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Young Men Lesson 44: Becoming a Better Home Teacher

Manual 1; Excerpt from "Man Down!" by Henry B. Eyring

Church Announces 2017 Calendar of Events: Concerts, Devotionals & More

On August 18, the First Presidency sent a letter to Church leaders announcing the 2017 calendar of events.

Celebrating 100 years of Scouting in the LDS Church with Norman Rockwell exhibit

The Church History Museum is celebrating 100 years of Scouting in the LDS Church with two new exhibitions: “American Originals: Norman Rockwell and Scouting” and “A Good Turn Daily: 100 Years of Scouting and the Aaronic Priesthood.” In February 1910, the Boy Scout program was brought to America from England, with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being officially recognized as part of the BSA in 1913.

'There is no fear in the work we do,' says Pres. Packer

Priesthood leaders of 13 stakes in Layton, Utah, gathered on Saturday, Feb. 25, to receive instruction from President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.Elder M. Russell Ballard, also of the Quorum of the Twelve, and Elder Tad R. Callister, recently-appointed member of the Presidency of the Seventy, also provided instruction. Joining these Church leaders were Elder J. Roger Fluhman, Area Seventy; President Douglas L. Callister, president of the Bountiful Utah Temple and a former member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy; and Utah Ogden Mission President R. Brent Olson.

Fun

What a SweeTart Fiasco & a Compliment Taught Me About the Sacrament

In October, my oldest son turned 12 and was ordained to the office of deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood. Ordaining him was a sacred experience that invited memories from all categories of my mental card catalog.

Best of: LDS Living Stories of the Week, March 9-15

By LDS Living

You might have missed what went on the last week, but we've put together our list of the week's most popular stories so you don't miss a beat. For March 9 through March 15, 2013, these are LDS Living’s top hits.

Latter-day Saint Life

How I Found God When I Felt Abandoned By Him

Struggling with feeling lost spiritually, Richard turned to the bishop of his young single adult ward for counseling and a priesthood blessing. In the blessing, Richard was told: “Remember your mission, and fight for the testimony you had as a missionary. Your Father in Heaven knows you.”

Is Mormonism a cult?

To many Americans, Mormon theology seems an impenetrable stew of biblical literalism, weird relics and a supernaturalism so aggressive as to border on science fiction, stirred together by a parade of shady self-declared prophets, from the frontier polygamist Joseph Smith to the complacent, dark-suited elders who run the church today. "Plutocratic oligarchs," Harold Bloom labeled them: men (all men; women are barred from participation in the Mormon priesthood) either cynically manipulating the religion for personal gain or themselves taken in. Does this confection make the religion a cult, as commentators as wide on the spectrum as the evangelical Baptist Robert Jeffress and the acerbic atheist Christopher Hitchens have speculated?

E-mail policy change for missionaries

Missionaries across the world are now able to communicate more easily with their families and friends due to a change in policy by The Church Missionary Department. According to a statement made by Scott Trotter, spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Missionaries write to their families each week and can also communicate by email with friends, priesthood leaders and new converts. While in the mission field, missionaries should get permission from the mission president before communicating with converts and others of the opposite gender within the mission.”

From the Church

Guidelines for weekly sacrament and second hour meetings released by Utah Area Presidency

By Lindsey Williams

Following a letter sent by the First Presidency on September 11, 2020, the Utah Area Presidency released updated guidelines.