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Becoming a Transitional Character (with Dr. Christopher Jones)

Have you ever heard of Marie Kondo? She’s a Japanese professional organizer known for her method of only keeping what “sparks joy” in her life. We can follow her example by becoming a transitional character—someone who breaks cycles of negativity and embraces joyful practices. In this episode, we talk with BYU professor Christopher Jones about what it means to be a transitional character, and how we can spark joy in our own family histories.

All In Podcast: Helping Your Children Develop a Healthy Relationship With Food

On her Instagram account @Just.Ingredients, Latter-day Saint mom Karalynne Call shares helpful information about healthy living and is followed by over 250 thousand accounts. Her own health journey began as a search to find healing from suicidal depression, but upon finding healing in her own life, Call couldn’t keep the information she was learning to herself. Still, she is a big believer that it is not healthy to live in extremes. On this week’s episode, All In host Morgan Jones spoke with the mother of six about how she works to help her children develop a healthy relationship with food.

Feature Stories

The world would be a sad, Tater Tot-less place without this inventive Latter-day Saint

By Emily Linder

Hold on to your tots, this in-depth history of a beloved potato snack is going to be a wild ride.

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Latter-day Saint Life

Watch: We love this small town shocked by missionaries shoveling driveways for free

By Jake Frandsen

Last week, a local TV station in southeastern Michigan featured the snow-shoveling missionaries on the evening news.

Harvard symposium for prevention of child sexual abuse shares 2 general conference talks on website

Two talks from the most recent general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were shared on Harvard’s Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse symposium website. Which two talks were they? Elder Jeffrey R. Holland’s “Not as the World Giveth” and Sister Joy D. Jones’s “Essential Conversations.”

LDS Comedian Auditions as America's Funniest Videos Host

Congrats to Mormon Comedian Jenna Kim Jones on her nomination! Check out her I'm a Mormon video here or help support her nomination by using the hashtag #JKJ4AFV.

Nathan Pacheco: Consecrating Our Talents

Nathan Pacheco was a senior at Brigham Young University when he heard Elder Jeffrey R. Holland make a statement that gave him the courage to pursue a career in music. He has since learned that sometimes dreams come true quickly and other times a bit more gradually. He has also found that dreams can change with time and sometimes living out those dreams looks different than we anticipated but if we consecrate those talents to the Lord, we will discover something even greater than we imagined.

From the Church

Learn about the 4 New Primary General Board Members That Have Just Been Called

By The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Four new members have been called to the Primary general board of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The new board members are Brittany Beattie, Riverton, Utah; Kaylene Porter Harding, Lindon, Utah; Christine C. Ivory, Holladay, Utah; and Amy M. Jones, Highland, Utah.

Latter-day Saint Life

This week from the pulpit: President Nelson assures “The Lord is watching over each one of you”

By Emily Linder

Editor's note: "This Week from the Pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

52: Kindness Begins with Me

As we all adjust our routines in an effort to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus there is still so much good we can see and do in the world. KaRyn shares a story of a time when her already terrible driving record hit an all-time low (pun intended) and the undeserved kindness of a stranger changed everything.