To shave or not to shave: that is the question. Ever since President David O. McKay changed the face of the Church with his smooth cheeks and chin, transforming a prophet’s image from a beard-to-the-chest pioneer to a civilized and debonair man of the twentieth...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MorePrior to his calling as a general authority seventy, Elder and Sister Groberg (Jean Sabin) lived in Idaho Falls, where Elder Groberg worked in a family-owned residential and commercial...
Between 2013 and 2015, the Church released eleven essays on historical and doctrinal issues that some members may be wrestling with. Topics ranged from “Book of Mormon and DNA Studies” to “Mother in Heaven.” Leading Saints asked our readers...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreJake Carlson, MBA/JD, is a leadership development expert and host of the Modern Leadership Podcast. He created the Elite Achiever Academy to encourage leadership through the CIA of Influence...
Justin is the father of 5 kids and serves on the high council in the Kirtland, Ohio Stake. He works in business development for a medical device design firm in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a regular listener of the Leading Saints podcast. When it is essential, he finds time...
Most people in the LDS culture assume that a release from a leadership calling should be a happy, even joyous occasion. After all, shouldn’t a former bishop or Relief Society president feel grateful to be done with the responsibilities that took them away from their...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreRaised in Bakersfield, California, Clive Winn obtained a B.S. degree in law enforcement and a Master of Public Administration degree from B.Y.U. He was employed for many years as an F.B.I....
During a recent Sunday School lesson, I heard a former bishop state, “What bishop hasn’t had to deal with a member thinking about or actually leaving the Church?” Whether that represents reality or not, I am not sure, but according to the Pew Research Center, the...
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Email | RSS | MoreJohn Hester is a leadership consultant, trainer, researcher, and writer with The Ken Blanchard Companies. He currently serves on the High Council in his Vancouver, Washington stake and has...
Editor’s Note: This article is written from the perspective of an individual who is male; therefore, masculine pronouns are used. We recognize that females can struggle with sexual addiction as well. This is one person’s perspective as an addict and this...
