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How the First Italian General Authority Was Converted to the Church

From his conversion to the Church to meeting his wife to his call as a General Authority, learn more about the Church's first General Authority from Italy.

'Joseph Smith Papers' Editor Shares Favorite Finds

Gerrit Dirkmaat is a historian working as an editor of The Joseph Smith Papers volumes. He joined the Joseph Smith Papers project in 2010 and has since served as a historian/editor on Journals Vol. 2, Documents Vol. 1, and as the lead volume editor of Documents Vol. 3, which will be published in 2014. He is currently serving as an editor for the first volume in the Administrative series. We are super-stoked to have him as our guest.

Famous Latter-day Saints

LDS Author Wins Prestigious Award, Credits Her Faith

"My Father in Heaven gave me the talent," author Martine Leavitt said. "He gave me an ability to somehow carve out the time. He gives me the ideas. Sometimes He gives me the words. I'll be showing up to this award indebted to Him."

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New Study Reveals How Stay-at-Home Moms Really Feel About "Staying Home"

"Staying at home: It's the most important thing a woman can do—or a cop-out. It's a job description—or a recipe for mind-numbing boredom. Stay-at-home mothers are equally lauded and adored, pitied and derided. . . . And our culture still thinks it's fine to ask mothers this frustrating and patronizing question: So what do you do all day?"

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LDS Olympic Medalist Says She Doesn't Fit the Mormon Mold, but It's Made Her Faith Stronger

The first U.S. weightlifter to win an Olympic medal in 16 years, Sarah Robles, shares how recommitting to her LDS faith helped make her stronger in every aspect of her life.

Dave Says: Bad Boat Deal

By Dave Ramsey

Dear Dave,

Lesson Helps

FHE: The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

By LDS Living

Conference Talk: "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" by Neil L. Andersen

How to Make Baby Food from Food Storage

By Emergency Essentials

Since many freeze dried foods come chopped, sliced, and peeled, cooking baby food with food storage will cut the prep time at least in half.

Fun

Making the Conference Center Organ

John Longhurst spent 30 years as a Tabernacle Organist. In addition to performing on Temple Square and on tour with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Longhurst was part of the group that decided what type of organ would be built in the Conference Center. He discussed the details in a Deseret News article. An excerpt is below:

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10 Languages You Didn't Know the Book of Mormon Was Translated Into

By Katie Lambert

In March 1830, after months of working six days a week and 11–12 hours a day, pressmen finally finished the first 5,000 English copies of the Book of Mormon.