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'Let us trust our youth!': Church leaders discuss how to empower and unite youth during isolation

Editor's note: "This week from the pulpit" highlights recent messages by General Authorities and General Officers of the Church.

2013 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts Available

There are a few transcripts from 2013 BYU Womens Conference talks that are now available. If you are a youth leader or parent of a youth, or simply interested in pondering more about priesthood, we particularly encourage the messages from the Relief Society General presidency on the priesthood.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Mormon Missionary Meets President Obama

Earlier this year, Elder Brendan Bailey traded in his basketball shoes for a black LDS missionary name tag and boarded a plane to Washington, D.C. . . . [Little did he know in a short time, he'd be meeting the President of the United States.]

Famous Latter-day Saints

Famous '50's Rock Star and LDS Convert Who Was Featured in Disney Movie Passes Away

By Jeff Hampton

LDS rockabilly legend Joe Bennett, frontman of the famous 1950’s band The Sparkletones, passed away on Saturday, June 27th, at the age of 75.

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From the Church

Watch: Pres. Nelson receives Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize at Morehouse College

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

Morehouse College, a historically Black school in Georgia, has awarded its inaugural Gandhi-King-Mandela Peace Prize to President Russell M. Nelson.

Learn more about the 13 beautiful pieces of artwork on the Church’s Instagram last weekend

By Morgan Pearson

You may have noticed the Church’s Instagram account sharing a number of beautiful art pieces along with quotes from general conference talks over the weekend. But who were the artists featured and are any of their pieces available through Deseret Book? We wanted to know the same thing. Here’s what we found out:

17 Things People Get Wrong About Latter-day Saints

By Kelsey Berteaux

“What are you doing? You can’t use a calculator!”

Latter-day Saint Life

20 Things You Didn’t Know About Church History

By The Editors of the Joseph Smith Papers

Did you know that early Church leaders originally planned to have 24 temples in Jackson County, Missouri? Or that several brethren had a vision of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father during a meeting of the School of the Prophets? Read on to learn more fascinating facts you might not have known about Church history.

Latter-day Saint Life

7 Roadblocks Keeping You from the True Power of Prayer

By Robert L. Millet

There are certain roadblocks or barriers to communion with the Infinite, things that get in the way and prevent us from enjoying the kind of closeness with our Heavenly Father that we could have. We all could volunteer examples of such roadblocks. Let me suggest but a few.

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.