Speaking at the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University, President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency, renewed Church leaders’ pleas to Latter-day Saints to “root out racism.”

Did you know that there was a period when the Relief Society was disbanded? While Latter-day Saint women continued to serve in many capacities, the official Relief Society structure did not exist in the Church between 1844 and 1867. It was then that Eliza R. Snow helped reorganize this vital Church organization under the direction of President Brigham Young. As we study Doctrine and Covenants 124, we’ll talk about what led up to the disbandment of the Relief Society and how it grew into the worldwide organization it is today.

“The key to happiness,” “Keys to success,” “The key to your heart”—let’s face it, keys are an important part of a lot of metaphors. In fact, they are used so often, we may not even really think about what they represent. But what if we paused to consider why the Lord uses the word "keys" when describing the keys of the kingdom or the keys of the priesthood? This week as we study Doctrine and Covenants 81–83 we’ll dig into what these keys represent, who can use them, and what they mean for us.

Before April Gould competed on The Amazing Race, she was warned that situations may come up where she would have to choose between her faith and a chance at the $1 million prize.

Lovesac was the fastest-growing furniture company in America in 2019 according to Furniture Today. Shawn Nelson can’t be certain if the company he founded would still be in existence if he hadn't served a Latter-day Saint mission, but he doesn’t think it would be. After all, it was his ability to speak Mandarin that made fulfilling the company’s first big order possible. But Nelson says his mission also taught independence, mental toughness, and how to build relationships of trust—all skills he has since used to build his business.

A native Virginian, Molly converted to the church her senior year of high school. She met her sweetheart while she was a foreign exchange student through Virginia Tech and he was a missionary in Malta. They reconnected after she transferred to BYU have now been married for almost 27 years. She has four children, and spent many years as a stay at home mom before, becoming an elementary music and later 5th grade teacher. She currently works on the Children and Youth team in the Priesthood and Family Department as a project coordinator for a variety of assignments including the Worldwide Broadcast events and Scriptures Media. She loves good books, movies, music, dancing, playing the piano, singing, and the dramatic arts. She fervently believes in bringing back naptime for the world at large and survives these days through the comfort of coke zero, and knowing that when God gives us a calling he has already factored in our stupidity.

After steady performances all season long and winning an individual national championship, BYU junior Miles Batty has been named the National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. “I never really would have thought I would win something like this,” Batty said. “Knowing I was voted this honor gives me a lot of confidence and added pressure to accomplish all my goals going forward.”

When asked by his mom, Debra Bonner, what he wants to be when he grows up, Mauli Bonner said he really just wants to be a dad. But right now, the singer/songwriter and now film director/screenwriter has felt called to do something that has taken time away from his efforts as a husband and father. He has devoted his time to creating a film to honor Black pioneers and other Black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The film is named after one Black pioneer in particular and is titled His Name Is Green Flake. Proceeds from the film will go toward building a monument representing the African-American contribution to the Church and to the early Utah territory.