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Latter-day Saint Movie Review: What Families Need to Know Before Seeing "Angry Birds 2"

Does anyone play the Angry Birds Classic app game anymore? Sony Pictures is hoping so. They raked in $350 million in 2016 for the first The Angry Birds and would love a repeat for their sequel. Did you like the first one? If yes, then you might get a kick out of this one. If not, then skip it. Do you even remember anything about the first movie? Nope, neither do I. Audiences are mostly wondering why this movie exists. This sequel seems like an obvious cash grab and a desperate attempt to revive the app.

4 ways Latter-day Saints may be more familiar with Hanukkah than they realize

By Tommy Johnson

Hanukkah is a popular holiday, but many Latter-day Saints may not know much about the celebration's history or why it's recognized. Members of the Church may be surprised that there are several similarities that both Jews and Christians hold close, especially around their respective winter holidays. Here are four commonalities between Latter-day Saint beliefs and Hanukkah.

From the Church

50 female international area organization advisers meet for the first time, social posts you may have missed during conference

By Lindsey Williams

Editor’s note: “This week from the pulpit” highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

In case you missed it: Top LDS Living articles from this week

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From the Church

17 things to expect from the 3 new worldwide Church magazines

By Lindsey Williams

As the year 2020 comes to a close, Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a series of articles highlighting what members can expect from the new Liahona, For the Strength of Youth, and Friend magazines launching in 2021.

In case you missed it: Top LDS Living articles from this week

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Latter-day Saint Life

How do we battle depression in a religion centered on a plan of happiness?

“When I was in the depth of my depression, depression not only blocked all feeling for me but it also included blocking feelings of the Spirit, and so I remember for long stretches of time I just didn’t feel God’s love.”

Podcasts

How one Latina woman reconnected to her heritage and set out to help others do the same

Nadia Cates wasn’t always proud of her Hispanic heritage. It was not until she was an adult that she felt a desire to connect to her roots.

Podcasts

One man describes his journey from ‘Panther to Priesthood’

Ed Willis’s life began in a place literally called “The Lower Bottom.” Drugs, Alcohol, Prostitution—you name it, and it could be found in the lower bottom. Ed was always searching for something.