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Washington Post: How the Mormon church teaches priesthood holders to lead
This piece is part of a joint On Faith - On Leadership series exploring the Mormon experiences that have helped shaped Mitt Romney’s leadership style, with pieces contributed by promiment Mormon writers and academics. Every Sunday in chapels across the world, the Lord’s Supper is administered by teenage boys of the congregation, nervous or bored, in sometimes ill-fitting white shirts and poorly knotted ties in youthful imitation of their dark-suited fathers. They kneel before trays of bread and water, recite formal prayers and solemnly pass the communion to the congregation. Then they return to their families in the pews.
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Latter-day Saint Life
President Nelson to receive the Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize
By Haley Lundberg
President Nelson was specifically selected as the inaugural recipient of this prize “for his global efforts in ‘abandoning attitudes and actions of prejudice against any group of God’s children’ through nonviolent ways.”
Latter-day Saint Life
Why Do We Feel Damaged When Others Are Blessed?
What an inspiring post that reminds us of Elder Holland's counsel:
Latter-day Saint Life
Elder Ballard: "We Are Not Out of Touch with Your Lives"
By LDS Living
While criticism arises in the rest of the world about superficial characteristics of our Church leaders (like their age, race, or where they live), Church members know those are not distinctions that matter when it comes to Church leadership, "for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart" (Samuel 16:7).
Racing to the top: An LDS Paralympic hopeful's journey
By Aaron Olsen
Cody Reese’s life has been anything but ordinary. The 27-year-old athlete has endured trial after trial, but continues to be an inspiration to his team and coach.
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Feature Stories
This Latter-day Saint runs in Crocs—and now a former Olympian might too. Here’s how it could help spread the gospel
By Emily Linder
Benjamin Pachev hit the ground running after his mission—literally.
Lesson Helps
Understanding the 2018 Relief Society and Melchizedek Priesthood Meeting Changes: Resources, Lesson Topics + More
By LDS Living
Beginning in 2018, Relief Society and Melchizedek Priesthood meetings will start to look a little different. The new direction might be a little daunting for some members, but these new changes will help members build on Teaching in the Savior’s Way and use the new Come, Follow Me resources available on the Gospel Library App and lds.org. Here’s some more information to help you find more resources about and understand how each of the new Relief Society and Melchizedek Priesthood lesson changes will pan out.
LDS Boston marathoners tell their stories
By LDS Living
Cell phones and VIP passes convinced Heather Ekola and her husband Josh that they had been uniquely blessed by the Lord in helping to be preserved from the savagery of the Boston Marathon bombings. The Springboro, Ohio, couple was among many Latter-day Saints participating in Monday’s world-renowned race who found themselves safe after the worst attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001—many of whom attributed their fortunate condition to divine blessing.
Is Conversation Surrounding Women’s Access to Priesthood Power a Recent Development? + Why We Shouldn’t Answer Questions When We Don’t Have Answers
It may seem to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that discussion surrounding women and the priesthood has increased in recent years. While that could be true across Church membership, Barbara Morgan Gardner, an associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, says that the doctrine of the priesthood and women’s access to it has not changed. Additionally, she says that in studying the words of previous Church leaders, she has found that talk of women’s access to priesthood power is “blaringly there.”
Famous Latter-day Saints
Mitt Romney: My Family Wants Me to Run for President
Mitt Romney is getting pressure from his family to run for president, but is that still even a possibility for the former Massachusetts Governor?