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Healthy Sexuality and Chastity: 5 Ways to Teach Your Kids (Without Making It Awkward)

By Julie de Azevedo Hanks, PhD, LCSW

Editor's note: This article was previously published in January 2016.

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10 profound blessings Latter-day Saints have been promised if they will forgive

By Emily Linder

Knowing the blessings promised to those who forgive can be a powerful motivating force to do so.

Did You Miss the Virtual 2020 BYU Women's Conference? Here Are Inspiring Quotes and Summaries from Each Address

On Friday, May 1, 2020, BYU Women’s Conference was held online as a virtual gathering with addresses from Church leaders and other Latter-day Saint sisters available to all. Below, LDS Living provides a brief summary and memorable quotes from all seven addresses. The full addresses are available through womensconference.byu.edu.

Elder Gong tells BYU graduates, ‘Do the most good, whatever your circumstance’ + other CES messages this week

Editor's note: "This week from the pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

Op-ed: Follow Christ to eliminate racism

By Bryant Jensen

The wave of support for racial justice following the senseless murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, after countless others, has been encouraging. Moved by recent events, we wonder what more we can do to keep our baptismal covenant “to mourn with those that mourn.”1

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4 Tips from a Mother of Autistic Boys on How to Make Attending Church Doable

By Tamara K. Anderson

Note: For many families with special needs, we understand weekly church attendance may not be an option. Follow the Spirit and counsel with Church leaders to find the best fit for your family. For more information about how to incorporate the gospel into your unique family situation, click here.

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The Most Hilarious Twitter Reactions from General Conference

By LDS Living

Another conference has come and gone, but we wanted to take a moment to relive this epic weekend and remember the insights, the excitement, and the surprises this conference held. Here are the best social media reactions of conference from the weekend.

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The Best of #IWasAStranger on Instagram

"It is our hope that you will prayerfully determine what you can do—according to your own time and circumstances—to serve the refugees living in your neighborhoods and communities," Linda K. Burton, general Relief Society president, said in the women's session of general conference. And Latter-day Saints have stepped up to accept the challenge!

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Mental Disabilities at Church: How Ward Members and Parents Can Help

By Kim and Kurt Zalewski

One Sunday, when our 14-year-old son, Brian, attempted to sit through sacrament meeting, he lost control and began making squawking noises. He turned to us in anguish and said, “Do you think people know how hard it is for me to be here? Do they know how hard I try?”

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New Testament Lesson 27: "He Is Not Here, for He Is Risen"

By Ted L. Gibbons

INTRODUCTION: Early on a Sunday Morning in June of 1980, my wife and I left the King David Hotel in Jerusalem and made our way to the traditional site of the Garden Tomb near the Damascus Gate. The day was cool, the streets relatively empty. We were delighted to find the garden deserted. We had been there the day before with our tour group and found our time continually interrupted by others like ourselves seeking physical ties with the redemption of Christ.