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New "Come, Follow Me" Lesson Helps on LDS Living in 2019

With changes in Church curriculum and an emphasis on home-study, LDS Living will be presenting a new set of digestible lesson helps geared to aid families, couples, and singles in their efforts to implement this new way of learning the gospel at home.

From the Church

How Elder Soares Impacted a Nonmember Who Felt She Should Enter an LDS Meetinghouse to Find More Happiness

Just before the 40th anniversary of the priesthood revelation, Elder Neil L. Andersen and Elder Ulisses Soares visited Latter-day Saints in West Africa. “The Church is growing and becoming a great people of faith and righteousness because of the good people there,” Elder Andersen said. Learn more about how the Church in Africa has grown to 300,000 members in 40 years.

Why I can't stop reading Mormon housewife blogs

At first glance, Naomi and Stacie and Stephanie and Liz appear to be members of the species known as the "Hipster Mommy Blogger," though perhaps a bit more cheerful and wholesome than most. They have bangs like Zooey Deschanel and closets full of cool vintage dresses. Their houses look like Anthropologie catalogs. Their kids look like Baby Gap models. Their husbands look like young graphic designers, all cute lumberjack shirts and square-framed glasses. They spend their days doing fun craft projects (vintage-y owl throw pillow! Recycled button earrings! Hand-stamped linen napkins!). They spend their weekends throwing big, whimsical dinner parties for their friends, all of whom have equally adorable kids and husbands.

From the Church

New Institute Manual Includes Sensitive LDS Topics

Some time ago I blogged about a new seminary manual on the Doctrine and Covenants released by the Church. The manual is significant because it includes discussions of sensitive topics related to Church history, such as the multiple accounts of the First Vision, the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the Utah War, the history of plural marriage, and the history of the priesthood ban. It appears that by including these topics the Church is taking steps towards more transparency when it comes to its history and "inoculating" its young members who are likely to encounter antagonistic websites that can easily blindside them with these issues if they aren't prepared.

Latter-day Saint Life

President Hinckley's Daughter Encourages Gay Mormons to Find Unity and Support in the Church

While some of the stories shared within this article may offer hope to some, it's important to note that every member of the Church, including those with same-sex attraction, walk a very unique path. Our trials cannot and should not be addressed in the same way, but each should seek guidance from the Lord, listen to inspired Church leaders, and follow personal revelation to discover how we can best find peace, fulfillment, and meaning in our lives.

{Food Dish} March Madness BYU-themed Party

By Sara Wells

A very blue celebration from Our Best Bites.

Latter-day Saint Life

First Chapter of Saints Volume 2 Now Available

The first chapter of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days, volume 2, No Unhallowed Hand is now available at saints.ChurchofJesusChrist.org and in the Church History section of the Gospel Library app. Subsequent chapters will be posted each month until the entire volume is published digitally and in print in February 2020.

Sponsored: Celebrate Family and Life at the Utah Shakespeare Festival

By Utah Shakespeare Festival

At the Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, 2019 is a year to celebrate the diversity of families in all their richness, including their strengths, weaknesses, joys, and sorrows.

Church Releases New Videos and Statement on Use of Tithes and Donations

By LDS Living

On Friday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a statement accompanied by three videos detailing the way the Church uses donations from its members, stating that recent media stories have misrepresented the Church’s approach.

President Nelson Sends Message of Hope to Venezuelan Latter-day Saints From Across the World

By Greyson Gurley

Security concerns and travel restrictions prevented President Russell M. Nelson and Elder D. Todd Christofferson from traveling to Venezuela for a devotional on February 2. But this didn't stop them from delivering a message of hope and comfort to the members there.