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In one of our most beloved passages of scripture, Christ visits the Nephites and takes the time to gather all the children around him to teach them, pray for them, and bless them one by one. The more I’ve studied this beautiful story, the more I’ve realized that this is not just an uplifting, feel-good story. It is a powerful teaching moment from the Savior that shows how He hopes we will treat His beloved little ones. Here are three things I have learned about parenting from Christ’s example with the Nephite children:

Latter-day Saint Life

Why We Don’t Need to Be Guilty of Serious Sin to Appreciate the Atonement

By Lloyd D. Newell

We need not be guilty of serious sin in order to need, to appreciate, and to take advantage of a second chance. In fact, sometimes we may find ourselves hoping for a second chance that has nothing to do with sin at all. How many times have we made innocent mistakes—not out of rebellion but just out of ignorance or poor judgment—and wished we could try again? How often has a misunderstanding led to a strained relationship, and we wished we could go back in time to do things differently?

D&C Lesson 4: “Remember the New Covenant, even the Book of Mormon"

By Ted L. Gibbons

JS—H 1:27-65; D&C 3,5,10,17; 20:5-15; 84:54-62

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One Book of Mormon Scripture to Avoid When Teaching About Chastity and Virtue

By Jason A. Kerr

Sexuality and chastity are sensitive subjects, and the Book of Mormon gives very few hints about how Book of Mormon peoples understood them. You might recall Jacob’s sermon about how “many hearts died, pierced with deep wounds” due to whoredoms and wickedness (Jacob 2:35), or Alma’s talk with his son Corianton about forsaking a mission to pursue “the harlot Isabel” (Alma 39:3), or the terrible violence described in Moroni 9:9.

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Delightful advice from a four-year-old on making friends at church

By Celisa Young

Making new friends as an adult can seem like a daunting task, but when approached with childlike enthusiasm it can become a rewarding challenge.

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77 Mormons Who Have Competed in the Olympics

What an incredible way Mormons have let their talents shine on the world stage.

LDS Refashion Blogger Featured on "People" Shares the Surprising Spiritual Reasons Behind Her Business

LDS refashion blogger Sarah Tyau is known for remaking clothing castoffs into beautiful, fashionable pieces. But the real reasons behind her business, the spiritual reasons, just might surprise you.

Three Mormon moms compete for $1 million prize in Pillsbury Bake-off

By LDS Living

Udated: Two other LDS women, Kalani Allred of Loomis, Calif., and Juliann Pelton of Katy, Texas, are also semifinalists in the Pillsbury Bake-off®: Allred for her Balsamic Chicken Cranberry Panzanella, and Pelton for her Spicy Chicken Pizza Roll.

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Letters in the Jade Dragon Box: Finding the Church in China’s Past

By Gale Sears

There are countries cloaked in mystery. One such country is China: an enigma of thousands of years of emperors, Confucian philosophers, peasant farmers and scientific discoveries of wonder. The winds that blow across China whisper of the Silk Road and the Great Wall, of the terra cotta soldiers of Xian and the Palace of Tranquility in the Forbidden City, Peking.