In honor of Mother’s Day this upcoming Sunday, visit our website to read “Mothers: Heroes, Then and Now,” by Lauren Ellison, a former institute and seminary teacher. It can be found here: rsc.byu.edu/vol-8-no-3-2007/mothers-heroes-then-now

Our newest video explaining our weekly gospel resources for “Come, Follow Me” is available to watch now. Check it out: https://youtu.be/GxEjYiGBlig Image: detail from the painting Christ and the Young Child, by Carl Heinrich Bloch

The most recent edition of the "Religious Educator" is here! Read to learn about personal temple worship, lifelong conversion, female role models in the Old Testament, and more. View here: https://rsc.byu.edu/religious-educator

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AVAILABLE NOW online and in select Deseret Book stores “Understanding Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible,” by Kent P. Jackson, takes a fresh look at what the Joseph Smith Translation is, what it contains, what it teaches, and how the Prophet arrived at its text. Written for scholars and general audience alike, this book is the ideal introduction into this important part of Joseph Smith’s prophetic ministry. However, its main message is that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world. For more information, visit deseretbook.com/p/understanding-joseph-smith-s-translation-of-the-bible?queryID=3c275c55e404979ef0e5a927ff99c33e&variant_id=199257-hardcover

Every month BYU Religious Education releases two new episodes of Y Religion, a podcast dedicated to spotlighting religious scholarship from BYU religion faculty. Listen to new episodes by visiting rsc.byu.edu/media/y-religion or searching “Y Religion” on Google.

Start your "Come, Follow Me" study this week with an article from Andrew C. Skinner titled "Seeing God in His Temple: A Significant Theme in Israel’s Psalms." Here we learn about temple pilgrimages and theophanies in the Old Testament and how they apply to our dispensation. Read here: https://rsc.byu.edu/ascending-mountain-lord/seeing-god-his-temple-significant-theme-israels-psalms

In preparation for Easter, we share “The Parable of the Grateful Cat” "[Elder James E. Talmage] tells the true story of a famous naturalist in England who was to be honored for his scientific achievements. He was invited to a great country estate where the awards were to be given. The morning after his arrival, as was his custom, he arose early and went out for a walk in the grounds. As he approached a millpond, he came across two boys, children of servants who served the wealthy estate owners. The boys were in the process of drowning kittens in weighted sacks in the pond. As it turned out, the mistress of the estate had an old mother cat who had given birth to another litter of kittens. While the lady of the estate wanted to keep the mother cat, she did not want any more cats around and so asked the boys to get rid of the kittens. When the naturalist arrived on the scene, two of the five kittens were already in the water and drowning. The mother cat was nearby, running frantically back and forth, mewing piteously as she watched her little ones being disposed of. The naturalist intervened, paying the boys and promising them that they would not get into trouble if they let him take the remaining kittens back to his cottage. Elder Talmage describes what happened next: 'The mother cat…recognized the man as the deliverer of her three children.… As he carried the kittens she trotted along—sometimes following, sometimes alongside, occasionally rubbing against him with grateful yet mournful purrs.' What followed the next day formed the basis of the parable." Read more here: https://rsc.byu.edu/my-redeemer-lives/what-atoning-sacrifice-meant-jesus

Our newest video explaining our weekly gospel resources for “Come, Follow Me” is available to watch now. Check it out: https://youtu.be/gx3KgH_7FUo Image: “Agnus Dei,” by Francisco de Zurbarán

Last week in "Come, Follow Me," we learned about covenants. If you want to better understand covenants made in the Old Testament, read the article "New and Everlasting: The Relationship between Gospel Covenants in History." Read now: rsc.byu.edu/vol-21-no-2-2020/new-everlasting-relationship-between-gospel-covenants-history

Jared W. Ludlow, publications director for the Religious Studies Center, received the B. West Belnap Citizenship Award. This award is given to faculty whose citizenship reflects the highest standards of service to the university and to his or her colleagues.

BYU academic vice president Shane Reese appointed Dr. Reid L. Neilson as the assistant academic vice president for religious scholarly publications. This newly created position at the university will oversee three organizations on campus: the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, the Religious Studies Center, and BYU Studies. Neilson currently serves as president of the Washington DC North Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and will begin his tenure at BYU on August 1. More info here: news.byu.edu/announcements/new-byu-assistant-academic-vice-president-position-created