by Larry Richman | Oct 25, 2016
The Church has updated its official resources on same-sex attraction. The website MormonandGay.lds.org provides a wealth of information about this complex and often misunderstood topic. The site can help you gain a better understanding of same-sex attraction in the...
by Larry Richman | Oct 25, 2016
The text and PDF of the general conference issues of the Ensign, Liahona, New Era, and Friend magazines are now online and in the Gospel Library mobile app. Printed copies are in the mail to deliver to subscribers’ doors. The Ensign and Liahona magazines...
by Larry Richman | Oct 20, 2016
The Church recently published a raw, honest video of a woman who divorced her husband after 10 years of marriage. When she fell in love with Brandon, Lluvia thought she was living a fairy tale. Then, after ten years of marriage and in the midst of life challenges,...
by Larry Richman | Oct 4, 2016
The article “Understanding Suicide: Warning Signs and Prevention” has been published in the October issue of the Ensign and Liahona magazine. This article is written for adults and youth by an LDS international expert who discusses the warning signs, prevention, and...
by Larry Richman | Oct 3, 2016
The creation of a Church Newsroom website for Taiwan marks the 80th Newsroom website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to the Church’s worldwide newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the official news resource for news media, opinion...
by Larry Richman | Sep 26, 2016
We’ve all received bad news. We’re all struggling with something or someone we love is barely holding on. We hear about hate, terror, and despair. But that doesn’t mean that goodness is gone. Inside, most of us still genuinely want happiness not only for ourselves,...
by Larry Richman | Sep 17, 2016
Watch this Mormon Message video “Refuge from the Storm.” Tens of millions of people have been displaced from their homes due to conflict and famine—half of these individuals are children. In the April 2016 general conference, Elder Patrick Kearon spoke...
by Larry Richman | Sep 10, 2016
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The month of September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. In my article earlier this week about National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, I listed these statistics: Over 800,000 people die by suicide...
by Larry Richman | Sep 8, 2016
To coincide with the National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September and the World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10, the LDS Church has published a Preventing Suicide web page. PreventingSuicide.lds.org provides essential information for those who are...
by Larry Richman | Sep 6, 2016
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Over 800,000 people die by suicide worldwide every year.1 That’s 1 person every 40 seconds.2 And for every completed suicide, there are 25 suicide attempts.3 In the United States, suicide rates have...
by Larry Richman | Sep 5, 2016
The LDS Church has published the following age-appropriate articles about suicide in the September issues of the Church magazines: September Ensign & Liahona: “Choosing to Live” and “How to Create a Suicide-Prevention Safety Plan.” The article is written for...
by Larry Richman | Sep 1, 2016
The LDS Church has just updated the entry on “Suicide” in the Gospel Topics on LDS.org. The timing coincides with the national suicide prevention awareness month in September. The Gospel Topic states, “Most people who have thought about suicide do...
by Larry Richman | Aug 22, 2016
The Life of Jesus Christ: Children’s Narratives is a set of 10 new Bible videos that parents and teachers can use as a fun yet spiritual way to include children in gospel conversations. Each video contains clips from the Life of Jesus Christ Bible Videos...
by Larry Richman | Aug 12, 2016
The Liahona is the international magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is published in print and online in 48 languages. Some languages have only one issue a year and others receive more, depending on the number of members that speak each...
by Larry Richman | Aug 10, 2016
On this site, I maintain an ongoing page that lists resources in overcoming pornography. I know that pornography is a big problem in the world today, and it is growing bigger. One of the best programs I’ve seen to help your family stay clear of pornography is...