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LDS Historian Explains the History Behind Temple One-Year Waiting Periods

There are several “one-year rules” associated with temple attendance – practices that have no direct tie to the ritual, but merely to the administrative functions of the temple. These rules dictate that Latter-day Saints wait one year between Event A and Event B. This period seems arbitrary – the waiting periods could just as well be six months or five years. Latter-day Saints who do not understand the historical roots of these practices find them arbitrary in other ways – they sometimes don’t understand why any waiting period is mandated at all. In this post I hope to explain the historical reasons for those waiting periods.

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Prophets and Apostles Share Why It's So Important to Keep a Journal

By Larry Tippetts

The following is adapted from Receiving Personal Revelation: Using a Journal to Improve Your Communication with Godby Larry Tippetts.

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How We Repent and Forgive Despite Digital “Permanent Records”

By Jessica Grimaud

“Angels above us are silent notes taking of ev’ry action; then do what is right!” As a child, I took those hymn lyrics to heart, imagining that someone somewhere was watching my every action and taking note.

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Watch: When Ryan Gosling Performed in an LDS Talent Show (+ His Clever Response to the Video Footage)

By LDS Living

Many Mormons know Ryan Gosling was raised as a Latter-day Saint. Before he was performing in blockbuster hits like The Notebook and La La Land, he was performing in dance recitals and even on the stage of his LDS chapel in a ward talent show.

New York Times Best-Selling Author and Former Bishop Explains Why He Looked to the Bible for Confirmation That He Was Teaching Truth

Greg McKeown, the guest on this week’s episode of All In, has taught the principles of “essentialism” to some of the biggest and most successful companies in the world, including Apple and Google. His writings have been published in Fortune, Politico, and Harvard Business Review, among others. But he is also a husband, father and former Latter-day Saint bishop who seeks to apply in his own life the principles that he says are found on nearly every page of scripture.

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The Prompting That Led an LDS Family of 11 to Tour the U.S. in an RV for 18 Months

By Katie Lambert

Eighteen months, nine kids, two adults, one RV—this was the inspiration that came to Mike and Megan Knorpp as they contemplated the future of their family.

When Should Singles Reveal Their Issues to Dating Partners?

By Alisa Snell

Numerous singles have an issue or insecurity in their life that is difficult to discuss. For some itʼs family issues, abuse experiences, health problems, depression, or anxiety. For others itʼs their financial problems, eating disorders, pornography struggles, or excessive debt. Even when the issue is less severe, like talking about past relationships or revealing education and career success (or failures), all issues evoke a fear of criticism or rejection.

5 Ways Fathers Influence Their Daughters

By Jamie Armstrong

We’ve all seen them—the sitcoms and movies, even television commercials that portray fathers as inept creatures bumbling through family life. In a culture where dads are often portrayed as the dunces of the family, researchers are only beginning to scratch the surface of just how important their role in the family truly is.

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How One Man Went from Being a Baptist Preacher to Becoming a Mormon Teacher

Wain Meyers never thought he'd join the Mormon church, especially after his mother told him, “They don’t allow black people in that church.” But even after joining, Meyers faith was tested as he was ostracized by his friends and family.