This week's Q&A with the RSC features Tad R. Callister's article on suffering! If God loves us so much, why is there so much suffering in the world? Does he cause these things to happen to us? Keep reading to learn more! https://rsc.byu.edu/give-ear-my-words/what-purpose-suffering

Check out the beautiful images in this book! The stories of the miracles behind these temples show the hand of God in the lives of the Saints and the faith and efforts that have built so many temples in the tops of the mountains in Utah. "Temples in the Tops of the Mountains" by Richard O. Cowan and Clinton D. Christensen https://rsc.byu.edu/book/temples-tops-mountains Book images courtesy of Alan Fullmer

"Oh Lord, be thou thanked for this thy goodness towards us, that we have been brought happily through all the circumstances and have been gathered with the people here in the valley of the mountains." —Hans Olsen Magleby Take sneak peek inside our recent publication, "Pushing and Pulling to Zion!" https://rsc.byu.edu/book/pushing-pulling-zion

NEW BOOK! While much attention has been given to the ill-fated Martin and Willie handcart companies, few books have examined other handcart companies traveling to the Utah Territory. This volume follows the members of one handcart company by sail, rail, and trail all the way to their destination in Salt Lake City, strengthening faith through the story of this company’s pushing and pulling to Zion. "Pushing and Pulling to Zion," edited by Reid L. Neilson https://rsc.byu.edu/book/pushing-pulling-zion

BIG NEWS! The Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, which takes place in October each year, has been CHANGED to the "Come, Follow Me Symposium in Honor of Sidney B. Sperry," which will be held each year starting in January 2024! So mark your calendars for January 19–20, and we'll see you there!

Through Christ's Atonement, man can be perfected and return to the presence of God. "Gethsemane and Golgotha: Why and What the Savior Suffered" by Bruce K. Satterfield https://rsc.byu.edu/book-mormon-message-four-gospels/gethsemane-golgotha-why-what-savior-suffered

The gospel of Jesus Christ gives purpose to suffering, to help it make sense, so we can hold on and have hope even in moments of excruciating pain and despair. "What Is the Purpose of Suffering?" by Tad R. Callister https://rsc.byu.edu/give-ear-my-words/what-purpose-suffering

This week's "Come, Follow Me" video focuses on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Watch our weekly video to learn more!

The central redeeming act of Christ’s mortal ministry and of man’s immortality and eternal life was, in every way, a fulfillment of the plan of salvation as laid out before this world was created. "'It Is Finished': The Divine Accomplishments of the Crucifixion" by Richard E. Bennett https://rsc.byu.edu/celebrating-easter/it-finished-divine-accomplishment-crucifixion

This week's Q&A with the RSC features an article from Lloyd D. Newell about the relationship between commandments and agency. Sometimes it feels like impossible to be both a submissive instrument and a proactive agent. So do commandments really limit our agency? Keep reading to learn more! https://rsc.byu.edu/let-us-reason-together/instruments-agents-balancing-submissiveness-anxious-engagement-heavenly-fathers-plan

Happy Monday! This week's "Come, Follow Me" video is up now! Check it out here!

As we accept God's love, as we become more like Him through His grace, this new godly nature within us is then manifested in our behavior. "The Love of God," by Roger K. Terry https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-9-no-2-2008/love-god