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Ezra Taft Benson

  • A jubilee year for missionary language instruction

    Three years after the Church was organized, the Lord decreed that "every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language, through those who are ordained unto this power" (Doctrine and Covenants 90:11).
  • Children want time

    Upon returning home from work one day, a father patted his boy on the head and said, "Son, I want you to know I love you."
  • Counsel on dating and courtship

    Dating can be complicated. Singles deal with the intricacies of getting to know and understand one another, coupled with a mix of technological, financial, societal, religious and media influences.
  • Connecting youth

    Youth leaders divided their efforts as rain and a snow storm hit the Young Women summer camp. Some leaders worked outside the tent, struggling to keep the tent stakes anchored and to direct a stream of running water away from the youth, while others remained inside the tent, playing games and laughing with the young women.