When Sister Kendal Levine was critically injured in Australia a few weeks ago, her chances of survival looked grim due to internal bleeding and head trauma. Though stories about the man who saved her life began to circulate last week, it wasn't until yesterday evening that the missionary open her eyes from her medically-induced coma. Minday Jones Blake, reported to be Sister Levine's aunt, posted in the Facebook group Prayers for Sister Kendal Levine: “WE SEE BLUE EYES!!! SISTER KENDAL IS WAKING UP!!!! Most of the day today Ken has been moving her arms, legs, feet and head. Voluntarily!!! This evening she has had her eyes half open for quite a bit. She responds to us with movements in her arms. She sees us, but can't focus yet and blinks slightly but it’s slow for now. She responded the most when her brother skyped and was talking to her about his day.”

Summer is a time of fun backyard barbecues, crazy potlucks, and spontaneous picnics. Here are some festive recipes from Savoring the Seasons with Our Best Bites by Sara Wells and Kate Jones that will bring a little bit of summer to your plate.

On this episode of All In, Heyborne recounted how he has seen God open doors and windows in his life.

Here are some details leading up to Joseph Smith’s martyrdom that aren’t widely known.

Members of the Church first met Tom Christofferson when he wrote his first book, That We May Be One: A Gay Mormon’s Perspective on Faith & Family. The book told the story of how the love of those around him, including his immediate family, brought him back to the gospel of Jesus Christ after spending two decades away from the Church. In his new book, A Better Heart, Christofferson explores Christlike love in greater depth, but in both books there is one standout character: his mother.

“To pray is to practice remembering God. The more frequently you forget, the more chances you’ll have to remember, and the more you remember, the deeper your prayer will go.”

In a BYU devotional address given in November 2020, professor Jamie Jensen opened by discussing the difference between three words: Atheism, Theism, and Agnosticism.

We all love a good story. And what better way to find out the best of the best than seeing what people found most interesting? For the week of April 14 through 20, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top online stories:

After a very successful career in network news, broadcast journalist Jane Clayson Johnson was finally the wife and mother she had always dreamed of becoming when she found herself overcome with a darkness she didn’t recognize. On this week’s episode, Jane discusses the clinical depression that blindsided her and what she has learned from interviewing over 150 Latter-day Saints who are also facing this difficult challenge.

It is difficult to ignore the similarities between April Giauque’s description of an abuser’s behavior and Satan’s efforts to wear us down: isolation, manipulation, control, despair. Regardless of whether you feel held captive in an abusive situation like April or trapped by sin or discouragement, April’s story reminds us that there is always hope through the gospel of Jesus Christ.