Elder Kevin W. Pearson, a General Authority of the Seventy, recently spoke at a BYU-Idaho devotional. During his address, Elder Pearson explained how members can look through the "lens of truth" and avoid deception in our lives. He also gave six key ways members can survive spiritually and be masters of their own fates and souls.

When Elder George Alexander ate dinner at the home of Halie Wind while serving as an LDS missionary in Mesa, AZ, he probably didn't realize it would make him a reality TV star. Of course, he probably didn't realize a lot of things about that fateful meal, including the fact that his future wife sat across the table. For George, it was just another day as a missionary.

Every month, prophets and Church leaders send out inspired, specific, and directed messages to the members of the Church that we can share through home and visiting teaching. And each week, we learn gospel insights from the scriptures in Sunday School.

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“Those of you who are single, divorced, or live in challenging family circumstances, please know that God knows and loves you, and when you stay true to your covenants, the joy of family life will not be shortened or kept from you,” Sister Uchtdorf said at a worldwide devotional for young adults. “I do not know exactly how this will be, but I do know that the Lord’s grace, mercy, and love is sufficient for all of us. He will make it happen according to His way and His time.”

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The Churchrecently released a statement, responding to inflammatory and even misleading media coverage focusing on sexual assault on BYU's campus.

Manual 3; Supplement from General Conference talk "The Atonement of Jesus Christ" by Jeffrey R. Holland

When I was in college I studied the sciences. I wanted to be a doctor, but I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom too. I was conflicted about career and staying home to be a full-time mom. "Follow the Prophet" back then (1978) meant stay at home, "no success can compensate for failure in the home," rang through my head. I wanted to make the right choices. I had a bachelors degree in biochemistry and I was in grad school at USC, at the medical campus in the worst part of LA--right by LA County Hospital. I was studying pharmacology and nutrition in a PhD program. I couldn't really see where that was taking me. I was confused and abandoned that and took a job in a hospital--the lowly surgery clerk. I should have finished the degree. I regret that now. I could have taught part-time at a college. Oh well, I got pregnant and barfed my guts out for the next nine months. And the next fourteen years.