Monday, September 14

David A. Bednar · 4 min

Elder Bednar takes the Nikko carving of the three wise monkeys and argues that "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" is only the starting line of discipleship, not the finish.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · 15 min

Lei Mobley-Alldredge tells how losing her mother to suicide at 16 drove her to step away from the Church, and how a Young Women's calling she took while still unsure handed her testimony back.

Clark G. Gilbert · 5 min

Elder Gilbert reports from the Africa West Area, where growth is fast enough that converts baptized within the past year are already serving as quorum and class presidents, and argues leadership development is what preparing for the Second Coming actually looks like.

RISE ZION · 24 min

Seth reads the full San Diego temple rededicatory prayer published by Church News and argues that President Christofferson's renewal of two of Hinckley's 1993 petitions — including "bless the posterity of Lehi" — fits a larger pattern about the gathering of Israel.

RISE ZION · 7 min

The unedited Pearson devotional address that last week's "18 million to 50 million" coverage was built on — which turns out to be a talk about the ninth Article of Faith and continuing revelation, with the growth figure as one subordinate clause near the end.

Christian Homestead · 41 min

Jared previews President Oaks' 16 September keynote at the Washington National Cathedral, reviews the themes of his addresses since President Nelson's death, and then spends the back half on spreadsheet patterns — talk counts, multiples of seven, and a tally of how often the parable of the ten virgins has been cited.

Christian Homestead · 27 min

An anonymous tip led Jared to a quiet-title suit on Missouri's public court website: a Latter-day Saint, representing himself, is suing the Church of Christ (Temple Lot) for the Independence temple property, with a trial date set for 7 December.

Keystone · 10 min

Ten genuinely obscure episodes from Latter-day Saint history — an 1876 arsenal explosion, Brigham Young's drag-performer son, a 1926 possession case, and the Deseret alphabet among them — delivered as a listicle with sourcing noted where it is thin.

LDS Teaching Toolbox · 13 min

A worked plan for teaching Isaiah 1–12 in a 25-minute class: four tips for decoding Isaiah, demonstrated live on Isaiah 2, then a closing story built on the scarlet-and-snow promise in Isaiah 1.

Informed Saints · 69 min

Walker Wright argues that faith crises usually begin at the branches — polygamy, the Book of Abraham, DNA, race and the priesthood — when the roots underneath them were never established, and walks the foundation back to whether existence itself is intelligible.