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What 1 Latter-day Saint mother learned from receiving service following a home gas explosion

On February 15, 2019, Lori Walker walked into her vacation home in Heber City, Utah, but she never walked out. Instead, after the home exploded with Walker trapped inside, she was lifted and carried both out of the home and through the days, weeks, and months that followed.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Years My Mother Vanished: What the Savior Taught Me About Compassion Because of Her Life

By Judith McConkie

At first, I didn’t really understand that she was slowly slipping away. My father had died suddenly just as he was turning 65. He had been the stabilizing influence in our family, and without him, I remember feeling as though I was trying to balance my life on a two-legged stool. In addition, after he died I became aware of how much he had encouraged and supported our mother. He was the one who calmed her when she was anxious or fearful.

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“Someday My Children Will Come”: Lessons Learned from Waiting 20 Years for Kids

By Marie-Françoise Euvrard

Marie-Françoise Euvrard was born in Paris, France, and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1960. She is the mother of two wonderful boys whom she and her husband adopted from Nepal. Professionally, she is a piano teacher and translates hymns and songs for the Church. She and her husband, Christian, serve as directors of the visitors’ center adjacent to the temple in Rome, Italy.

Feature Stories

‘A gift to the Master’: 20 years of Tabernacle Choir Christmas magic

By Danielle Christensen

How has the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square put on magical Christmas concerts for 20 years? Conductors Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy share their thoughts.

Feature Stories

Why a renowned Italian composer now ‘feels complete’ thanks to the gospel

By Haley Lundberg

“It is not possible for me to be just a musician anymore. I have to be both a musician and a spiritual being.”

Latter-day Saint Life

Elder Bednar’s reassuring insight on repetition will breathe new life into your routine

By Maddie Tolk

If it feels like you’re just going through the motions in your spiritual habits, read this.

Two young girls sing from the LDS hymnbook at church

Latter-day Saint Life

Easy ways to help your ward start singing the new hymns

By Maddie Tolk

This is an exciting time in the history of Church music, and we all can incorporate these new hymns to come closer to Christ.

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10 Popular Trends Mormons Saw Coming

By LDS Living Staff

I know humility is a virtue all Mormons want to cultivate, but I'd like to pause for a moment and recognize that we Mormons do some pretty incredible and freakin' awesome things. No wonder we're often ahead of the times when it comes to popular trends. Sure, maybe not all of the unusual things Mormons do as a "peculiar people" catch on, but here are just a few things Mormons not only loved, but perfected, before they were ever a "thing." Share the ones we may have missed in the comments below!

Lesson Helps

FHE: Commitment

By Shauna Gibby

For more information on this topic read "The Three Rs of Choice," by Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, Nov. 2010, 67–70.

The Unexpected Connection Between Zookeeping and Spiritual Gifts

By J. Stuart Bunderson and Jeffery A. Thompson, PhDs and authors of "The Zookeeper's Secret: Finding Your Calling in Life"

We didn’t set out to study spiritual gifts when we began our research on the zookeeping profession several years ago. We are management professors interested in how people find meaning in their work. But our study of zookeepers provided some surprising—and inspiring—examples of spiritual gifts in action. The things we learned in our scholarship reverberated with spiritual truth and provided some powerful insights into how we can discover and enact our spiritual gifts.