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42: “Before I Formed Thee in the Belly I Knew Thee” (Jeremiah 1–20)

Have you ever had that sinking feeling when you find out someone snooped in your diary? Or maybe you've done the snooping yourself? In someone's journal you can learn all about that person's most personal experiences—their pains, joys, hopes, and dreams. Well, the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations are no exception. In these writings, we learn about the deepest and most personal thoughts of a great prophet. But in Jeremiah 1–20, we also learn that despite Jeremiah's sorrows, God had a plan for him—and it serves as a powerful reminder that He has a plan for us too.

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15 Fun and Easy Ideas for Your Next Family Reunion

By Lois Thompson Bartholomew

It's summer, and with most children out of school, it's the perfect time for brothers and sisters and cousins who live far away from each other to get together for a family reunion. If you are wondering what to do at your next reunion, here are 15 suggestions gleaned from families across the United States.

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The Astonishing True Stories Behind the Cokeville Miracle Movie

By Jamie Armstrong

EDITOR’S NOTE: This Cokeville Miracle article discusses a traumatic event where death and injuries occurred. While we have made every effort to avoid graphic language, this article might be disturbing for some readers.

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A tribute to Brother Eugene Orr, founding member of Genesis Group

By Ronell Hugh

Eugene Orr passed away on Monday, September 22, 2025, in Alberta, Canada.

The "Mormon Effect": Why Mormons are possibly the most politically wise people

During the 2012 presidential campaign, that awesomely deep well of perpetual wisdom, Alec Baldwin, proclaimed that if Barack Obama were not black, his vote total would have been 20 percent higher. . . .The truth of the matter is, if Mitt Romney had not been a Mormon, his vote total might very well have been significantly higher.

LDS politician Mia Love breaks the GOP mold, but can she win?

If Mia Love hadn’t been born 36 years ago to a pair of near-penniless Haitian immigrants, she might have been invented in a laboratory by scheming Republican scientists. A small-town Utah mayor and big-time congressional hopeful, Love is conservative, black and Mormon -- not your typical candidate ingredients, but that makes her profile all the more compelling in a year when the nation's first black president is seeking reelection against a candidate bidding to become the nation's first Mormon chief executive.

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Second-hour Sunday meetings to start with a prayer again, Church announces

By Church News

Beginning immediately, Sunday School, elders quorum, Relief Society, Aaronic Priesthood quorum and Young Women are to start with opening prayer.

Keoni Kauwe: No Real Sacrifices in the Lord’s Service

President Keoni Kauwe and his wife, Monica, left behind the life they’d built in Utah when they were asked five years ago to serve as President and First Lady of BYU-Hawaii. Since then, they’ve fallen in love all over again with the island President Kauwe grew up on and on this week’s episode he shares what he’s learned about connecting with college students and what best prepares them for success when they leave home.

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Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Lesson 25: "The Power of Godliness"

By Ted L. Gibbons

On Sunday, March 18, 1958, my father ordained me a deacon. I received a letter from him that morning, and I kept it for many years. The paper itself has now disappeared, but the memory lingers. Among other things, my father told me that day that the president of the United States would never have as much power as I would soon have, unless he repented and joined the Church. Those simple words made a profound impression on my young mind. Somehow it was communicated to me that I would be authorized to act in the name of and in the place of God.