The Spiritual Component of Healing

It’s rare that the Church magazines publish an article by an emeritus General Authority, and it’s even rarer that they would publish a second or third article by the same emeritus General Authority. For this reason, it’s remarkable to see in this month’s Ensign the article “The Spiritual Component of Healing” by Elder Alexander B. [...]

Latter-day Prophets Song

This month’s Friend magazine has something we’ve all been waiting for: the update of the song “Latter-day Prophets.” Now with President Monson! You can download the sheet music here. Enjoy.

Making Time to Be Holy

If you were to make a list of the most bustling cities in the world, I imagine that Hong Kong would appear somewhere in the top 10 or 20. So not only does the cover article in this month’s Ensign go to Hong Kong to discuss rising above life’s stresses, but it is also based [...]

The Pipers of Nauvoo—with Video

One of the things the New Era is about is variety. It tries to show LDS teens from a variety of places, exploring a variety of interests, and doing a variety of things. This month’s issue contains a story about a group of teens who volunteer to play the bagpipes at the Nauvoo Pageant for [...]

Small and Simple Things—We’ve Got Mail

 This may seem like a strange thing to mention in this blog, but I thought I might highlight something interesting from a section of the Church magazines that probably doesn’t get a lot of attention. In this month’s “We’ve Got Mail,” the letters-to-the-editor section of the New Era, there are a couple of comments that [...]

The Best Bargain

I realize that I haven’t written about the Friend yet, so I’ll rectify that today by briefly mentioning an article titled “The Best Bargain.” A girl looking for a good bargain on a Mother’s Day gift discovers that, even in business dealings, our primary concern is not necessarily what benefits us the most; integrity and [...]

A Note to the Good Guys, A Note to the Good Girls

A good New Era article is like a good lasagna—meaty with just the right amount of cheese. Or is it cheesy with just the right amount of meat? Anyway, I would turn your attention to an article in this month’s New Era that seems to have the right recipe. It’s made up of two small [...]

Mormonad—Be Big

I rather like the Mormonad in the New Era this month. Its message is one that I wish more people (not just teenagers) would take to heart. The picture in the Mormonad shows a young boy and a teenage boy walking off of a soccer field. Presumably the younger boy has lost the game or played [...]

Why the Book of Mormon?

In this month’s New Era, President Henry B. Eyring begins his message by saying, “When I was a young man I wondered why the Lord needed to have the Prophet Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon to begin the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.” The rest of this article, titled “Why the [...]

The Miracle of the Conference Magazines

I suppose the more often a miracle is repeated, the less miraculous it seems. That said, I’d like to remind us of one those miracles that affects all of us in the Church but goes somewhat unheralded.
The general conference issues of the Ensign and Liahona should be arriving in most people’s mailboxes this week—and what [...]