My teething baby spent the day clinging to my legs and biting into my shoulder. My 7-year-old son seemed to have cotton balls stuck in his ears, and my 5-year-old daughter was talking back to everything I said. Oh, and it was my birthday.

Latter-day Saint Life

14 Powerful Refugee Stories from the Scriptures

Two and a half weeks before terrorist attacks on Paris, the First Presidency issued a letter, read over Sacrament meeting pulpits, encouraging Latter-day Saints to continue contributing to refugee relief.

Lesson Helps

Lesson 2: Teach by the Spirit, Part 2

By Kelly Merrill

This article is intended to help readers better utilize the new Teaching in the Savior's Way manual that was recently released.

Lesson Helps

Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 28: "O God, Where Art Thou?"

By Ted L. Gibbons

I have been in the jail at Carthage, Illinois, many times. On a recent visit I had my picture taken next to the statue of Joseph and Hyrum with the jail in the background. On another occasion, I visited Liberty Jail. I knelt by the cutaway comer of the missing wall and a kind guide took a photo showing the upper and lower levels, the prophet Joseph at his small table, and the great squared stones of the wall. As always, I was moved by the witness of suffering and solitude and sacrifice that seemed to seep from the very walls. But I also sensed that the restriction of Joseph’s body gave his spirit increased capacity to soar. In 2009, I wrote some words in my journal about my feelings:

LDS 14 and 16-Year-Old Siblings Get Perfect ACT Scores, Bound for College

What an incredible feat for this LDS family.

Latter-day Saint Life

Not Getting Answers? How to Pray in a Way God Can Answer

After years of saying prayers that never seemed to get answered, one LDS mom discovered some habits that were keeping her from receiving answers. After careful study, she discovered an incredible formula that has revolutionized the way she talks with he Heavenly Father.

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Plenty to Do and See in Salt Lake Area

For folks living in the United States, summer is here, and it’s time once again to reach for the sunglasses, enjoy a cold lemonade and, for many Latter-day Saint families, visit Salt Lake area Church attractions.

Barbie Dolls and Welfare Canneries: Efficiency vs. Value in Mormonism

Mattel’s Barbie doll made her first public appearance at a New York toy fair on March 9, 1959. I made my own debut a day later, somewhat west of New York and with a considerably less elaborate wardrobe and hairdo. My near-twin and I did not meet until Christmas morning of 1969, when a Talking Barbie (“Let’s go shopping!”) greeted me under the Christmas tree. That Talking Barbie, with her sisters Living Barbie (whom I called “Babs”) and Growin’ Pretty Hair Barbie (anyone that glamorous could go by nothing less than “Barbara”), became the last dolls of my childhood, helping me transition from child to teenager in an era when 12 or 13 was not too sophisticated to play with dolls.

Lesson Helps

Young Men Lesson 10: A Mighty Change

Manual 3; Supplement from "Preserving the Heart’s Mighty Change" by Dale G. Renlund