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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

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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.

The Forgotten Carols: Behind the Magic

By LDS Living

It started simply. Michael McLean was seated at his piano when he wondered: “What if I met the innkeeper who turned away Joseph and Mary?” And from that one thought, a new Christmas tradition was born—a tradition that would touch the hearts of countless people through original music and the stories of “forgotten” characters of the Nativity story.

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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!

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We Need to Stop Judging Each Other and Our Righteousness Based on Church Callings

By Richard Ostler

A recent post by Richard Ostler has been gaining traction on Facebook, receiving over 100 comments in just a matter of days. In the post, Ostler delves into how we tend to judge each other and our own worthiness based on our Church callings—a tendency that can have very harmful effects. Ostler says:

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.

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How the LDS Musician Behind the "Duck Dynasty" Theme Song Spreads the Gospel with His Music

By Katie Lambert

Ryan Tilby sat next to his future father-in-law and felt what any respectable man would feel when asking another man for permission to marry his daughter—nervous.

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Brad Wilcox: 8 Things the Atonement Is Not

By Brad Wilcox

All my life I thought Big Ben was a famous clock tower in London. I was absolutely sure of it and had even taught that fact to others. Then I went to London and found out that Big Ben is actually the nickname of the largest bell inside the tower, which is now called the Elizabeth Tower in honor of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. And if we are going to get picky, it’s not even officially in London, but rather in Westminster. In that moment, the bell and the tower had not changed, but my understanding certainly did.

Feature Stories

Former Utah governor Mike Leavitt is ready for day 1 as president—of the Tabernacle Choir

By Danielle Christensen

When former Utah governor Mike Leavitt got a phone call from the office of President Russell M. Nelson asking if they could meet, he of course automatically said yes.

The Forgotten Carols: 20 Years of Holiday Magic

By Kaela Worthen Gardner

It started simply. Michael McLean was seated at his piano when he wondered: “What if I met the innkeeper who turned away Joseph and Mary?” And from that one thought, a new Christmas tradition was born—a tradition that would touch the hearts of countless people through original music and the stories of “forgotten” characters of the Nativity story.