Elder Edward Dube grew up in rural Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia), against the backdrop of civil war. From humble beginnings, he worked hard in the fields, walked miles for water, and sacrificed for the privilege of education. There, in Silobela, his mother would sometimes gather her children and teach them in the shade of the mango trees near their home. But we can’t learn everything we need to know if we stay in the comfort of a tree’s shade.Beyond the Shade of the Mango T...

In the gospel and in life, our individual journeys of exploring our past while moving forward into the future with faith are highly varied. We all have unique stories, and it is only through sharing them that we are able to wholly “bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; . . . [and] mourn with those that mourn; yea, and comfort those that stand in need of comfort” (Mosiah 18:8-9). If we are to embrace and give life to our covenants, truly becoming God’s people, we must begin by...