"The world's greatest champion of woman and womanhood is Jesus the Christ." —James E. Talmage

"God never loses sight of our eternal potential, even when we do." —Carol M. Stephens

Next we're spotlighting Professor Mark Ellison! What he enjoys most about being a professor is seeing students' faces light up with excitement as they make meaningful discoveries about the scriptures and religious history. Also, wonderful colleagues who are good friends and stellar examples of disciple-scholars. The first of his publications that he is most pleased about is Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints, which is gorgeously designed and illustrated, written by contributors who are content experts, and peer reviewed by non-Latter-day Saint scholars to ensure historical and methodological accuracy. The second is his forthcoming book, The Visual Rhetoric of the Married Laity in Late Antiquity: Iconography, the Christianization of Marriage, and Alternatives to the Ascetic Ideal. In it he examines 3rd and 4th century artifacts containing portraits of married lay Christians—sarcophagus reliefs, catacomb paintings, gold glass medallions, finger rings, jewelry and gems, and other personal items. His study is the first to undertake a sustained examination of the physical artifacts these married lay Christians made, purchased, and used as vehicles for self-representation. Their voices (expressed in visual forms) give us a fuller picture of early Christian social history and the development of a Christian conceptualization of marriage. A fun fact you might not know about Professor Ellison is that he's run a bunch of marathons and several ultra marathons, including the Katcina Mosa 100K Mountain Run. His ultra running days are probably behind him now, but he still loves going out on Saturdays for a good 10-miler in Provo Canyon.

"My patriarchal blessing helped me understand my true eternal identity—who I really was and who I could become." —Elder Randall K. Bennett

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“Soil is broken to plant wheat. Wheat is broken to make bread. Bread is broken to become the emblems of the sacrament. When one who is repentant partakes of the sacrament with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, he or she becomes whole." —Elder Randy D. Funk

"The beehive symbol is found in many of our temples. All of this symbolism attests to one fact: great things are brought about and burdens are lightened through the efforts of many hands "anxiously engaged in a good cause." —President M. Russell Ballard

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"Righteousness is the one indispensable ingredient to liberty." —President Ezra Taft Benson

"Our covenants give us power to stay on the covenant path because our relationship with Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father is changed. We are connected to Them by a covenantal bond." —Elder Dale G. Renlund

"Service is the source of our self-esteem. It is also the source of satisfaction and a source of healing." —Michael O. Leavitt

"Everyone's spiritual timeline is different." —Elder Kazuhiko Yamashita