A Proper Appreciation for Trials

A Proper Appreciation for Trials

In the past, you may have prayed to be spared all trials. Today, as a new member of the church, you may want to consider offering thanks for your trials. Dallin H. Oaks said, “Our needed conversions are often achieved more readily by suffering and adversity than by...
Loving Your Teens: the Power of Affirming Words

Loving Your Teens: the Power of Affirming Words

One of the most powerful statements I’ve ever heard on the power our words hold was given by a latter-day apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (nicknamed Mormon Church) by the name of Jeffrey R. Holland. In his talk, “The Tongue of Angels,” he...

Our Handbook to Happiness

In 2003, Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or Mormon Church,) wrote an article entitled “Three Choices” (Liahona, Nov 2003, 78–81.) In his talk, he speaks of three choices we can make to improve...
Every little contact counts

Every little contact counts

I’ve talked with many people who have joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, referred to as the Mormons, and I love hearing their conversion stories. Rarely does a person join the Church because of one member…it’s usually the result...
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