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There’s nothing more comfortable in the chill of January than a bowl of warm, delicious soup! Warm your family with these savory soup recipes that come from Our Best Bites, The Roof, and the Lion House. (All cookbooks available at Deseret Book.)

Listen: Church News editor Sarah Weaver recalls the lesson she learned about dealing with questions and choosing faith

Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News editor, remembers exactly what she was doing on November 5, 2015. At the time, she was near the 600 South exit on Interstate 15, driving near Salt Lake City, when she got a phone call from a coworker.

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How 1 Latter-day Saint couple utilized social media to adopt their second son

Scott and Ashley Laneri share the stories behind two very different adoptions and the miracles that brought their family together.

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Do we know what teens are going through? One Latter-day Saint mom and seminary teacher says we have no idea

Kathryn Davis recently asked her seminary students a simple question: “Do you think your parents know what you face when you walk down the halls of school?”

What 1 of Christ's questions taught S. Michael Wilcox after his wife's passing

Each of us have little quirks that others likely notice about us and are perhaps even annoyed by. Laura “Laurie” Wilcox loved jewelry, especially bracelets, and frequently could only find one of two earrings in a pair. But do those little annoyances matter when the people we love are gone? Or would we give anything to search for a missing earring one last time?

What might it mean when your patriarchal blessing doesn’t mention something you hoped it would?

Receiving one's patriarchal blessing often carries with it great anticipation and great expectations. Will the blessing mention the things we've always dreamed of having in our lives? And what if it doesn't? As a young girl, Makenna Myler's life revolved around running so when she received her patriarchal blessing, she expected it to talk about the role running would play in her life moving forward. When it didn't, she was confused and, for years after, she wrestled over whether she should be running or not.

Latter-day Saint Life

Mary Holland McCann’s tribute to her mother that you don’t want to miss

As McCann puts it, “Everything that I know and feel and believe about being a mother has come from her.”

Our Favorite Things from Deseret Book: LDS Living Staff Picks Spring 2018

By LDS Living

A unique part of working at LDS Living is getting familiar with a wide variety of Deseret Book products. We have so many favorites that we wanted to share with our fabulous readers. As you'll see, a couple of us couldn't narrow it down to just one!

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How to Let Go of Anxiety When Making Hard Decisions + 4 Steps to Replace Fear with Faith

By Yvonne Liu

After changing my major three times in college, I was sold on journalism as my career goal. However, while I was looking at the job salary for journalists, I realized that I would not be able to save much money in my newly chosen career. My anxiety rose and my mind started spinning. “Should I change my career goal? Is it too late to become a nurse or engineer?” While my brain was filled with fearful thoughts about the future, the advice I’d received from my therapist reminded me that I need to calm down and realize that it was my fear that was creating these doubts in my mind.

Dean Hughes: Digging Into Polygamy and Other "Muddy" Issues

When Dean Hughes began writing his latest book, he didn't plan on writing about polygamy but the topic became impossible to ignore. At times, there are things (both past and present) that may affect our beliefs and be impossible to ignore. Dean describes these things as "muddy," but explains that there are faithful ways to approach seemingly messy aspects of our faith or our Church's history.