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The Definition That Changed How I Experience Joy

I like to ask people the question, “What does joy look like in your life?” Sometimes they think I’m asking for a definition of joy and they’ll parrot back something like “Joy is a feeling of happiness” or “Joy is a state of being successful and knowing all is well in your life.” But when I press a little further—when I emphasize that I want to know how they, personally, experience joy in their own life— that’s when the answers get interesting.

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Returned Missionary Stuns Judges on "Project Runway" + Why He Credits God and His Mom for His Success

Afa Ah Loo's love of fashion and designing is the product of a series of life-changing and fated mishaps. After arriving late for class registration, Afa was placed in the only elective that still had available spots—home economics.

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President Oaks Shares the Sacred Responsibility We Share with the Apostles (One Where We Sometimes Fall Short)

By Dallin H. Oaks

I received a letter from a Church member who posed an unusual question: “Do I have a right to bear testimony of the Savior? Or is that the sole prerogative of the Twelve?” In response, I share some thoughts on why every member of this Church should bear witness and testimony of Jesus Christ.

Sister Linda K. Burton on Her Marriage, Motherhood, and "I Was a Stranger"

By LDS Living

Sister Linda K. Burton studied elementary education at the University of Utah, served as a seminary teacher, and raised six children before being called as the 16th Relief Society General President. After her release last year, she shared with us some beautiful insights into her life and her powerful testimony of the Savior.

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How God Can Love His Children Equally Even While "He That Is Righteous Is Favored of God"

By Andrew C. Skinner

We could discuss many other qualities that God possesses, along with scriptural or prophetic verification. But one attribute of God seems to undergird and overarch all the rest: God is love (1 John4:8). He is the complete embodiment of that quality. To me, this means that God’s attribute of perfect love influences, shapes, and mediates all of his other qualities and characteristics.

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5 Ways to Lead More Like Christ in Any Calling

By Kimball Fisher

In 2 Nephi 31:12, the Lord admonishes us to “follow me, and do the things which ye have seen me do.” This admonition is especially important for leaders of the Church, who represent Him as they perform His work on the earth today.

Finding Gratitude While My Dad Was Dying

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How a Request from My Dying Father Changed How I Understand Gratitude

By Debra Sansing Woods

It was early on a Sunday morning in January and the fifth-floor cancer wing of the East Texas Medical Center was uncharacteristically quiet.

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Bearing Your Testimony: 5 Powerful Tips

By Kelsey Berteaux

Sitting in the back of the chapel during fast and testimony meeting feels like a safe bet—until we get the spiritual prompting to stand up and bear our testimonies. For several minutes, we struggle with whether or not we really should. We rationalize. We're teaching Gospel Doctrine this week. We just bore our testimony last year, right? We don't have anything special to say. We're scared.

‘She really made a choice’: What Tom Christofferson learned about love through watching his mother endure health problems

Members of the Church first met Tom Christofferson when he wrote his first book, That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family. The book told the story of how the love of those around him, including his immediate family, brought him back to the gospel of Jesus Christ after spending two decades away from the Church. In his new book, A Better Heart, Christofferson explores Christlike love in greater depth, but in both books there is one standout character: his mother.

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When You Don’t Like Your Child’s Friends

By Briana Stewart

The following article originally ran on LDS Living in September 2014.