The beauty of pure, sweet romance ...and what's messing with it?

Happy Valentine's? Not for many. This exhilarating, almost holy experience of pure romance is being gutted and hollowed out so much, that increasing…

Feb 14 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Skip the Super Bowl on Sunday for something way, way better

In 48 years of life, I’ve never watched Sunday football. And my family is so much better off because of it.

Feb 8 • Jacob Z. Hess

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What America’s Isolationist Pacifists are missing

Those pretending moral superiority by condemning any foreign entanglements need to remember how America gained its own independence in the first place…

Feb 1 • Jacob Z. Hess

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January 2026

Mindweather 101: A powerful class for the many beautiful people tormented by their own mind

This All of Life course Thomas McConkie and I created about "navigating mental and emotional distress"is still one of the best online mental health…

Jan 24 • Jacob Z. Hess

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December 2025

101 flavors of condemnation

Jesus didn't come into the world to "condemn the world." But apparently some of the rest of us did.

Dec 14, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Get the Hess family's "Train Your Puppy" before Christmas

As long as you get us an order by December 17 – 14 days from now – we can make sure you'll get it by Christmas (free delivery in the U.S.).

Dec 4, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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November 2025

Sharing an advance copy of our new mental health book coming out next year

"Restoring Hope" will be formally released in fall 2026, the culmination of years working with Clay Olsen in reaching tens of thousands online facing…

Nov 26, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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'Not feeling it' in your faith? Watch our 'Practice of Stillness' video series

If living your faith has started to feel like a lot of things to simply 'get done,' I hope you'll check out these 10 videos that Carrie Skarda and I…

Nov 8, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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October 2025

Twelve ways Russell M. Nelson made me a better father, husband and Christian

Although personally grateful this week, I’ve been feeling sad for those who missed out on the influence of this special witness of Christ. But it’s not…

Oct 10, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Commemorating the 30th anniversary of 'The Family: A Proclamation to the World'

Sharing a beautiful tribute Monique created, along with my reporting from a powerful BYU Conference commemorating this historic declaration from 1995.

Oct 5, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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September 2025

‘Beauty for ashes’ - 8 glimpses of goodness amidst the Michigan shooting aftermath

In the middle of the horror, I'm struck by the courage, the love, the nobility still evident. If you're watching, it's always there somewhere..

Sep 30, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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Have you been politically radicalized?

It's easy to analyze someone whose behavior is extreme - much harder to look at our own hearts, minds and words. Here are 10 self-reflection questions…

Sep 20, 2025 • Jacob Z. Hess

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