Joseph Smith: Campaign for President of the United States

In the Ensign this month is an article that discusses the Prophet Joseph Smith’s 1844 campaign for President of the United States and asks what he hoped to accomplish. For those who don’t know much about this episode in Church history, this article explains Joseph Smith’s motivation for running, as well as the platform he [...]

The Other Part of Forgiveness

In this month’s Ensign you’ll find a short account of how one woman found the key to forgiving those who had hurt her. In “The Other Part of Forgiveness,” the author, Becky Dastrup, tells how she received the answer she sought after speaking to a Christian friend of another faith about her struggle to forgive. [...]

Commentary on Ensign Article: “The Energy Drink Epidemic”

An article in this month’s Ensign has spurred some discussion on LDS Web sites, and this time, that’s a good thing. “The Energy Drink Epidemic,” by Dr. Thomas J. Boud, discusses the negative health effects of excessive caffeine use and has many charts and sidebars that make for a very interesting read (as seen in [...]

Ensign Online: Elder Marlin K. Jensen on Future Joseph Smith Papers Volume

Elder Marlin K. Jensen, the Church Historian and Recorder, has written an online article about an upcoming volume of The Joseph Smith Papers in the “Revelations and Translations” series in the project. According to the Ensign’s Web site, the volume “contains many of the earliest known copies of the revelations received by Joseph Smith and provides [...]

Commentary on Elder Nelson’s Article on Abortion

Elder Russell M. Nelson’s article in this month’s Ensign immediately received a bit of attention in the bloggernacle. In “Abortion: An Assault on the Defenseless,” Elder Nelson puts forth the Church’s position and doctrine related to the practice, and he offers a few of his own opinions on related issues, such as the debate over [...]

Image Gallery: Pray Always

The Ensign has posted an image gallery based on the article “Pray Always” from the October issue. The article is a collection of artworks and captions related to prayer. This image gallery allows you to see them all in a similar format and size. Hopefully the Ensign will continue to post such image collections.

Coming to Church, Becoming Converted

This month’s Ensign contains a short article that gives six tips for helping investigators when they come to church. In “Coming to Church, Becoming Converted,” Dale M. Valentine (a former mission president who has passed away since writing this article) describes an experience in which he had the opportunity to ask seven converts about the [...]

Hope and Healing in Recovering from Abuse

In something of a follow-up to Elder Richard G. Scott’s last general conference address, the Ensign has published an article called “Hope and Healing in Recovering from Abuse.”
Written by Sister Sarah E. Miller, a psychotherapist in the United Kingdom, this article centers around the hope and healing to be found in the Savior’s Atonement. However, [...]

Love, Limits, and Latitude

The August Ensign contains an article with great guidelines to common-sense parenting. “Love, Limits, and Latitude,” by Craig H. Hart, Lloyd D. Newell, and Julie H. Haupt, offers advice on avoiding parenting that is too authoritarian or too permissive, focusing instead on the love parents should show toward their children, as well as the limits they should set [...]

Ensign Survey

Let your voice be heard!
The Ensign has posted an online survey with a variety of questions about its content and layout. You can link to it from the Ensign home page. It asks questions such as the following:
The layout and design of the Ensign is: (Please mark all that apply)
❏ Modern
❏ Repetitive
❏ Fresh
❏ Too formal
❏ Appealing
❏ Dignified
❏ Old-fashioned
❏ Inviting
❏ Predictable
❏ Too idealized
❏ Other
The survey then [...]