For whatever reason, within Latter-day Saint culture we sometimes feel like in an effort to worship the living Christ we cannot focus on what happened on Calvary’s cross. John Hilton III teaches in a new 5-minute Fireside that we cannot have one without the other.

11 million views can’t be wrong: This high school graduate will give you all the feels with his sweet musical tribute to his parents.

For a full 10 seconds I stood in amazement. It had never occurred to me at this point in the second half of a two-semester course that I needed to define something so fundamental.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you have what it takes to make it to the celestial kingdom, then Robert L. Millet has a message for you.

Over 30 years ago, John Bytheway read a Church News editorial by William B. Smart titled, “The Three Levels of Christmas.”

In 2008, David Archuleta released his hit debut single “Crush.” Today, 13 years later, it remains one of Archuleta’s most popular songs with over 128 million views on YouTube. The 30-year-old even recently joked on Twitter that despite his new music release—on July 28, he came out with the single “Movin”—fans really just want him to sing “Crush.”

Elder Jacob Herr knew he wanted to immerse himself in the culture of Georgia, a country that sits at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. But he never imagined his efforts would lead to a video of him going viral on TikTok and an appearance on one of the country’s morning talk shows.

Age, injury, or decline in ability are all reasons a professional athlete will typically retire from their sport. But professional surfer Tuhiti Wong Pao-Sing’s career is far from over, and yet he will likely never win another surfing competition.

On Tuesday, July 20—just 13 months after her husband Christopher passed away after a four-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—actress Lisa Valentine Clark gave an inspiring devotional at Brigham Young University.

Jennie Taylor has known plenty of heartache in her life. As a 10-year-old, she lost her father to suicide. Years later, when she was married with four children, her teenage brother-in-law also committed suicide. And during her husband Brent’s fourth deployment as a soldier in 2018, she found out he’d been killed in action.

Ben and Chad Truman have grown up around music. Their father, Dan Truman, was the keyboard and piano player for country band Diamond Rio, which is famous for hit songs like “Meet in the Middle,” “Beautiful Mess,” and “One More Day.”

The angel Moroni statue stands firm and triumphant on top of many temples. As a symbol of the Restoration, the statue has been a source of inspiration for Latter-day Saints around the world. In this special video, watch the angel Moroni on its way up to the top of the Richmond Virginia Temple, which is currently under construction.

The BYU Cougarettes have topped the charts once again, claiming the Division I-A hip-hop title at the 2021 NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship on April 10.

Elder Quentin L. Cook says he has always worried about saying too much about sacred things.

There’s no denying that Brigham Young University’s mascot, Cosmo the Cougar, has earned a reputation for pulling off some cool stunts.

Those who have ventured out to a theater recently may have seen a trailer that reminded them of a place they once called home—the mission field.

A Church News video released on March 31 looks back at the past year of the pandemic with words of assurance from President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

Sculptor Nnamdi Okonkwo was 23 years old when he joined the Church while attending BYU–Hawaii. Many of his sculptures honor womanhood and use fluid lines and simple shapes to create a symbolic representation of humanity. Okonkwo is married and the father of three children. We recently asked him about his faith, family, and what motivates his artwork.

David Archuleta’s original song “I Know He Lives” has the spirit of a hymn, but with a beat that will make you want to listen to it any day of the week.

As the Savior suffered in agonizing pain on the cross, the Gospels record that He made seven final statements.

David Archuleta joined BYU Vocal Point to create a beautiful new music video perfect for any Easter celebration. “What a Beautiful Name,” originally performed by Hillsong Worship, may not be a song many Latter-day Saints are familiar with, but with its Christ-centered lyrics and powerful vocals, this performance could easily become a family favorite.

The birth of Cameron and Rebecca King’s second daughter isn’t the birth story that most young parents imagine, but it is a story of how the hand of the Lord is always visible, even during hard times.

In a music video released on Sunday, March 21, 2021, the voices of The Bonner Family take on a beloved Latter-day Saint hymn, “Come, Come, Ye Saints.”

In LDS Living’s latest 5-minute Fireside, two musicians take the floor to share a message about the Savior in both word and song. Chad and Ben Truman, singer-songwriters known as the Truman Brothers, tell how difficult it was for their family when their aunt passed away from brain cancer, just two months before the birth of her first granddaughter, and amid a worldwide pandemic that prevented many traditional forms grieving. Chad says that experience and other trials in the past year, have brought a line from Doctrine and Covenants 122:7 to his mind often:

Each year, the NBA hosts an All-Star game featuring 24 of the star players—and this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game also featured a special theme: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

In the most recent addition to LDS Living’s video series Real Questions, Scarlett has a pressing matter that has been weighing on her mind:

It’s a story almost anyone can relate to: A 7-year-old girl asks her father if she can have a bicycle, saying she is the only kid on the block without one. The father tells her if she saves all her pennies, she will soon have enough to buy a bicycle.

The Bonner Family released a new music video on February 26. Their original song “You’ve Got Soul,” lives up to its name—between the rhythm, tempo, bass, and a feel-good vibe, it has plenty of soul to get you grooving.

Colby is a teenager approaching adulthood and he has a question: Is it bad to participate in the Church out of a sense of duty?

As a part of Deseret Book’s youth edition of “Real Questions,” teen Natalie Jones asks for guidance on a timely topic that is applicable to all ages.

When the new Children and Youth initiative debuted in 2019, Grant had a vision for what he wanted to accomplish—a ballet move called a press lift where his older sister would jump and he would lift her over his head.

“Negro spirituals”—songs that were often sung by African American slaves as they worked—are something that we, in our faith tradition, may not be very familiar with. But in a recent Instagram live video, Yahosh Bonner shares the history surrounding these songs:

On this date in history in 1846, the first Latter-day Saints to leave Nauvoo came to the end of Parley Street and prepared to cross the Mississippi River in the dead of winter.

Larry Still was walking alone on a cold night on an empty street when a truck drove past seemingly out of nowhere.

“Isn’t it true that our life’s most sublime melodies tend to be written during the dark symphonies of our struggle?”

When a call went out for nurses to head to New York during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sheri immediately felt drawn to answer the call—partially because of a nurse who changed her mother’s life years ago.

Four years after his passing, the legacy of Lindsey Stirling’s father, Stephen J. Stirling, continues to live on in his daughter’s music. Stirling learned that her dad was battling cancer as she simultaneously grieved the death of her bandmate and best friend, Jason “Gavi” Gaviati. Stirling’s newest song and music video, “Lose You Now (feat. Mako),” honors the memory of both her father and her friend.

On Wednesday night’s episode of The Masked Dancer, Latter-day Saint activist Elizabeth Smart was revealed to be the woman behind the mask of the Moth. Smart jokingly said that “it’s been one of the bravest things that I’ve willingly done in my life,” and TODAY called it “one of the more surprising . . . reveals in the show’s history.” But what motivated Smart to appear on the show?

The pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to missionary work, according to Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and some of those changes will teach us lessons for the future. In a video published Sunday, June 14, Elder Uchtdorf shared how missionaries have embraced technology and social media during the pandemic.

BYU Vocal Point added an a capella take to the traditional hymn, "Be Thou My Vision," in a video released Friday.

During their Latin American ministry tour, President and Sister Nelson sat down with the Church News in a video that gives insight into their marriage and how God's laws work.

A major power outage in New York darkened Times Square and led to the cancellation of dozens of Broadway shows, but while locals and tourists filed from performance halls into the blackened streets, those outside Carnegie Hall experienced something Yahoo! News characterized as "celestial."

Thanks to the Third Hour for making us aware of this video.

The big football game wasn’t the only thing BYU fans were talking about this past Saturday.

Teaming up with LDS singer/songwriter Cayson Renshaw, Elenyi recently released a beautiful new music video with the familiar songs “I Believe in Christ” and “You Raise Me Up.”

LDS 5-year-old Claire Ryann Crosby does it again with her sweetest daddy-daughter duet of "A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman.

The Spark Singers, including Noelle Bybee, who is a former contestant on NBC's The Voice, released a new music video, "Wonder," in response to President Russell M Nelson's challenge in a recent Worldwide Youth Devotional to "stand out; be different from the world. You and I know that you are to be a light to the world."

Pianika Duncan is a mother of two and a Latter-day Saint from a small town called Ngaruawahia in New Zealand. She wrote a song called "Bring Mana to Your Name," which was inspired by her love for family history. Duncan explains the word "Mana" means pride and strength. She incorporates Maori, the native language of New Zealand, and English into the song.

LDS Church News recently created a beautiful video capturing President Russell M. Nelson's world tour by the numbers. Check it out:

Written for the 2018 Mutual theme, "Peace in Christ" (D&C 19:23), this new music video by Wayne Burton features the voice of Seli Miller from the LDS group Elenyi. This song has been translated into seven different languages to be more accessible to Church members the world over.

The renowned One Voice Children's Choir teamed up with LDS Japanese pop group bless4, featured in a Meet the Mormons stand-alone video, to perform a touching arrangement of the beloved primary classic "I Am a Child of God." The piece is sung in both Japanese and English and is truly beautiful.

Hits from The Greatest Showman have inspired many since it's realease in theaters, and LDS artists are no exception. The Billboard chart-topping group GENTRI, or "the gentelman trio," has recently produced an elegant and visually stunning cover of "A Million Dreams" that will inspire you to keep dreaming and striving for a better and brighter world. Check it out:

After the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015, LDS artist Camille Nelson felt inspired to create a beautiful lullaby as a way to offer peace. "Any lullaby we hear always comforts. It always offers peace," Nelson says in a video below. "It was a way to offer peace not only to Paris but to all those affected by acts of terrorism throughout the world."

Mormon Newsroom released a report Tuesday outlining how Utah government and community leaders are coming together for teen suicide prevention. On Tuesday morning, Governor Gary Herbert invited members of the Teen Suicide Prevention Task Force to share their recommendations regarding teen suicide prevention.