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Apostles and Church Leaders Share How They Prepare Their Conference Talks + What It's Like Speaking at Conference

When the prophets, apostles, and leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregate every six months to speak to the world, members and nonmembers are invited to tune in and hear their inspired counsel. With so many ears to hear, hearts to listen, and minds to enlighten, Church leaders turn to the Spirit.

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4 Ways You Might Be Deceiving Your Spouse Without Realizing & How to Avoid It

By Jason B. Whiting, PhD

I was once introducing myself to a couple coming for marital therapy, and the husband, who I will call Joe, did a strange thing. We shook hands and he slipped a folded paper in my palm. We made our way to the couches, and, feeling like I was in a spy movie, I snuck the note into the pile of paperwork and glanced at his scrawled message: “Need to meet with you alone, without Lynnette. Confidential!!!”

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We Need to Stop Judging Each Other and Our Righteousness Based on Church Callings

By Richard Ostler

A recent post by Richard Ostler has been gaining traction on Facebook, receiving over 100 comments in just a matter of days. In the post, Ostler delves into how we tend to judge each other and our own worthiness based on our Church callings—a tendency that can have very harmful effects. Ostler says:

A Switch in the Way We Think That Can Help Us Get Rid of Harmful Comparisons and Perfection Anxiety

By Kiersten Lortz excerpted from "Possibilities: Partnering with God to Become Your Best Self"

A woman’s art of comparison is unlike any other in this world and certainly far from that of the world to come. We are so good at comparing ourselves to others that we completely miss the mark in recognizing our individual worth. In so doing, we leave ourselves feeling incompetent and discouraged.

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The questions President Nelson’s grandfather asked a visitor from the spirit world, and their surprising answers

By Katie Lambert

As Latter-day Saints, we are taught that we can have eternal life even after passing through death. Though there are a few things we know about life after death, there are still many things we don’t know.

Tips for When Unemployment Hits Home

By Doug Mallory

For Joe, an electrical construction estimator, unemployment can be summed up in one word: lonely.

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11 trek essentials: Get the most from your pioneer journey

Does your child have a pioneer trek coming up this summer? Or are you a “ma” or “pa”? Deseret Book has you covered!

Teachings of Howard W. Hunter Lesson 10: "The Scriptures—The Most Profitable of All Study"

By Kelly Merrill

Everyone feels pressured and is busy. No one likes to waste their time or at least feel like their time has been wasted. So why not put our time to the best use possible? This is a rhetorical question that puts most of us to shame. Either we believe there is nothing more important to learn than the word of God or we don’t. If we do believe it, why aren’t we spending more time studying His word and less time online in social media, in gaming, or with other fun activities?

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Why This Couple Sold Everything They Own to Visit Every Temple in the World (+ How It Helped Them Find Family They Never Knew)

By Yvonne Liu

In 2017, Rodd and Ashley Jefferies quit their jobs and sold everything to visit every temple in the world. Now, they are living in an RV and have already visited 70 temples and traveled over 26,000 miles. Over the past year, they experienced many adventures, such as surgeries, RV problems, living at an alligator ranch, finding missing family, and most importantly, building a more meaningful relationship with their Heavenly Father.

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How to Accept the Change When a Parent Remarries

By Kelsey Berteaux

More than 50 million remarried people currently live in the United States alone. Two of those people are my parents. In just over 14 months, they went from a couple of 25 years to divorcés to members of new blended families. I and my four adult siblings quite suddenly found ourselves with a stepfather, a stepmother, and five new stepsiblings. And for a long time, I wasn’t really sure where I fit.