Born in South Dakota, Brian Cummings grew up under the dual care of his parents and his grandmother, starting his career in radio as a teenager. Little did he know what the Lord had in store for him, as he went on to find the gospel, raise a family, and bring to life the voices of animated characters such as Chef Bouche (the stove) in Beauty and the Beast, Doofus in the original Duck Tales, and Papa Q. Bear in The Berenstain Bears.

Zoram, we are told, was a “true friend” to Nephi (see2 Nephi 1:30), as was Amulek to Alma. Hyrum was a true friend and brother to Joseph.

MR says: How do you know if what you are feeling is the Spirit or something you've imagined? What are some signs that what you are feeling comes from your Heavenly Father?

Have you ever had a moment where you pause to take a breath and appreciate something small? These little wonders can be tender mercies in our lives. Here are 21 such simple pleasures that Latter-day Saints in particular might find in their everyday lives.

Have you ever wondered how people can say that they love the prophet Joseph when they've never even met him? He did live over 200 years ago at a time when the world looked quite different from what we see out our windows. Joseph, a new Deseret Bookshelf Plus Original hosted by beloved historian and writer Heidi Swinton, invites us on a personal journey across time and continents to discover what it looks like to "know brother Joseph" today. With a charming mix of storytelling, music, historical context, and personal experience from Heidi and her friends (some you'll recognize and some who will be new to you) this 7-episode podcast series offers listeners the chance to explore their relationship with Joseph and how that relationship can ultimately lead us closer to Christ.

Although having children had never been a priority for her, Carena Kastello was devastated when she was faced with infertility. Becoming angry and resentful, Kastello felt like she couldn’t fulfill her duty as mother as was discussed in “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.”

Updated: November 7, 2020

INTRODUCTION: If I were teaching this lesson, I might begin by pouring water into several different shaped containers and asking class members to comment on what we can learn from that activity about the qualities of water. Someone will probably say that water takes the shape of its environment. If you then ask for words that describe water, you might get words like these: Flimsy, unsound, mercurial, capricious, changeable, wobbly, fickle, erratic, unreliable, undependable, vacillating, untrustworthy, variable, mutable, impermanent, unsteady, uncertain, transitory, ephemeral, inconsistent, precarious, and unstable. I am amazed at how many words the English language has to describe this rather undesirable characteristic. But this lesson will require us to think about them, because we are going to talk about three people who were much like water (one was even compared to water), and one young man who was as unlike water as it is possible to be.

Elder Erich W. Kopischke spoke candidly about the challenges of mental health and recommended a powerful Church resource.