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Final Season 3 Book of Mormon Video: Lessons from Alma’s Counsel to His Sons

It has been interesting watching the Book of Mormon videos on the weeks they are released, as they run just ahead of what we are studying in Come, Follow Me. Reading the story of Alma the Elder alongside the curriculum while watching what happens with Alma the Younger in the videos has powerfully driven home the fact that the testimonies of each of these prophets are based in their personal experience, and their words are tailored to the needs of each person they speak with.

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Responding to the mental health repercussions of a pandemic

By Jane Clayson Johnson

Now, more than ever, we need to keep talking about depression and doing things to help those who feel desperately alone.

Elder Cook dedicated the Nauvoo Temple District last weekend. Here’s what that is and why it matters

By Danielle Christensen

On June 27, 2002, President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple on the anniversary of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s martyrdom. In his dedicatory prayer, President Hinckley prayed that the temple would “stand as a memorial to him who lived here and was buried here, Joseph Smith, the great prophet of this dispensation, and his brother Hyrum, whom he loved.”

Why the Taylorsville Utah Temple groundbreaking was unique—and not just because it happened during 2020

By Jannalee Sandau

As the Taylorsville Utah Temple groundbreaking began on Halloween morning, the sun was just rising, warming the backs of the handful of attendees. It was a beautiful, crisp October day, complete with blue skies and a few Canada geese flying overhead. People who lived nearby perched on backyard shed roofs to view the proceedings or watched through the chain link fences from a distance as the freeway traffic roared by on one end of the field.

Seeking happiness will determine destiny, Elder Martino teaches at BYU–Hawaii; Sister Aburto talks mental health on Church News podcast

Happiness. It is the elusive thing we all seek. But as Elder James B. Martino taught graduates at BYU–Hawaii, “The degree to which we seek [happiness] will ultimately determine our destiny,” while acknowledging that in the case of clinical depression, professional help is needed. Sister Reyna Isabel Aburto also addressed depression and mental health this week on the Church News podcast.

Ask a Latter-day Saint Therapist: I'm a single female over 50 in the church and struggling with my circumstances—how can I better cope?

By Jonathan Decker, LMFT

Editor's Note: The views, information, or opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author. Readers should consider each unique situation. This content is not meant to be a substitute for individual, professional advice.

The two ‘spiritual hints’ that helped one couple navigate a complicated adoption

“To adopt is to be willing to have a personal love lesson from heaven”—that is how Sister Andrea Veronica Munoz Spannaus, Relief Society Advisory Council Member, describes her experience adopting her two daughters.

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of ‘Mr. Krueger’s Christmas’

By Morgan Pearson

Watching Jimmy Stewart in the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life is a yearly holiday tradition for many. That has definitely been the case in my family, but there is another Jimmy Stewart holiday film that has also been a staple in our home—Mr. Krueger’s Christmas. The film was directed by Kieth Merrill and was released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1980, making this Christmas its 40th anniversary.

What is the purpose of the Church's new Gospel for Kids app?

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Now more than ever, Latter-day Saint children have access to a multitude of resources The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has created specifically for them. Among these is the Gospel for Kids app.

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Watch: Latter-day Saint dad’s princess ‘transformation dress’ helped transform his family

By Jake Frandsen

Nephi Garcia and his young family had hit rock bottom. They were living out of a motel room and had no home and no money. But what they did have was a season pass to the happiest place on earth—Disneyland.