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Kenneth Hartvigsen, a curator at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, invites listeners to slow down and “experience” the frustration, anticipation, and hope of Carl Bloch’s ‘Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda.’

Temple groundbreaking ceremonies took place in Brazil and Pittsburgh and a groundbreaking date for the Phnom Penh Cambodia temple was announced.

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.

Two themes about the Church were apparent both over the pulpit and on social media this week.

If we were to list reasons why Latter-day Saints love general conference, the inspirational stories told by the speakers could very well earn a spot in the top five.

Upon initially learning about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Danor felt it was what he had been searching for. But then he started to hear “rumors” that there was a period of time in the Church’s history when people of African descent were unable to receive the priesthood. And as it turned out, the rumors were true.

The August 26 print edition of The Washington Times included an article highlighting the success of the All In podcast as well as the All In book, which was released last month.

Two counselors have been called to serve with the recently announced president of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Michael O. Leavitt. At a devotional held in the Tabernacle on Thursday evening, L. Whitney Clayton was sustained as first counselor and Gary B. Porter as second counselor in the new choir presidency.

Elder Edward Dube, General Authority Seventy and current First Counselor in the Africa West Area Presidency, grew up in rural Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia), against the backdrop of civil war. From humble beginnings, he worked hard in the fields, walked miles for water, and sacrificed for the privilege of education. There, in Silobela, his mother would sometimes gather her children and teach them in the shade of the mango trees near their home. But we can't learn everything we need to know if we stay in the comfort of a tree's shade.