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The Tyranny of a Burning Bosom (Adapted from Revelation by Janiece Johnson)
I grew up in California, in the Bay Area, from a family made up of stalwart pioneers on one side and fresh converts on the other. Once winning a ski trip for perfect early morning seminary attendance, I was a model young woman in a ward that loved and nurtured me and I loved them. But no one knew I didn’t really fit.
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Become Like God and Jesus Christ
From the Maxwell Children: Elder Maxwell “was present in the upper room of the temple that early June day in 1978 when all the General Authorities gathered to receive the revelation and decision from President Spencer W. Kimball making it possible for all worthy male members to be ordained to the priesthood.” Elder Maxwell recounted, “I wept with joy that day. The handkerchief I wiped my tears with I took home and told my wife not to wash it.
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What Family History Is–and Is Not (Adapted from Redeeming the Dead by Amy Harris)
Prophets and apostles are clear about the ultimate goal of the Church’s genealogical efforts: to build one family tree where all people who can be identified are brought into one place. The project to preserve records and make them accessible will continue unabated for decades to come.
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“Murmur Not”
With all of you, I express my admiration to these wonderful men who are being released and whose status is being adjusted. They were exemplary at the time of their calls; they are even more so today. They are portable sermons for us all. My sermon was essentially prepared in June. It is for myself as well as for the members of the Church.
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2025 Book of Mormon Art Contest Winners Announced
Thank you to those who participated in the third year of the Book of Mormon Art Contest! The Book of Mormon Art Contest was created in 2022 to inspire students and strengthen their testimonies in the Book of Mormon, and to represent more people and stories from the ancient text in the Book of Mormon Art Catalog.
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Agency and the Hope of Futurity (Adapted from Agency by Terryl Givens)
We are creatures of time. We inherit its fruits, both sweet and bitter. We have the advantages our forebears have bequeathed us, from aspirin to the 40-hour work week, to whatever political and religious freedoms we enjoy. Examples like those enhance our modern possibilities for meaningful, freely chosen action.
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“The Constitution: The Wisest Ever Yet Delivered to Men”
This is a special time. I’m not sure it’s fair to you who are young beneficiaries of the work done two hundred years ago that you should be expected to appreciate all of it. I should like to try to weigh in on the scales for your consideration. Some of the reasons of that is in fact a very, very special blessing.
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The Lord's Grace: Inexhaustible Opportunities and Love Irrespective (Adapted from Divine Aid by Amy Easton)
“And now, behold, I say unto you, my servant James [Covel], I have looked upon thy works and I know thee. . . . I have prepared thee for a greater work” (Doctrine and Covenants 39:7, 11). . . . “And [James Covel] received the word with gladness, but straightway Satan tempted him; and the fear of persecution and the cares of the world caused him to reject the word.” (Doctrine and Covenants 40:2)
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New Full-Time Faculty Fellow for Fall 2025
BYU’s Academic Vice President Justin Collings has appointed Steven Harper as a Maxwell Institute Faculty Fellow, filling one of the Institute’s two-year rotating fellowships. His term will begin in September 2025.
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