Coming in second is not an easy place for anyone to be in. Coming close but not quite living up to expectations—it's a feeling we are all familiar with and something gymnast Shawn Johnson had to grapple with in front of the entire world as she competed in the 2008 Bejing Olympic Games.

Chipboard flowers never wilt and they always look great. This fun, little bouquet of daisy-like flowers is perfect to brighten any corner of your house or office. Even better, make this sweet bouquet to give to a friend or your mother so they know you are thinking of them.

Film enthusiasts, celebrities, industry guests, and visiting filmmakers around the world will gather and mingle in a festival-friendly atmosphere at the first annual Park City International Film Festival. Held August 10–13 at the Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah, this is a first-year festival focusing on “elevating the human spirit." Many LDS moviegoers will recognize two of the finalists in the narrative feature selection, The Cokeville Miracle and Just Let Go distributed by Excel Entertainment.

The Sabbath is not an endless list of dos and do nots. It's a sacred day that the Lord has given to us to bless our lives.

From the presidencies of three new stakes created in Tennessee, New Zealand, and Nigeria to those in the 32 stakes that were reorganized, learn more about the new stake presidents called in June:

Dear Dave,

As I was finalizing our March/April cover story—which has a good deal to do with food and cooking, two of my greatest loves—I got even more excited about an upcoming development for LDS Living. See, we’ve been looking to expand our blog options for quite some time, and (after much brainstorming—some productive and some not-so-productive), we’re finally ready to make the plunge. In addition to our LDS Living blog, which will continue to bring you an inside look at experiences we have with our content, TOMORROW you can expect to see new spots for:

At an LDS church, a prayer room was set apart for Muslims and other religions were invited to participate in a four-hour service event. A Muslim participant, Shaymaa Mahmud, said of the event, “It really needs to happen more often, these opportunities to discover our similarities and make connections. The service project highlighted the types of things that young people can be doing to help others. In my faith every act of goodness is a form of charity and a form of worship.”

Excerpt from "Who's on the Lord's Side? Who?" by Robert C. Oaks

We have been thinking a lot about this question recently. Last week, we brought up a similar debate (watching the Super Bowl and/or having a family party on Sunday), and we also ran a story about two LDS cheerleaders who, like many other LDS youth, chose not to compete on Sunday. Both stories generated passionate response, which made us realize how varied the opinions are on the topic of appropriate Sunday activities. So we wondered: how do you and your family handle extracurricular activities on Sunday? Most families have to face the question of Sunday competition and/or recitals at some point. Sports, music, dance, debate, and speech competitions all have the possibility to be held on Sunday. Some families have hard and fast rules for the children that no Sunday competition is allowed. Others leave the choice up to the children, sometimes while encouraging them one way or the other.