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Gerald N. Lund: What 4 Mission Miracles Taught Me About Trials of Our Faith

While touring the Switzerland Geneva Mission in December 2003, my wife and I had an interesting experience. It is another example of how we learn by faith and how the witness comes after the trial of our faith.

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.

The Heartbreakingly Beautiful Story Behind the Statue on the Grounds of 3 Temples

By LDS Living Staff

Have you ever noticed the statue on the north side of the Provo City Center Temple grounds, the one with the little girl walking from the arms of her mother toward the arms of her encouraging father? The moment I first saw that statue, my heart somersaulted and I was flooded with a sense of home. It was the same sculpture I had seen many times growing up in my home—one I always viewed with a tragic sense of beauty.

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.

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.

Latter-day Saint Life

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.

Podcasts

How enduring excruciating pain helped this musician portray Christ’s voice in the film ‘Lamb of God’

After playing her cello for many grueling hours, Nicole’s thumbnail begins to detach, causing excruciating pain as she plays, doing her best to portray the voice of the Savior through music.

Benefit concert seeks to raise funds to build monument to Black pioneers, draws big names in support

When asked by his mom, Debra Bonner, what he wants to be when he grows up, Mauli Bonner said he really just wants to be a dad. But right now, the singer/songwriter and now film director/screenwriter has felt called to do something that has taken time away from his efforts as a husband and father. He has devoted his time to creating a film to honor Black pioneers and other Black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The film is named after one Black pioneer in particular and is titled His Name Is Green Flake. Proceeds from the film will go toward building a monument representing the African-American contribution to the Church and to the early Utah territory.

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From the Church

Sister Donna Packer, wife of late Pres. Boyd K. Packer, passes away

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Donna Edith Smith Packer, wife of the late President Boyd K. Packer, died at home Saturday, March 5, 2022 from causes incident to age. She was 94.