The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dallin H. Oaks, shared a talk during the October 1998 general conference where he talked about an experience he had doing yard work. “A few weeks ago, I used a chain saw to cut down a tree in my backyard,” he said. ...

A while back, I had the opportunity to hear Elder Kevin G. Brown of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speak at a stake conference. It was a memorable stake conference because of the energy that Elder Brown brought to his talk. I knew that he not only knew the ...

One week after funeral services for President Russell M. Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new prophet. Dallin H. Oaks, the senior member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was named the 18th president and prophet of the church Tuesday at the Conference ...

I’ve heard President Dallin H. Oaks talk about his father dying when he was a young boy before, but it hit different when he spoke about it as part of his address during the general conference of the church on Sunday afternoon. “I will never forget the promise of my maternal Grandfather ...

Elder Tad Richards Callister, who served as a General Authority Seventy and Sunday School general president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Thursday in Bountiful at the age of 79, according to a Church News article. Callister also was the president of the Canada ...

Those closest to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remembered him for his fervent service to the church and the unrelenting joy he carried throughout his ministry. Nelson, the church’s 17th prophet who died Sept. 27 at age 101, was memorialized ...