BY TAISHA OSTLER With a canopy of starlight above us, and a warm campfire at our feet, my family listens to the steady resonance of my dad’s story-voice. We are soaking up the last bits of summer in southern Utah at our annual family reunion. At forty-two years old, I am the oldest of five…

BY ELLIE A. OSBORNE Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgot- ten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12.6–7) It was surprisingly fitting when I finally decided to…

BY MEREDITH GERARD Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath given it free for all men; and he hath comman- ded his people that they should persuade all men to repentance. Behold, hath the Lord commanded any that they should not…

BY MICHELLE FORSTROM For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind? (Mosiah 4.19) The first time…

BY EMILY CLUFF “Don’t forget your breathing.” The chipper voice is what I would expect from someone who chose to teach a yoga class at 7:00 in the morning. In fact, everything about my instructor fits the stereotype down to a T. Long brown ponytail, inhuman flexibility, cute stretchy pants, and relentless positive energy at…

BY LISA CHRISTENSEN In 1838, a band of over 200 mobsters charged into Haun’s Mill, Missouri, a small community of the fledgling Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Then-Governor Lilburn W. Boggs had recently issued a kill order against any member of the church, and the mob was only too happy to comply. Over…