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In a culture that strives for happiness and perfection, depression and mental illness are often surrounded by stigma, misunderstanding, and endless questions. In Silent Souls Weeping, bestselling author and nationally-recognized journalist Jane Clayson Johnson hopes to change the LDS dialogue and cultural stigmas surrounding mental illness. She vulnerably shares her own experience with depression along with the experiences of many other
...You may feel a little intimidated when you're preparing to enter the temple for the first time. Fortunately, this book can help. It offers answers about the endowment by providing a frame for you to understand the purposes and procedures of its ordinances.
Explore the temple endowment from three different vantage points: the why, the what,, and the how, so that when you go to the temple—whether for the first time or
...President Dieter F. Uchtdorf has earned a reputation among members of the Church for using his decades of experience as a pilot to draw gospel metaphors. He has even joked about the frequency of the phenomenon from the pulpit, once noting that a congregation may be asking, "What does this have to do with an airplane?" President Uchtdorf's ability to draw on real-life experience and share easily interpreted analogies has endeared him to Church members
...Exercising faith isn’t always easy to do. In a world where religion is being pushed to the margins of society, we find loyalty to scriptural teachings, adherence to time-honored values, and belief in absolute truths in short supply.
When respected religious educator and author Robert L. Millet talks with those who are troubled by newly public historical information, anti-Mormon propaganda, the Church's position on marriage, family, and
...Most of us feel broken at some time or another. We face personal trials and family struggles. We get discouraged and downhearted. Many are enduring conflicts fought in the lonely foxholes of the heart, feeling their lives may be broken beyond repair. In this extraordinary book, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's characteristic good cheer and brilliant insights offer the surest and sweetest remedy of all. He invites all readers, not just the poor in spirit,
...When a young Henry B. Eyring would complain that things were hard, his mother would advise him, "If you are on the right path, it will always be uphill." To choose the Lord's way is to choose higher ground.
Similar to President Henry B. Eyring's bestselling classic To Draw Closer to God, this collection of memorable talks offers a roadmap to spiritual progression. We learn from a master teacher how a strong foundation transforms families,
...So much is said about the Second Coming and the signs of the times—but what information can we really trust, and how can we be ready? Watch and Be Ready teaches that if we are spiritually prepared, not only will we not fear; we'll look forward to the event with joy and anticipation because we will be ready to participate in the Second Coming—whether from this world or the other side.
A popular speaker at BYU Education Week
...The Deseret Bookshelf version is enhanced with video.
Times of trouble. We all have them. As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland writes, "One of the unfailing facts of mortal life is the recurring presence of trouble....When these difficult days (and nights!) come—and they will—it will help us to remember that 'it must needs be,' that in the grand councils of heaven before the world was, we agreed to such a time of challenge and refinement.
...In President Packer's characteristic warmth and authoritative manner, he examines in appropriate detail the doctrines and practices surrounding the holy temples that dot the world. This timely and valuable book will help members at every stage of life as it focuses on a temple's purpose, beauty, and the blessings it offers.
Part one offers the Lord's invitation: "Come to the temple." It sets forth the requirements for attendance basically, preparation
...10) The life before
As we ponder the meaning of life, we experience yearnings to know the distant past, to obtain understanding of our spiritual roots and divine lineage, to link time with timelessness. Knowledge of the premortal existence becomes crucial in our search.
In the most positive sense, The Life Before is a journey backward. At the foundation of his exploration, author and teacher Brent L. Top explains why various cultures and religions believe
...11) The Lord's way
The Lord has outlined the purpose and goal of mortality: "to bring to pass the immortaility and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39). His plan—the plan of salvation—decrees that the Father's children will pass through mortality, where they can exercise their agency and be tested "to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them " (Abraham 3:25).
"The choices the children of God make in the exercise
...12) Act in doctrine
What do we do with the truths we know?
Knowledge is important—but it is only part of the equation in our spiritual development. Our happiness in mortality and our progress throughout eternity depend on our learning to "act in doctrine," to live as we know we should live.
In Act in Doctrine, Elder David A. Bednar shares key insights to help close the gap between what we know and how we act. "The essential first step in reducing
...Now more than ever, young people are asking themselves important questions:
In How Do I Know If I Know? John Bytheway discusses different ways we may come to know that the restored gospel is true. He suggests that we "F.E.E.L." the truthfulness of the gospel
Would you like to gain more from your temple attendance? More knowledge and power? More help for your daily life? Understanding Temple Symbols helps us think about the temple in new and different ways—discovering unexplored avenues of learning, opening doors we hadn't noticed before, and deepening our understanding of the symbolism used in the Lord's House.
Our temple experience is rooted in symbols, and to understand those symbols
...The Second Coming—is there any serious Christian who has not pondered the significance and consequences of that long-awaited, glorious event? Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Council of the Twelve, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, expounds on this topic in all its magnificence and in his usual flowing style. The crowning work of his trilogy on the life of Christ—preceded by The Promised Messiah and The...
The spiritual life consists of many virtues and activities—earnest prayer, scripture study, love of fellowman, caring service—to name a few. Undergirding all, it seems, is attitude toward God. Here Elder Neal A. Maxwell shows how crucial is that element. For the disciple, he points out, the teaching and example of Jesus Christ shows an inescapable pattern—submission always to the Father's will. The Savior's greatest test and greatest
...18) One by one
The Lord tells us that "the worth of souls is great" in His sight (Doctrine and Covenants 18:10). But how can we know that is true? How can we gain a greater sense of the worth of every soul—including our own?
In his latest book, Elder David A. Bednar offers a compelling look at a pattern the Lord uses to bless His people: He works with us on an individual basis, one by one. Demonstrating that pattern as it occurs throughout the
...In 21 Principles, Elder Scott encourages us to search for true principles as we seek spiritual knowledge, explaining that principles are concentrated truth, packaged for application to a wide variety of circumstances. He teaches that, as we resolutely follow correct principles, we forge a strength of character that will be a resource in times of need. True principles make decisions clear even under the most confusing of circumstances. Elder
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