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We Need Your Influence with Dr. Sarah Coyne

As women, we are asked to do a lot, and sometimes it feels like we aren’t doing enough. But President Nelson has said the Church and the world needs our strength. So, how do we act on this?

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What the Church has actually said about the Holy of Holies

By Yvonne Liu

Editor's note: This article is part of a series on what the Church has actually taught about various topics. To read more about the Church’s teachings on cremation, garments, beards, and more, click here.

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6 Things About the Articles of Faith That Might Surprise You

By LDS Living Staff

The brevity of the Articles of Faith sometimes causes us to overlook their significance. How miraculous is it that doctrines as rich and complex as those found within our Church can be summed up in one, over-arching series of statements easy enough for Primary children to memorize?

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Latter-day Saint Therapist: 4 Powerful Reasons Parents Should Apologize to Their Kids

By Jonathan Decker, LMFT

For daily, gospel-based relationship insights, join Jonathan’s Facebook group. To submit a question click here, or schedule a consultation here.

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5 Tips to Better Understand Temple Symbols

By Jack M. Lyon

Why do temples have symbols? Where do symbols come from? Is all temple symbolism unique to Latter-day Saints? These and many more questions like them are answered in Jack M. Lyon's new book, Understanding Temple Symbols Through Scripture, History, and Art. Following is an excerpt that gives five tips to help Latter-day Saints better understand temple symbols.

Feature Stories

Why do pandemics come and what is God’s role in them? Church historians discuss the topic

By Matthew J. Grow and Matthew C. Godfrey

Pandemics perplex. Long after the anxiety has receded, the suffering has subsided, and the dead have been buried, troubling questions remain. Epidemic disease often seems to strike indiscriminately, taking the young and the old, the healthy and the vulnerable, men and women, the righteous and the wicked.

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The ‘crowning jewel’: Lesser-known stories behind the building of the Las Vegas temple

By Fred E. Woods

Editor's note: This article appears in the November/December 2020 issue of LDS Living magazine.

Choosing Peace and the Prince of Peace with Brooke Casanovas

As we continue in our “pursuit of peace,” it’s helpful to understand how agency plays a role in being a peacemaker. Agency is the greatest gift we’ve been given, but do we always use our agency for good to create more love and peace in our lives? Choosing to be a peacemaker usually isn’t the loudest or most popular choice, but it is what God has asked of us. Choosing peace is rising above worldly influence to care more about our relationship with God and others than anything else.

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Man on Trial for Threatening to Kill Mormon Parliamentary Candidate, Missionary

By LDS Living Staff

James Lynn-Wilson, 43, is to face trial later this July for repeatedly stalking and threatening Latter-day Saint Stephen Kerr, who ran as a United Kingdom parliamentary candidate in 2005 and 2015.

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BYU Celebrates Rank as No. 1 "Stone-Cold Sober" School with Special Chocolate Milk

By LDS Living

For the 19th year in a row, Brigham Young University has been ranked by the Princeton Review as the No. 1 "Stone-Cold Sober" school in the United States. And it's a status they own proudly.