The Relatable Blog

Love is a big word. It can mean a lot of things. Love is so big it needs context to be meaningful. Within the English language there are a lot of meanings of the word love: We love a beautiful sunset, our dog, homemade bread, and Christmas lights. We love our spouse,...

In this week's lesson, Peter gives guidance to Christians who were exiled in a pagan land 2,000 years ago. He addresses husbands and wives and teaches them how to create God-honoring relationships within their marriage. This is especially remarkable, considering the...

What do James and Joseph Smith have in common? This week we learn about the teachings of James, the apostle and half-brother of Jesus Christ. As a disciple and one of the closest people to Jesus, James gives us an up-close-and-personal witness as to how our lives...

Family life can be filled with joy, but in mortality “family” can bring with it associated pain, longing, and disappointment. The ways it can fall short of our hopes and dreams could be a long list. But this week’s lesson reminds us, that even in the face of...

In the epistles Paul wrote to his friends and associates in God's work, we see a man who is deeply converted to Christ and His gospel. We also see in Paul remarkable courage and conviction as he encouraged and rallied his faithful friends and Church leaders in 2...

This week we learn from Paul's incredible teachings that nothing has greater power to help us than the teachings of Jesus Christ. His teachings about how to walk with Christ are desperately needed to help the families of the world today. Perhaps you can think of his...

The First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are ordinary men in extraordinary callings with divinely mandated responsibilities. More specifically, “The fundamental responsibility of prophets, seers, and revelators, all of whom bear apostolic authority,...

This week, Hungarian President Katalin Novák met the First Presidency and with students and faculty at Brigham Young University to share her insights on her faith and family. Just as the Apostle Paul spoke often about family relationships, President Novák speaks often...

Today, it can seem like the most simple truths are complicated and obscured by the philosophies and ideologies of the world. There are many beguiling voices swirling around us that corrupt truth (2 Cor. 11:3). Paul was concerned about the early Saints and feared that...

The Apostle Paul was always quick to acknowledge his role as a humble servant of God in Corinth, reminding the early Saints that the remarkable transformation they were experiencing was not of his doing. Their lives were changing, and the credit belonged to Jesus...

As the Church and its teachings were still in their infancy in Corinth, the Saints grappled with conflicting ideas and remembering what they had been taught. In response, Paul reminded them of basic gospel doctrine and then cautioned: "There are, it may be, so many...

In the bustling streets of Corinth, Paul taught about Jesus Christ and many were baptized, but the shadows of immorality loomed. High atop the Greek city of Corinth lay a temple--a temple created to worship Aphrodite, the pagan Goddess of Love. But it was not a temple...

As spirit sons and daughters, we basked in the radiant presence of our Eternal Father. He revealed a grand plan that provided us opportunities to grow, learn, stumble, and rise. That plan is summarized beautifully in "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" "and...