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Are We Overcomplicating Church Membership? One Part of Christ's Teachings We Tend to Forget

By LDS Living Staff

When I stumbled upon this scripture last year, I was intrigued by one word: more.

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How an LDS Seventh Grader Answered the Prayers of Widow in Uganda in the Sweetest Way

By Marty Arrington

In many ways, Kiconco Bassler seems like a typical seventh grader. She likes art, particularly chalk pastels, enjoys running the 100 meters and hurdles in track, and is a nimble gymnast. But Chi Chi, as her friends call her, is anything but typical. Last year she raised $3,000 to build a home for a family in Uganda.

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12 Meaningful Gifts Perfect for LDS Homes

By LDS Living

"If you need a burden lifted, I want you to imagine I am in a personal, private, closed-door chat with you. I want to help you if I can." With those words, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland invites every readerof his latest book to become a friend, to receive instruction and encouragement, counsel and comfort, in any circumstance.

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Lucy Mack Smith Shares Harrowing Story of When a Mob Prepared to Kill Her + the Vision That Warned Her of Their Coming

The following is a part of Lucy Mack Smith's general conference address on the temple grounds in Nauvoo, Illinois, on October 8, 1845, a year after the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This speech is the first account of a woman speaking at general conference and is part of the unprecedented Church history book At the Pulpit, which you can access for free on lds.orgor on your gospel library app. At the Pulpit spans 185 years of Church history and includes more than 50 groundbreaking discourses from LDS women.

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How President Oaks's Daughters Helped Him Find His Wife Kristen + the Sweet Way He Knew It Was Meant to Be

By Dallin H. Oaks

Whether a person who has lost a spouse enters into a second marriage is a very personal decision. It depends on many individual circumstances, including the ages of the prospective marriage partners and children, financial implications, and even what is known about the feelings of the deceased spouse. In the hope of benefiting others who decide (as I did) to remarry, I share here some of what I learned as I experienced some of the issues involved in a second marriage.

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The Powerful Lesson a Man Who Gave Up Everything for the Church Taught Me with One Song

By Garrick Greenhalgh

When the prophets said the gospel would go to the ends of the earth, they meant it. Guiuan, Samar, a small town in the Philippines, was the farthest away from anywhere that I had ever been. I was approaching the last five months of my mission when I was told that I was transferring to Guiuan, a nine-hour trip by bus and jeep from the mission home. This area was generally known throughout the mission as “outer darkness” because it was so far away from anything. I came to learn that the name held true for a lot of things about Guiuan. I also learned some of the greatest lessons of my life while I was there.

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"I Felt Trapped. I Didn't Feel Peace as a Wife and a Mother": How One Question Changed an LDS Mother's Life

By Jody Higham Pierce

From the day my first child was born I loved and treasured being a mother. I felt great joy in nurturing, teaching, and loving God’s precious children, and I was grateful to be able to stay at home to care for my children.

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1 quote on gratitude from each of the Latter-day prophets

By Jannalee Sandau

As the seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, we all remind ourselves to focus a little more on the things that we are blessed with in our lives.

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FHE: Integrity

By Shauna Gibby

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Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Lesson 16: The Elderly in the Church

By Kelly Merrill

Being elderly puts you into a unique position in life. Everyone is young at some point, but not everyone becomes elderly. When we are young we understand what it is like to be young. When we are middle aged we understand what it is like to be young, as well as middle aged. But when we are young, or when we are middle aged, we have no comprehension as to what it is like to be elderly. We only seem to be able to understand (speaking in general terms) what is behind us, not ahead of us.