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“Hey Doc, why is my wife always so tired?”

I was working out at the gym the other day and one of the trainers approached me and asked, “Why is my wife always so tired?” Two other men were standing closeby, so they came over to listen. “What do you mean ‘always tired’?” I asked. “Well, she doesn’t have the energy to exercise. She takes loads of vitamins but those don’t do a thing. I worry about her because she always seems down on herself. She’s not the same person I married anymore. Do you see any of that in your practice?”

{LDS How-to} Teach an Etiquette Night with the Youth

By Ashley Jones

A couple of weeks ago, the young women president in my ward asked me to be the guest speaker for the youth etiquette night. You want to know the first thought that ran through my head? “Alright, Ashley. You’ve got this. You’ve had plenty of experience eating (sad thought), so this should be a piece of cake.” (No pun intended. Alright, maybe a little pun intended.)

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Why I believe the Philadelphia 76ers ‘Trust the Process’ motto extends beyond basketball

By Morgan Pearson

The phrase “trust the process” became synonymous with Philadelphia 76ers basketball when their former general manager, Sam Hinkie, created a strategic plan to intentionally have a terrible team for several years in hopes of getting more first-round draft picks.

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Latter-day Saint medical doctor addresses the role of religion in the fight against misinformation during a pandemic

Dr. Candace Mcnaughton, a medical doctor and Latter-day Saint, discusses the pandemic, specifically addressing our individual responsibilities to seek information from the primary source.

“All In” Excerpt: Religious Liberty Expert Weighs In on Why the Church Voiced Concern About the Equality Act

Last month, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expressed concern regarding the Equality Act and, while the Church offered an explanation of its own, we asked Steven Collis, an expert on religious liberty, to provide his personal opinion about why the Church may have opposed the bill.

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9 Things You Didn't Know About Emma Smith

By Jannalee Sandau

In honor of the 175th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum, LDS Living is sharing a series of articles about early Church history and some of its key figures. The following article was originally published in December 2015.

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‘If someone asked you why the priesthood restoration was so significant, what would you say?’ Joseph Smith Papers historian answers

By Morgan Pearson

“What does [the priesthood] bring into our lives? Why did God need this authority? Why did God need these ordinances in our lives at this time?”

The ‘Lamb of God’ composer calls Peter and Judas ‘interesting foils’ of each other. Here’s why

We weren’t there in the Garden of Gethsemane and we weren’t there by the Garden Tomb when the Savior rose again. We also weren’t present when the Father and the Son appeared to the boy Joseph Smith or when key characters from Church history met each other for the first time. We have studied these stories and heard them countless times, so it may be easy for us to feel like we know exactly what happened, why people reacted the way they did, or made the choices they did. But there is so much we don’t know.

Founders of Chatbooks explain what they’ve learned about what it means to ‘prosper in the land’ as parents

Vanessa and Nate Quigley, founders of Chatbooks, are the parents of seven children. They have been married for over 25 years. When they first got married, like most young parents, they had ideas of the kind of family they would raise.

‘Because God wanted it, He made it happen’: How God intervened to help the first Persian-speaking missionary join the Church and serve a mission

In her native country, Roohina Arya’s desire to follow Jesus Christ meant risking her life to learn about Christianity. Simply desiring to believe meant subjecting herself to physical abuse. So, upon arriving in the United States and discovering the gospel of Jesus Christ, Arya wanted to be baptized. But the missionaries told her that because she was in the United States with a visitor visa and might have to return to homeland, it would not be safe for her to be baptized.