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8 Profound Epitaphs of Well-Known Latter-day Saints

We have learned about them in Sunday School, seminary, and through historic documents—courageous, righteous men and women who helped build the early Church. What did these faithful Latter-day Saints choose to have written on their gravestones when their mortal life was over? Here are eight epitaphs of well-known Latter-day Saints.

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Tom Christofferson to Join LDS Living for Live Q&A, Discuss Finding Unity in the Gospel

By LDS Living

This month, the LDS Living Book Club has been reading Tom Christofferson’s, That We May Be One, in which he shares his perspective on faith and family as a gay Latter-day Saint. Over our Instagram discussions, many readers have come together to share insights obtained by reading That We May Be One. We have been overwhelmed with positive support for Tom, enjoyment of the book, and testimonies of how Tom’s story has inspired many to be more empathetic toward one another.

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Australian Youth Among the First 11-Year-Olds in the World to Perform Baptisms for the Dead

With the desire to strengthen children and youth, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced changes that allow eligible 11-year-olds to complete proxy baptisms in temples beginning January of the year they turn twelve.

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"Do You Know Where My Mommy Is?" A Touching Moment Calee Reed Shared with the Boy Who Would Become Her Son

He looked up and whispered, "Do you know where my Mommy is . . . ?" My mama-heart wrenched inside of my chest as I said, "Yeah, buddy. . . She's in heaven." We sat in silence for a moment. "Do you know who she's with?" I whispered.

Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley Lesson 9: "The Precious Gift of Testimony"

By Kelly Merrill

Think about the universal nature of testimony. You may live in a big city, complete with cultural centers and every convenience money can buy. Then again, you may live in the desert among vagabonds who travel from place to place with only the clothes on your back and a few tools and supplies. You may live in a jungle, eating off the land, or you may live in the frozen north.

Teachings of Howard W. Hunter Lesson 23: "No Less Serviceable"

By Kelly Merrill

The object of this lesson is to show us the reality that most people, though never famous or wildly influential, are “no less serviceable” in the eyes of the Lord. His expectations for us do not extend beyond our immediate circle of family and friends. As long as we are covenant making, covenant keeping folks, who look to the Lord, we will have earned our Father’s praise.

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The spiritual power of righteous complaining

By Whitney Owens Hemsath

“In Primary, we sang about how ‘no one likes a frowning face.’ So I used to think that if I wanted to be righteous, I needed to be happy no matter what.”

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7 Ways to Help Your Kids Become Strong and Independent in the Gospel

By Kristena Eden

Good parents give their children roots and wings: roots to know where home is and who they are and wings to fly off and practice what has been taught them. This is the contradiction of parenting—juggling the act between setting limits while simultaneously encouraging independence or ultimately teaching them the gospel and allowing them the freedom to live it.

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3 Ways the Restoration Actually Started Before the Sacred Grove

By Trevan G. Hatch

As Latter-day Saints, we tend to assume that the heavens were sealed until the Sacred Grove appearance in 1820 and that the Restoration didn't really begin until Moroni tutored Joseph and subsequently gave him the plates in 1827. But that isn't entirely true.