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Elizabeth Smart: "I Knew Heavenly Father Saved Me"

Fifteen years ago today, Elizabeth Smart was rescued from her abductors that subjected her to nine months of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Since that time, Smart has become an advocate who focuses on protecting others from abuse as well as helping victims of rape, violence, and abuse.

Latter-day Saint Life

Tribe Knew Book of Mormon Stories Before Missionaries Arrived + 4 More Facts About the Church in Paraguay

By Carly M. Springer

When it rains in Paraguay, it pours. Sheets of rain turn the dirt roads of small rural towns into rivers of mud, driving everyone indoors and stopping transportation.

Lesson Helps

Old Testament Lesson 20: "All the City . . . Doth Know That Thou Art a Virtuous Woman"

By Ted L. Gibbons

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Famous Latter-day Saints

How a Lesson Learned on His Mission Strengthened Chad Lewis' Faith and Led Him to the NFL

By Chad Lewis

Before his football career with BYU and the Philadelphia Eagles—as a member of the latter he also became a three-time pro-bowler—Chad Lewis served a mission in Taichung, Taiwan. Though his mission was difficult at times, it was while serving others in Taiwan that he learned some of the most important lessons of his life. It was also during those two years that he was convinced to walk onto BYU’s football team, beginning his prolific career in the sport. The following excerpt includes Lewis describing an experience he had during his mission:

Why Emma Smith didn’t let the destruction of her first hymn book stop her

By Jennifer Reeder

Gathering, selecting, and editing hymns was not a typical project for women in the nineteenth century. That did not stop Emma, a visionary woman in her own sense of the word.1 She had been promised in her 1830 revelation: “Thy time shall be given to writing, and to learning much.”2 She probably gathered hymns from her hometown newspaper as well as other papers and denominational hymnals.3 The process, like so many other endeavors in her life, would ebb and flow with loss and compensation, requiring more than five years to produce.

Elder Uchtdorf promises a ‘glorious future’ is ahead; Elder Gong reminds us of peace found in the scriptures

By Valerie Russell

Editor's note: "This week from the pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities, General Officers, and leaders of the Church.

Stories of Faith

‘Trust the Savior will bring your loved ones home’: Why a world-class cellist returned to her childhood faith

By Emily Linder

A series of remarkable promptings and experiences led a world-class cellist back to the faith she’d decidedly left more than 20 years earlier.

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The Miraculous Discovery in a Non-Member's Home That Helped Rebuild the Nauvoo Temple

By Jannalee Sandau

When the reconstruction of the Nauvoo Temple was announced in 1999, it was an exciting event. But even more exciting was the fact that the plans for the original Nauvoo Temple were accessible, allowing the new temple to more closely and accurately resemble its historic predecessor than it otherwise could have. But who designed the original Nauvoo Temple, and how were his plans discovered after nearly 100 years of being passed from ancestor to ancestor outside of the Church? Read on for an inspiring example of how the Lord takes care of His temples.

Where to Find the Best Christmas Movies for Families

By Kate Ensign-Lewis

The largest category here––classics––is at the bottom and does not have explanations, since most people are familiar with the movies. And please add any of your favorites that I've missed in the comments below!