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Valerie Walton

Valerie Walton is a Church News reporter and editorial assistant, University of Utah grad, Ensign College student and returned missionary who served in Florida. She loves knitting, Church history artifacts and teaching Sunday School. Email: vwalton@deseretnews.com.

Elder Paul V. Johnson of the Presidency of the Seventy speaks during a BYU campus devotional on March 14, 2023.
Living Faith
‘Go forward to bless the people of the world,’ Elder Paul V. Johnson invites BYU students
Elder Paul V. Johnson taught BYU students that they, who were born not too long ago, “now are ready to right wrongs, do God’s work, preach the truth and make a difference in the world.”
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Global
His Highness Sheikh Al-Qasimi at RootsTech: What honeybees can teach us about harmony
“It is time to make our life sweet, full of safety, friendship and love and to live in harmony,” His Highness Sheikh Salem bin Sultan bin Saqr Al-Qasimi says.
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Living Faith
How the inner workings of calling a new stake president can help you make major life decisions
Elder Meredith teaches BYU–Idaho students 5 principles for making decisions with heavenly guidance.
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How to subscribe to the Church News in print and online
Here are all the ways you can keep up-to-date with the Church News in print, via email newsletters, online and on mobile.
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Leaders & Ministry
2022 year in review: A look back at news and events of the Church around the world
Read a Church News compilation of significant Church events, news and milestones that happened in 2022.
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Living Faith
Where are the 2022 Giving Machines?
Follow this page for up-to-date information on locations and closing dates for the 31 Giving Machine sites around the world.
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Living Faith
Valerie Walton: What I know now about the power and blessings of fulfilling callings
After her husband’s hospitalization for depression, Valerie Walton found strength and blessings from a surprising source: accepting a calling as a Sunday School teacher.
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Living Faith
Elder Yamashita’s 5 suggestions for wrestling in prayer before God
“Such wrestling is a struggle to find and express one’s real desires and receive inspiration of the Holy Ghost,” Elder Yamashita teaches.
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Leaders & Ministry
Elder Rasband asks Weber institute students to ‘be moral, ethical and honest’
In an institute devotional address, Elder Rasband explains how personal integrity has defined his life from marriage and Church service to business and career.
Elder Taniela B. Wakolo, General Authority Seventy, speaks during a BYU–Hawaii devotional on Sept. 20, 2022.
Leaders & Ministry
Elder Wakolo teaches 3 doctrinal truths that help give strength, peace during life’s trials
Despite individual or family circumstances, each person is “dear to the heart of the Good Shepherd,” Elder Taniela B. Wakolo taught at a BYU–Hawaii devotional on Sept. 20.
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Leaders & Ministry
Would you have crossed the Plains as a pioneer? Here’s how crisis can reveal your character
During the Days of ‘47 Sunrise Service, Elder Lynn G. Robbins taught listeners to choose “not a spirit of murmuring, but a spirit of ‘faith in every footstep.’”
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Living Faith
This week on social: Farewell messages from leaders of Relief Society, Primary general presidencies
As the Aug. 1 transition of the Relief Society general presidency comes closer, these leaders want their testimonies of the Savior to be remembered best.
Bishop L. Todd Budge, second counselor in the Presiding Bishopric, speaks in a BYU Pathway devotional broadcast on July 12, 2022.
Living Faith
Is your life’s drill set in reverse? Bishop Budge on why ambitions should be Christlike
When it comes to ambitions, make sure your life’s drill is set to go forward, Bishop L. Todd Budge of the Presiding Bishopric taught in a BYU Pathway Worldwide devotional.
Sister Rudá Tourinho de Assis Martins smiles while attending a Brazil Fortaleza Mission reunion in Holladay on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Martins was the mission president’s wife in Brazil.
Members
Pioneers in every land: From Rio de Janeiro to the prairies of North Dakota, Sister Martins’ faith is felt by all
Sister J. Anette Dennis, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, poses for a photo with her husband, Brother Jorge Dennis, at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 4, 2022. She will begin serving in the Relief Society general presidency on Aug. 1, 2022.
Leaders & Ministry
How Sister Dennis learned to trust that the Lord ‘will meet you where you are’
“I’m not the same mother I was when I started,” Sister J. Anette Dennis said. “[The Lord] teaches you along the way through your children.”
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Living Faith
This week on social: In a battle of authority, let the lighthouse win
BYU–Hawaii President John S.K. Kauwe III greets a student following a devotional in the Cannon Activities Center in Laie, Hawaii, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
Living Faith
3 things to keep in mind to endure trials, according to BYU–Hawaii president
Brother Jan E. Newman, second counselor in the Sunday School general presidency, speaks in a BYU–Idaho devotional held in the BYU–Idaho Center in Rexburg, Idaho, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
Leaders & Ministry
Brother Newman’s ABCs of digging deep into the word of God
Ensign College President Bruce C. Kusch speaks during a devotional held in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square on April 19, 2022.
Living Faith
Ensign College president, wife speak on a prophetic pattern of teaching and seeing with spiritual vision
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Global
Church announces 2 new missions in Europe
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Living Faith
Lift others with love in communities, cultures, even online comments, Sister Ashton counsels
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Leaders & Ministry
In case you missed it: 72 temples to have new leaders, 4 Apostles speak to members and missionaries around the world, plus 4 more stories
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Living Faith
For International Women’s Day, read about 9 women who have inspired and shaped these Church leaders
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Living Faith
Need help with your schoolwork? Try these scripture-based suggestions from Brother Camargo
President John S.K. Kauwe III greets students following the BYU–Hawaii Devotional held in the Cannon Activities Center in Laie, Hawaii, on Feb. 22, 2022.
Living Faith
What bonefish and polarized glasses have to do with being genuinely grateful, according to President Kauwe
Elder Michael John U. Teh speaks with students following the BYU–Hawaii devotional held in the Cannon Activities Center in Laie, Hawaii, on Feb. 15, 2022.
Leaders & Ministry
For heaven’s help, trust the Lord, obey His commandments, follow the Prophet, says Elder Teh
Elder Ronald A. Rasband and Sister Melanie Rasband greet the audience in the BYU–Idaho Center in Rexburg, Idaho, on Feb. 13, 2022.
Leaders & Ministry
Elder Rasband shares 4 ways you can express your love for God
Terrie E. Moffitt, professor of social development at King’s College and Nannerl O. Keohane University professor of psychology at Duke University, gives the Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture at the Hinckley Center at BYU on Feb. 3, 2022.
Global
What the world’s longest study of mental disorders reveals about mental health during a person’s lifetime
In the 18th annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture at BYU, Terrie E. Moffitt shared the surprising things she and her team have learned studying 1,000 people’s mental health for over four decades.
Keith A. Erekson, director of historical outreach and partnerships for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaks to Ensign College students during a devotional at Assembly Hall on Temple Square in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.
Living Faith
What Latter-day Saints get wrong about living prophets, according to Keith A. Erekson
In an Ensign College devotional, he asks listeners what expectations they might have about prophets and if they are assuming things that are incorrect.
Ensign College President Bruce C. Kusch speaks during a school devotional in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square on Jan. 11, 2022.
Living Faith
How to avoid being deceived by Babylon’s band, according to President Kusch