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Elizabeth Smart: My Captivity Was the Hardest But Most Spiritual Time of My Life

*Editor's Note: This story summarizes some of the experiences Elizabeth Smart Gilbert shared from her personal life, including being kidnapped and raped when 14 years old. Some details may be disturbing to readers. Read at your own discretion.

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From Atheism to Disfellowship and Back to God: How a Sacrament Prayer Changed Everything for Me

By Samuel Brown

The following excerpt has been republished with permission from faithmatters.org.

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Why I didn’t marry an RM after all

By Victoria Adams

Back when I was in the Young Women program, I remember being told that “returned missionary” needed to be at the top of my dating criteria list. Supposedly, dating and marrying an RM meant that my husband-to-be would honor his priesthood, love the Lord, and be everything a good Latter-day Saint girl wanted—short of being Prince Charming himself.

Lesson Helps

FHE: Lessons from Finding Nemo

By Carly M. Springer

Here are some gospel lessons we can learn from the movie Finding Nemo—a classic the whole family can enjoy!

{Single Saints} Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

By Alexa Justesen

I’ve dealt with my fair share of breakups in the past. Some ended well, some ended badly, but all were hard to deal with at the time. Knowing that something you put hard work, effort, and time into has suddenly ended is tough to accept and let go. However, as much as we may believe life is over, it’s important to know that it is possible to move on, get better, and see the silver lining in the end. The phrase “hindsight is 20/20” can be hard to believe in the moment, but I promise it’s true.

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How Peruvian Myths About a God Appearing to the People Echo Events in the Book of Mormon

By Daniel Peterson

A fascinating 2015 article by Scott Hoyt commences with a lengthy quotation from a Catholic chronicler of Peru named Pedro de Cieza de Leon. He was writing around the year 1550, fewer than 20 years after the destruction by Spanish conquistadors of the Inca empire. In the passage that I cite here, Cieza describes the appearance of Viracocha:

Feature Stories

Tom Christofferson answers, ‘Do you think the Lord loves you as much as He does your brother?’

By Tom Christofferson

I was invited to lunch by a friend who wanted to introduce me to another friend, a man who had previously served as a mission president. This man had questions about how best to support elders and sisters from his mission who, during or after their missionary service, had shared with him that they were gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual, or queer. As we talked about his missionaries, he asked about my life. At one point, he asked a question that startled me: “Do you think the Lord loves you as much as He does your brother?”

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Advice from a temple sealer that changed my experience in the temple

By Danielle B. Wagner

“One evening while performing proxy sealings in the temple, the sealer interrupted the flow of names and ordinances in beautifully unexpected ways.”

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Watch: Sister missionaries perform stunning hula to the Hawaiian song ‘Halleluia’

By Danielle Christensen

This performance of the hula by sister missionaries is sure to uplift you and help you feel the Spirit.

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How a Small Chapel in a Run-Down Neighborhood Helped Open Missionary Work in a Country Half a World Away

By John H. Groberg

The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences as he served as a mission president and later as a general authority.