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How President Oaks's Daughters Helped Him Find His Wife Kristen + the Sweet Way He Knew It Was Meant to Be

Whether a person who has lost a spouse enters into a second marriage is a very personal decision. It depends on many individual circumstances, including the ages of the prospective marriage partners and children, financial implications, and even what is known about the feelings of the deceased spouse. In the hope of benefiting others who decide (as I did) to remarry, I share here some of what I learned as I experienced some of the issues involved in a second marriage.

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Where the Saying "Satan Has Dominion Over the Water" Came from and What We've Been Misunderstanding All Along

By Katie Lambert

As a swimmer, I always wondered about the saying I sometimes heard from Church members: "Satan has dominion over the water."

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Elder Rasband shares a surprising pioneer love story

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He was a rescuer sent by Brigham Young from Utah. She was a member of the Willie handcart company. It’s an unusual setting for a love story, but this story has lasted through generations.

Happening Upon Success

By Jamie Cline

There are many roads to success, a fact that Jonathan Johnson, current president of Overstock.com, knows all too well. He did not plan to be a businessman; he wanted to be a successful lawyer like his father, whom he is named after. So, following a bachelor’s in Japanese from Brigham Young University, he attended BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, graduating with his juris doctorate in 1993. “After graduation, I joined a practice in L.A. working for Japanese clients, having served my mission in Japan,” he says.

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15 Powerful LDS Resources for Battling Depression

By Seth Adam Smith

The holidays are supposed to be a time of joy, but for many, it can be a time of intense depression. Seth Adam Smith, author of Marriage Isn't for You and the new novel, Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern, shares some of the most helpful LDS resources he's found to help him manage his longtime battle with depression.

Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Lesson 21: Principles of Temporal and Spiritual Welfare

By Kelly Merrill

The welfare system of the Church, formerly known as the Church Security Plan, has been around for more than 75 years. It is a sad historical fact that handouts create a society of slaves, dependent on the dole. The Church does not believe in robbing people of their sense of self-worth. Everything we receive from the Church in the form of aid requires some kind of work (at least it is supposed to be required) so as to help preserve the dignity of the individual receiving aid.

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FHE: Attitude

By Shauna Gibby

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Brigham Young's Near-Death Experience and What It Taught Him About the Spirit World

By Danielle B. Wagner

Brigham Young was a man well acquainted with life and death.

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Lunch and Learn Series with Deseret Book Artists and Authors

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5 Criticisms of the Book of Mormon and How They've Been Proven False

By John Hilton III

People have been criticizing the Book of Mormon for more than a century. In fact, the first articles criticizing the Book of Mormon appeared before it was even published! It is interesting to look at criticisms people made of the Book of Mormon in the past and see how modern research has shown that those criticisms are not valid.