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{Lifestyle} Photo Gallery: Fathers Rock!

Thanks to all our readers who submitted pictures of their dads for our Father's Day gallery. We can't tell you how much we loved seeing your pictures and reading your memories of the good men in your lives. Thank you for sharing your precious photos with us and letting us share them with the world! Enjoy! (And don't forget to prepare him a manly feast for Father's Day.)

Remembering President Lorenzo Snow's testimony and the special manifestation he received in the Salt Lake Temple

By Dennis B. Horne

Editor’s note: The following excerpt comes from a book about special witnesses of Jesus Christ. You can read this chapter in its entirety at truthwillprevail.xyz as well as other chapters as they are posted. This excerpt is republished here with permission.

Latter-day Saint Life

When your child decides not to serve a mission

By Katie Lambert

“Rather than focusing on what they don’t do, instead focus on what they are doing and what they can do and their potential.”

Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Lesson 8: The Power of the Word

By Kelly Merrill

This lesson is different from most lessons. Normally, a lesson is made up of a collection of quotes from a number of talks. They are arranged by subject matter to make up the completed lesson. This week’s lesson on the power of the word of God all comes from a single talk given by President Benson in a special priesthood leadership meeting. This was his first general conference as the President of the Church.

Lesson Helps

New Testament Lesson 20: "Woe Unto You...Hypocrites"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: I held up two glasses of water and asked my seminary class to tell me how they were different. It was a difficult assignment. The containers were identical, the amounts contained were equal, the water of the same apparent purity. They could see no difference, but were willing to concede that there might indeed be invisible, even deadly differences that they could not identify just by looking.

Podcasts

How a Former Drinking Buddy Helped His Friend Find the Gospel

By Katie Lambert

Eric couldn't get up.

Fun

Cecil B. DeMille and David O. McKay: A Surprising Friendship

By Fred E. Woods

In some ways, the two men were polar opposites. DeMille was an icon in the 20th-century film industry who directed 70 motion pictures in a career that spanned four decades. Living in Los Angeles, he was referred to as “Mr. Hollywood.”1 President McKay, on the other hand, was dedicated to building Zion as prophet, seer, and revelator.

Latter-day Saint Life

Former ‘Bachelor’ couple, Tokyo Olympian, and others praise the newly renovated Mesa temple

By Haley Lundberg

Here’s what local residents, celebrities, and Latter-day Saints are saying about the newly-remodeled temple.

Embracing the man behind the mask: How being Cosmo the Cougar led one man to accept God's will—and himself

By Danielle Christensen

Charlie Bird rotated his body in a perfect flip. It was the type of movement that was so familiar, the execution was more than just muscle memory now—it was a part of him. The man who had performed as Brigham Young University’s mascot, Cosmo the Cougar, and who had danced in ESPN’s 2017 College Football Awards, was simply doing what he had always done, defying gravity and soaring through the air.

Harmony, love abound at LDS Tabernacle-hosted Interfaith Musical Tribute

The two prayers that bookended the Interfaith Musical Tribute at the Salt Lake LDS Tabernacle on Temple Square seemed to sum up the spirit of harmony, peace and love that permeated the historic building for nearly two hours on Sunday evening.