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15 Major Changes in the Church in 2017

This year has been packed with big changes in the LDS Church, from updating temple policies to consolidating sessions of general conference. As we prepare for a new year, here's a quick overview of all the major changes in the Church from 2017.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Teen Raises $135,000 in Bike Race to Help Rescue Children from Sex Slavery

Seventeen-year-old Mark Tenney combined his passion of biking with his passion of wanting to help children trapped in human trafficking.

Fun

LDS Brothers' Waffle Truck to Compete on Food Network

MR says: What a delightful and delicious opportunity for these three brothers from Utah. For more about Mormons sharing their cooking skills on national television, check out "18 Mormons on Reality TV Who Stood for Their Standards" or "LDS Mother & Daughter to Be Featured on PBS for Their Incredible Pies."

64: The Creative Spark

Stories in this episode: Adam is all set for a safe career in engineering when a chance encounter leads him to embrace his true creative calling as an animator; When faced with upheaval and contention in her community, peace-loving Bryn finds solace in repentance and a prompting to fold 1,000 origami cranes.

43: "O God, Where Art Thou?" (Doctrine and Covenants 121–123)"

"Prison temple." Now there are two words that don’t seem like they belong together. And while these words seem contradictory, they are exactly how Latter-day Saint historians have described the experience of Liberty Jail for Joseph Smith and his friends. As we study Doctrine and Covenants 121–123, we’ll see that while this experience was beyond harrowing, it also had moments of unspeakable sacredness. And we'll learn that we too can have sacred moments of comfort and peace during our most difficult trials.

Black History Month: Talking about LDS pioneer Jane James

ane James haunts me. Not in the way you’re thinking—I don’t see her ghostly specter on cold evenings, or hear her humming a tune in the other room as I’m trying to sleep. What I mean is that she just won’t let me go. Every time I learn something new about her, it seems that I go down a rabbit hole. It takes me days to return, mentally, to whatever I was doing. James, an African American woman who converted to Mormonism in the early 1840s, moved to Nauvoo after her conversion and worked as a servant in Joseph Smith’s home. After Smith’s death, she worked for Brigham Young. She was in one of the first companies to arrive in the Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847, and she remained a faithful Latter-day Saint until her death in 1908.

Latter-day Saint Life

Elder Cook Opens Black Church Leadership Summit (+Video)

“If there is to be ‘fairness for all,’ no one should face a threat to their very existence,” Elder Cook said at the Black Church Leadership Summit. “All should affirmatively recognize that everyone is entitled to protection for their core freedoms and interests. We cannot abandon the basic moral high ground that gives meaning to this life and has guided civilizations for centuries.”

Fun

Watch: LDS Artist Creates Heart-Stopping Disney Mashup of "Tangled" and "Hercules"

By LDS Living

LDS pianist Jason Lyle Black and Canadian baritone Jonathan Estabrooks came together to create a Disney mashup of Hercules' "Go The Distance" and Tangled's "I See The Light" that is simply gorgeous.

Podcasts

Join this episode of the Sunday on Monday study group for free in honor of Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with free access to this week’s episode of LDS Living’s Come, Follow Me podcast, The Sunday on Monday study group. An episode that focuses on the experiences of Black members of the Church, is now available for free on Deseret Bookshelf through the end of February 2021.

Latter-day Saint Life

5 Lessons I Never Expected to Learn at the Temple

By Lindsey Williams

I have a goal to attend 50 temples before I turn 50. Right now at age 27 I sit right at 31 temples, ranging from the Kona Hawaii Temple to the Washington DC Temple. I have been amazed by the unique characteristics of each temple. I’ve seen color schemes ranging from purple to pink and accents made of wood, gold leaf, and marble.