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Elder Clark G. Gilbert speaking during an interview, hands clasped, with the Salt Lake City temple visible through a window.
Follow the Prophets
Watch: Elder Gilbert’s first social media message as an Apostle
By Deseret News
Elder Clark G. Gilbert specifically directed his first social media message as an Apostle to young adults.
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Latter-day Saint Life
"God Is Real": How One Family’s Faith Is Helping Them Through the Unthinkable
By Daedan Olander
From the name—“It’s just a bump in the road”—to the now 31 posts and counting, Kim and Ryan Dahlberg’s website is a typical blog spot about a sobering, atypical topic. After all, few people have battled with stage 4 metastatic melanoma, a disease which, in Ryan’s case, has resulted in 130 tumors growing throughout his body over the last year.
3 Reasons Why the LDS Faith Creates Successful People
3 Reasons Why the LDS Faith Creates Successful People
By Jannalee Sandau
Growing up LDS may have more to do with personal success than you think, argues “Tiger Mom” Amy Chua and her co-author and husband Jed Rubenfeld. The pair’s recent claims statement that some minority groups are more successful than others has been stirring the pot on the internet of late. Included in the controversial list are two religious groups: Jews and Mormons. Why? The couple explains that three characteristics, which come as a natural result of the lifestyles of these groups, leads to increased drive and achievement.
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Latter-day Saint Life
The Excommunicated Apostle Who Continued to Share Powerful Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
By Daniel Peterson
Editor's note: A portion of this was previously published on the author's blog.
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Latter-day Saint Life
NPR Shares How a Jewish Man Became a Latter-day Saint Missionary
By LDS Living Staff
When Daniel Ortner was 18 years old, his faith in God was shattered. "My mom, when I was in high school, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and she passed away shortly after my 18th birthday," Ortner says on a recent NPR podcast. Having grown up in a household where his mother "believed strongly in God" and his dad was "strong in his Jewish heritage," Ortner remembers celebrating Hanukkah, eating homemade latkes, and attending Jewish schools.
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Fiona and Terryl Givens: The Restoration of All Things
For the last decade, Fiona and Terryl Givens have brought to light wonderful and expansive doctrines in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ by drawing upon literature and other faith traditions. Their work helps Latter-day Saints appreciate the beauty of what we believe. On this week’s episode, we talk with these scholars about many of their books, how those books are influenced by their life experiences, and how their studies have brought us greater appreciation for our faith tradition and the faith traditions of others.
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Editor’s Note
Vulnerability
By Emily Linder
Right before I tapped the record button on my computer, my Oscar-winning interviewee said something that made me both nervous and excited: “I am going to be honest with you here.”
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Former NBA Star Shawn Bradley Was Once Fined for Choosing the Right
[Photo from LDS Smile] When Shawn Bradley played in the NBA, he was constantly faced with decisions that challenged his faith and his resolve to make the right choices.
Nicholls State University Offers Class on Book of Mormon
Robert Coker is instructing post-secondary level religion courses at Nicholls associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in order to educate students about the Mormon faith.
Mormon Family Featured on Boston's WCVB Newscast Talking about True Success
The Thomas family from Belmont, Mass., was recently featured because of their LDS faith in a newscast done by WCVB.