by Larry Richman | Jan 23, 2020
With FamilySearch, you can message other people to share information about ancestors and collaborate in building your Family Tree. Descendants from various branches of a family often have different family photographs, documents, and memories. Those researching in a...
by Larry Richman | Jan 22, 2020
Latter-day Saint Charities is the humanitarian arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since 1984, it has provided more than two billion dollars in aid to assist those in need throughout the world. This assistance is offered to recipients regardless of...
by Larry Richman | Jan 21, 2020
The Church video “Faith Crisis: What Do We Do When We Feel Nothing?” includes a member’s story of his journey of faith. “Dad, I can’t do it anymore. I’m gay.” Michael Mclean’s son had come out to him. “Dad, I’ve tried to do everything you said. I...
by Larry Richman | Jan 20, 2020
There are thousands of videos in the Church’s Gospel Media library (videos.ChurchofJesusChrist.org) available to stream and download. Most of these videos have captioning available while streaming, so you can see the text being spoken as you watch. You can also...
by Larry Richman | Jan 17, 2020
The First Presidency has announced adjustments to the temple clothing that is worn inside temples as part of temple ceremonies. The changes are to make the clothing more simple and comfortable, as well as to enhance the temple experience for patrons. Update (April 11,...
by Larry Richman | Jan 16, 2020
When you are trying to make sense of family connections, seeing is believing. The FamilySearch Family Tree gives you four different ways to view pedigree charts. Each visual representation gives you a different perspective and may help you learn more about your...
by Larry Richman | Jan 15, 2020
The Church video “Compelling Witness” depicts a mock trial that witnesses of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. With a single draft completed in 65 days, Joseph Smith, an unschooled man of 23, produced a book of over 500 pages with hundreds of unique names and...
by Larry Richman | Jan 14, 2020
Store.ChurchofJesusChrist.org is the online store where you can order materials from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This site is the global, online catalog for ordering Church materials such as scriptures, books, manuals, magazines, DVDs, art, music,...
by Larry Richman | Jan 13, 2020
The January issue of the Ensign and Liahona magazines is dedicated to helping you learn more about the Restoration in this bicentennial year, and also enhance your study of the Book of Mormon as part of the Come, Follow Me study for 2020. Note this article by...
by Larry Richman | Jan 11, 2020
Have you ever wished you could experience and explore Lehi’s vision of the tree of life for yourself? A new interactive mobile app from the Church uses augmented reality to help youth and children learn about Lehi’s vision of the tree of life from the Book of Mormon....
by Larry Richman | Jan 10, 2020
Did you know: 70% of kids encounter sexual or violent content online while doing homework research 17% of tweens (age 8-12) received an online message with photos or words that made them feel uncomfortable, only 7% of parents were aware of this 65% of 8-14 year-olds...
by Larry Richman | Jan 9, 2020
Book of Mormon Central teamed up with artist Katie Payne to create a beautiful and engaging video called the “The Story of the Book of Mormon: Plates of Mormon.” The video gives a glimpse of the father-son relationship between Mormon and Moroni, as they...
by Larry Richman | Jan 8, 2020
In today’s world of online banking, online shopping, online social media, and online banking, chances are you have lots of online accounts. And chances are that you use the same username and password a lot. That’s a really bad practice. SplashData’s...
by Larry Richman | Jan 7, 2020
After 20 years of working on a scripture study tool, Oak Norton has released a way to study the scriptures the way your brain works, and he’s looking for people to try it out and review it. Scripture Notes is a most powerful scripture journaling note software....
by Larry Richman | Jan 6, 2020
In 2020, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is using the Book of Mormon for its Come, Follow Me course of study. The site ScriptureNotes.com has assembled a list of Book of Mormon commentaries you may find helpful as you study this year. Referring to a...