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What We Can Learn from Lucy Mack Smith About Enduring to the End

By Susan Evans McCloud

The following is an excerpt from Stories of Lucy Mack Smith: Mother of the Restoration by Susan Evans McCloud.

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LDS Stakes Build Life-Sized Ark of the Covenant & Tabernacle, Give Tours to Other Faiths

By Katie Lambert

The Murrieta and Huntington Beach Stakes went old school to bring the scriptures to life—as in Old Testament old school.

Fun

The Temple Where Tunnels and Unexploded Bombs Were Discovered Beneath Its Grounds

By Chad S. Hawkins

On April 24, 2005, President Gordon B. Hinckley addressed over 100,000 members in 27 stakes on the islands of the southern Philippines. In a live broadcast originating from Salt Lake City, he spoke of the Church’s progress and the requirements to have a temple built in the Cebu City area. After acknowledging their desire for another temple, President Hinckley challenged all the adult members to qualify for a temple recommend. Then he said, “If enough of you can do this, we shall be obliged to build another temple in the Philippines more convenient to where you live.”

Stories of Faith

Remarkable story of the first Sikh to convert to the Church

By Abby Larkins

After losing two siblings, Gill couldn’t shake the feeling that, somewhere, their spirits lived on.

From the Church

Church Answers Questions About Scouting Change, New Global Youth Initiative

On Tuesday, May 8, the Church announced it will be launching a new worldwide initiative for youth and children and will be leaving Scouting at the end of 2019. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions the Church published on Mormon Newsroom about these changes.

Latter-day Saint Life

When Joseph Smith's Attackers Saved Him from a Murderous Mob + Other Firsthand Accounts of the Prophet

By Glenn Rawson

The Lord commanded on the very day the Church was organized that “behold, there shall be a record kept among you” (see D&C 21:1). Clearly the Lord values history, but many accounts recorded in the Church raise the question: what is the value of history in building our testimonies of the Savior?

Famous Latter-day Saints

LDS Pro Basketball Star Out-Dunks LeBron James with 129 Slam Dunks (Video)

By LDS Living

When Jabari Parker was selected 2nd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2014 NBA draft, he was expected to make an immediate impact on his struggling team. Though he got off to a strong start, Parker's rookie season was cut short by a devastating ACL tear.

The LDS Church in Austria

By Jenny Spencer Hunt

The beginnings of the Church were not always so harmonious. In 1841, Elder Orson Hyde was on his way to dedicate Palestine to the preaching of the gospel when he stopped in Vienna. Although he felt prompted to preach the word among the people there, he was not commissioned to dedicate the land, and the country of Austria had to wait 25 more years for Orson Pratt and William W. Ritter to arrive and begin the missionary work there.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why Famous African-American Leader Booker T. Washington Defended Mormonism

By Trent Toone

In April 1913, Booker T. Washington did The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a favor.

Latter-day Saint Life

Jews, Muslims, and Sikhs Pray on Temple Square, Perform in Interfaith Musical Performance

By LDS Living

Elder Michael H. Bourne, an Area Seventy, welcomed thousands of people on behalf of the LDS Church as they attended the Interfaith Musical Event on Temple Square last Friday. The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable organized the program, which included more than 12 religious groups performing at the event and prayers offered by Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh participants, according to Mormon Newsroom.