Many readers from Northern Utah and Utah Valley responded to an invitation to share their favorite family history stories and experiences. Here is one of those stories: Some years ago, before I moved to Utah, I had a free day in Salt Lake City. I decided to visit the Family History Library to ...

A point of emphasis since my children were really young has been to instill in them the importance of reverence for the name of God. Knowing how commonly the name of God is spoken in vain, I wanted to make sure they were crystal clear on what was appropriate. This led to some teaching ...

As I talk to my children about the values I want them to have, I have a central goal. I want them to have the Holy Ghost with them. I don’t want them to do things that push the Holy Ghost away. I know the importance of that because I have felt in my life the very tangible difference ...

A Thursday letter that was signed by President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as his two counselors in the First Presidency – President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring – stated that general conference, which will be ...

Several years ago, I decided that I was going to watch every general conference talk given by President Dallin H. Oaks, current first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I’ve always really enjoyed listening to President Oaks because of the ...

I was trying to decide which general conference talk I wanted to write about this week, and so I started watching the address by Elder Steven D. Shumway, a member of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from this past April titled “Participate to Prepare for ...