In 2013, a study came out linking Facebook to divorce. Only two years before that in 2011, we learned that one-third of divorces now mention Facebook in the proceedings, up from one-fifth in 2009.

In the early days of the Church, it was not uncommon for women to participate in giving blessings of healing and to wash and anoint women who were sick or about to give birth.

“Artificial intelligence can answer questions, but it cannot answer prayers.”

I’d like to kick the year off with a bit of an introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants, along with some links and suggested reading that will enhance your lesson preparation or participation. Then I’d like to discuss three common ways of reading the scripture. This year holds some important and dramatic differences from any previous cycle through this curriculum. The primary distinction is the availability of the work of the Joseph Smith Papers Project. While Revelations and Translations, Volume 1 (R1) and Volume 2 (R2) (reviewed here and here) are tremendously important, even key to a serious approach to the revelation texts, the Joseph Smith Papers website is almost overwhelming in its documentary and contextual goodness (http://josephsmithpapers.org/). For example, it has the earliest revelation texts in the documents section, the manuscript and published revelations collections in the revelations section, and biographical sketches of all those mentioned in the supplemental materials.

From baptisms to mission calls to weddings, Latter-day Saints have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Check out these creative special-occasion cakes.

Latter-day Saint Adjei Nyarko Emmanuel, who currently lives in Accra, Ghana, told LDS Living, “It’s so cool to see a chief from my city invited to general conference. … The gospel of Jesus Christ is for all.”

I never expected I would be the mother of a child with disabilities, let alone two children with disabilities. But sometimes life detours have a way of teaching us things Heavenly Father knows we need to learn.

Get the full lesson "Strengthening and Preserving the Family" from the Teachings of Joseph Fielding Smith at LDS.org.

The April 2018 general conference made history as President Russell M. Nelson was sustained as the new prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We saw the end of home and visiting teaching, the beginning of combined high priests and elders quorum, and the announcement of several new temples at the end of the Sunday afternoon session.

Are your hormones dragging, sagging, and nagging?