God Was with Her in the Darkest Moments of Her Life

What an incredible story of the power of faith and forgiveness! When Shelly Edwards Jorgensen was 15, her father murdered her mother and started their house on fire to cover it up.  At this exact same time, Heavenly Father placed a miracle friend directly into her path that would alter the course of her life forever.

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How I Lead as YSA Elders Quorum President

Eli Nelson is originally from Seattle, Washington and is studying business at Brigham Young University. He has served as a counselor in an elders quorum presidency, ward temple and family history leader, and as a full time missionary in the Trinidad, Port of Spain Mission. He currently serves as elders quorum president in his young single adult ward in Provo, Utah, and is the soon-to-be husband to Claire Darby. Highlights

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The Funky, Fragile World Beneath Your Feet

As a young woman from the East Coast, Sasha Reed had never been camping before when she was introduced to the Arizona desert by her future husband. She fell in love with both, and crouching on the dry ground she noticed and became obsessed with fragile communities of organisms known as "biocrust." This led her into a scientific field, biogeochemistry, that would shape her professional life. With infectious enthusiasm, she's become an evangelist for biocrust communities, finding joy and amusement in their spunky methods of not only surviving, but thriving.

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Loving Every Change

What would you do if your boss called you into their office for some feedback... because you revealed your age? Lisa shares her experience of the weird mixed messaging that so many of us experience when it comes to change and getting older. A special intergenerational Council of Moms reflects on different transitions that have impacted their body image, and how they learned to overcome personal and societal expectations for how their bodies would look or feel through pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause and all the other little transitions in between. They discuss moving past "turning back the clock" and on to loving bodies that were always meant to change.

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