The Art Catalog for the Book of Mormon: A Study Tool

Are you curious about Book of Mormon–centered art? Look no further—this catalog contains art from the Book of Mormon in a variety of styles. Scripture study is essential for our spiritual growth, but reading words on a page can become repetitive. Incorporating practices like praying, pondering, writing down impressions, listening...

The Prophet Teaches Us to Be Teachable

In President Dallin H. Oaks’s first address as the prophet of the restored Church, he counsels us to come closer to the Savior by being teachable. “Humility is a master virtue, given to help us learn other virtues necessary for us to become what our Heavenly Father and His Only...

Building the Courage to Stand Alone

In 2011, Thomas S. Monson counseled us all to “dare to stand alone.” What can we learn from his words 15 years later? My high school in San Diego, California, had nearly two thousand students. Around 15 of those were members of the Church, including my brothers and me. Throughout...

What We Ought to Know About Eternity

What does the gospel of Jesus Christ teach us about our life’s purpose and eternal destiny? Familial bonds don’t end with mortality. There are millions of pop culture portrayals of the afterlife and speculations about what it’s like. For instance, I recently watched a movie with a depiction of an...

Faithfully Acting on Revelation

Faith is what allows us to hear the Lord’s voice and act on his will. I packed my backpack for the first day of class after changing my major for the third time. I felt excited to begin the semester, convinced I had finally found my calling. However, as the...
Cultivating Your Spiritual Gold Rush

Cultivating Your Spiritual Gold Rush

We don’t need grand gestures to grow spiritually—just steady flecks of faith, love, and kindness each day. Recently, I attended the temple for the first time. I was surprised by how much of the experience was about progression. Going through the temple was a powerful reminder that spiritual growth doesn’t...
Following the Spirit to Comfort Others

Following the Spirit to Comfort Others

Sometimes a little comfort is all you need to make it through a particularly bad day, week, month, or even year. The Holy Spirit is quiet, but if we let it, it can make a powerful difference in our lives. Not only does it help us to make hard decisions...
Strong in Spite of My Weakness

Strong in Spite of My Weakness

Our weaknesses aren’t meant to beat us down or make us discouraged. They can help us to eventually become strong. During my freshman year of high school, I memorized—and promptly forgot—Ether 12:27: “And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness...
Becoming More: Three Ways to Overcome Discontentment

Becoming More: Three Ways to Overcome Discontentment

Our God-given desires to improve, learn, and grow are deeper than any wish we may have to “keep up.” How will you act in faith to become more? Often, we have the tendency to feel that we need to be more—that there is a gap between who we are now...
The What, When, and How of the Book of Moses

The What, When, and How of the Book of Moses

The Book of Moses came to Joseph Smith as a revelation from God, eventually sparking the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. Why is it that only The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a book of scripture named after Moses? Doesn’t the world already have books of...
Seeing God Through His Holy House

Seeing God Through His Holy House

Like our homes reveal who we are, temples can reveal who God is. Since the Old Testament times, God has encouraged his people to “seek His face in the temple,” as BYU Professor Andrew C. Skinner says in his article “Seeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel’s...