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The 7 Most Touching Latter-day Saint Moments from Reality TV

Alicia Soto - From cooking shows to dancing to singing, Latter-day Saints are making an impact on reality TV. No doubt these shows are fun to watch, but there are also many emotional, touching stories behind some of these Latter-day Saint performers who shared their raw talents and faith. So bring out those tissue boxes and let's get started: 1. America’s Got Talent— Evie Clair One cannot relive emotional moments on reality TV without bringing up America’s Got Talent ’s Evie Clair. Before her audition in 2017, Evie Clair told the audience why she was singing that night.  "My dad was diagnosed with stage...

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"Not an R-Rating in Sight": "The New York Times" Talks What Sets Latter-day Saint Cinema Apart

LDS Living Staff - "Not an R-rating in sight," The New York Times   noted about the ever-growing Latter-day Saint presence in TV and cinema.  With the recent release of the Church's Book of Mormon videos, The New York Times featured an article discussing what sets Utah-based Latter-day Saint movies and TV shows apart from the rest of the world. "Taken together, it’s like its own little Hollywood in the mountains," author Elizabeth A. Harris writes. " For the country’s seven million Latter-day Saints —6,709,072 according to the church—it’s also an answer to a culture that often does not speak its language, and a way...

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Church Leaders Give Safety Report for Missionaries, Members in Tokyo Affected by Typhoon Hagibis

Church News - As Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Saturday evening in Japan, the storm brought a record 36 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. Flooding and high wind speeds wreaked havoc throughout the greater Tokyo area leaving a reported 33 people dead and 19 missing . Several river embankments collapsed as a result of the heavy rains and flooding. Transportation systems, including Narita and Haneda airports, remained closed throughout the weekend as the storm passed.  According to news reports out of Tokyo, rescue efforts are in the central, eastern, and northeastern regions where there have been landslides as a result of...

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Former Tabernacle Choir President Mac "Mr. Mac" Christensen Passes Away at Age 85

Deseret News - Mac “Mr. Mac” Christensen dressed more Latter-day Saint missionaries than he, or likely anyone else, will ever account for and went on to serve a mission in Washington, D.C., and lead the internationally renowned Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square for over a decade, during which the group earned two Grammy nominations and the prestigious National Medal of Arts. Christensen died on Friday. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert released a statement following news of Christensen’s passing, saying the entrepreneur was “a living legend here in Utah and beyond.” Christensen, 85, was the founder of the Beehive State-based clothing retailer Mr. Mac and served...

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Listen: What Dungeons and Dragons Taught One Man About Unexpected Friendships and Christlike Love

LDS Living Staff - In a room full of dwarves, elves, and ogres, Brian says it was the bald human who stuck out like a sore thumb.  That's because the bald human was Russ.  With bare feet, earrings, and an ensemble that often included a Scottish kilt, Russ did not look like any other member of the Dungeons and Dragons group. In fact, "I remember thinking, 'Dave, what have you brought into our group?'" Brian says in an episode of This Is the Gospel . More than 26 years ago, Brian was at a young single adult ward activity when he met a group of...

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Emeritus General Authority Elder James O. Mason Passes Away

Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org - Elder James O. Mason, 89 — the former head of the U.S. Public Health Service who also served for five years as a General Authority Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Elder Mason, a prominent spokesman for preventive medicine, was called to the Second Quorum of the Seventy in the April 1994 general conference and was released at the October 2000 conference. He served in the Church’s Africa Area, first as second counselor and later as area president. He later served as second counselor in the North America East Area. Elder Mason...

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Latter-day Saint Stranded in the Wilderness for 5 Days Reflects on the True Miracle That Saves Us All

Alicia Soto - Over a month ago, Latter-day Saint Kaden Laga went missing in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho and Montana. Five days later, he safely returned home to his family, including his wife and soon-to-be son. Though Kaden is grateful for his return, he shared that being found alive wasn’t the biggest miracle from this experience. Heavenly Help Kaden went missing on Monday, August 14, after traveling on a wilderness trail with his family on horseback. One of the horses went lame, and Kaden decided to walk ahead.  “Because it was a rough trail, I took a detour and I ended up going...

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A Hawaiian Man Shares His Dream of Heaven That Might Change the Way You Pray

Cameron C. Taylor, excerpted from "The Way of Aloha: Lanai" - The following originally ran on  LDS Living  in June 2017 and is an excerpt from the book  The Way of Aloha: Lanai by Cameron C. Taylor. You can also  read about the powerful lessons Taylor learned  writing the sequel to this book,  The Way of Aloha: Moloka‘i ,   here. Manu is a Hawaiian Kahuna teaching two missionaries, Elder Taylor and Elder Balane, who are serving on the Hawaii island of Lanai. Keahiakawelo, also known as Garden of the Gods, is a rock garden located in the mountains of Lanai. The following is a fictional story based on real events and...

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How Bill Marriott Balanced Being a Bishop, Father, and CEO of a Multi-Million Dollar Company

Dale Van Atta, excerpted from "Bill Marriott: Success Is Never Final" - Bill Marriott puts faith at the forefront of his life, and that's no secret. In the rooms in his hotels guests can find a copy of the Book of Mormon and Bible. At a party celebrating the opening of his   $24-million Los Angeles hotel   Bill recalled a memorable moment with John Wayne: “He was a very large man and a man of few words, but he let me know exactly what he wanted—a drink—when he said, ‘I understand liquor flows like glue at Mormon parties.’” There was little doubt in any one's mind that to Bill Marriott, faith and...

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How the Lord Brought One General Authority Thousands of Miles to Bless a Man Near Death

Elder John H. Groberg, excerpted from "Fire of Faith" - The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book  Fire of Faith ,  which details his experiences as he served as a mission president and later as a general authority.  On one of my trips to the islands I was asked to attend some meetings Friday evening and Saturday morning in California, then fly to Hawaii for meetings Saturday afternoon and Sunday. We started our Friday evening meeting with many important items to discuss. Meetings of that nature usually take longer than planned. That night, however, everyone concerned seemed to be in unusual agreement and the items were ticked...

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10 Life-Changing Gospel Lessons from "Winnie the Pooh"

Danielle B. Wagner - On October 14, 1926, Winnie the Pooh  was first published, sparking a world-wide love of this silly old bear that became a childhood icon. In honor of this literary classic that has been inspiring children and adults for nearly a century, here are some touching Winnie-the-Pooh moments that carry profound gospel lessons. Take the Time to Minister and Sit with Others Thanks to Mormon Life Hacker for making us aware of this touching Winnie-the-Pooh passage. It occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn’t heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across...

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The Remarkable Way the Prophet Joseph Smith Healed a Woman Near Death

William G. Hartley and Michael Hubbard MacKay, excerpted from "The Rise of the Latter-day Saints" - One evening Lydia [Knight] requested me (Newel Knight) to go to the Prophet and get a handkerchief from him, or ask him to send her a healing blessing. And, said [Lydia], “I believe I shall be healed.” She would have been glad to have sent for him to come and lay hands upon her, but did not feel worthy to trouble him . . . as the multitude of business and care he had over the Church she knew was more than he was able to endure with the sufferings of the saints. On this account I felt delicate about calling...

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"This Is the Sports Story of the Year": How One Latter-day Saint Teen Is Inspiring Thousands

LDS Living Staff - Sports radio broadcaster Hans Olsen recently tweeted about high school student, who will don a football jersey for the first and last play of his high school career this Friday night. "In my opinion, this is the sports story of the year," Olsen writes. But why is this one moment—literally only seconds in the spotlight—for a senior at Green Canyon High in North Logan, Utah, so significant? "Jonny was born with a rare genetic mutation that left him with muscles in his legs, feet, arms, shoulders, face, and elsewhere paralyzed," Olsen explains.  "His quiet grit, determination, and inability to back down...

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Watch: Church Releases New Book of Mormon Video "Lehi Sees a Vision of the Tree of Life"

LDS Living Staff - On Friday, the Church released the fourth Book of Mormon video "Lehi Sees a Vision of the Tree of Life." The video covers 1 Nephi chapter 8, where Lehi sees the symbolic tree of life and shares his vision with his family. ► You'll also like:  4 Prophetic and Beautiful Dreams from Joseph Smith's Parents Watch the full video below: ...

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How Money for a Surprise Trip to Disney Led Sister Franco and Her Family to the Temple

Church News - Sharing her own first experience with the temple — from when she was 12-years-old and living in Argentina — Sister Franco told Latter-day Saints in San Jose of the sacrifices her family made to go to the temple and be sealed together. The temple in Buenos Aires, Argentina, wasn’t built until many years after she left the country, Sister Franco explained. So when her father was called to serve as a bishop, he was given one ticket to visit the temple in Salt Lake City during general conference and receive his own endowments. But rather than going by himself to the...

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"We Pray for Those Affected": Church Leaders in Europe Release Statement After Synagogue Shooting in Germany

LDS Living Staff - Thanks to  Deseret News  for making us aware of this statement.  Church leaders in the Europe Area Presidency released a statement after a shooting outside a Jewish synagogue in Germany on Wednesday.  "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the terrible events in Halle,” a statement by Elder Erich W. Kopischke, the first counselor in the Europe Area Presidency, reads.  The shooting occurred during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. The shooter attempted to enter a synagogue in Halle, Germany, where around 70 to 80 people were worshipping inside, according to cbsnews.com . After failing to shoot...

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Latter-day Therapist: Why Depression Makes Easy Tasks Difficult

Jonathan Decker, LMFT - For daily, gospel-based relationship insights, join Jonathan’s  Facebook group . To submit a question  click here , or schedule a consultation  here . The Weight of Depression Could you eat a bowl of cereal? Of course you can; it's so easy! Now imagine that I've strapped heavy weights to your arms. Could you still do it? If the weight were heavy enough, how long would it take before your arms started shaking and you gave up in exhaustion? In this scenario, no one would say that a person is weak because they can't finish a bowl of cereal while weighed down,...

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See First Official Photos Inside the Renovated Asunción Paraguay Temple + Dedication Dates

Newsroom.ChurchofJesusChrist.org - A free public open house is set to begin on Saturday, October 12 and go through October 19, 2019, for the Asunción Paraguay Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Open house hours include Monday through Wednesday, 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Thursday and Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. No tours on Sunday. Reservations are not needed. The temple will be rededicated Sunday, November 3, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. (Asunción time) by Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles . The temple will reopen for temple...

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“Come, Follow Me” October 14–20: “I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me”

LDS Living Staff - This week’s readings: Philippians; Colossians Don’t forget to record your impressions and read the ideas outlined in the new Come, Follow Me manuals on ChurchofJesusChrist.org . Related Video Scripture Insight This scriptural insight comes from Verse by Verse: Volume 2  by Andrew C. Skinner and D. Kelly Ogden. Paul wrote that God’s Son, Jesus Christ, is the image (Greek,  icon ) of the invisible (meaning unseen) God (meaning the Father). The scriptures do teach anthropomorphism —not “God in the image of man” but “man . . . in the image of God,” just as  Genesis 1:27 says. We have bodies; he...

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"Come, Follow Me" FHE: The Light in Your Eyes: Being an Example

Emily Abel - This week's FHE lesson topic comes from the Come, Follow Me reading of Philippians and Colossians . Check out this week's   Come, Follow Me study ideas on LDS Living for additional resources and suggestions. Thought "Each of us came to earth having been given the Light of Christ. As we follow the example of the Savior and live as He lived and as He taught, that light will burn within us and will light the way for others" (Thomas S. Monson “Be an Example and a Light” Ensign or Liahona November 2015). Scripture “Brethren, be followers together of me, and...

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23 Perfect Christmas Gift Ideas for Missionaries

LDS Living Staff - It might seem early, but now is the time to send gifts to ensure that they arrive before Christmas. Here is the perfect gift guide full of inspiring and affordable gifts for your missionary. Missionary Bag This brand new cross-body bag is perfect for your missionary! It sits comfortably across the front or against the back with an adjustable shoulder strap. It features an internal compartment developed to organize materials a missionary needs and includes space for large scriptures and an electronic device. Learn More The Book of Mormon, a Journal for Missionaries The Book of Mormon, Journal Edition for Missionaries...

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Church Releases New Safety Guidelines to Help Members in Case of Shootings, Emergencies

Church News - Updated safety guidelines for leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were released in a letter from the Presiding Bishopric on Oct. 10. The letter states that due to “changing conditions around the world,” the purpose of the new guidelines is to help leaders and members know how to increase safety at Church buildings. Leaders are invited to discuss the guidelines in stake and ward councils and educate members to address local concerns. “We want to get resources into members’ hands — things they can do both at Church and in their daily lives to keep...

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10 Tips for Cultivating Patience in an Impatient World

Paul Miller - The following has been republished with permission from charactercure.com . As an elementary school teacher, my wife finds great fulfillment in helping her sixth-graders improve their math skills. But she almost always has to deal with a few students who moan about having to learn new things. They lack the patience to correct their mistakes and practice until they’ve achieved mastery. Their impatience, in turn, tries the patience of their teacher. At church, at home, and in the workplace our impatience can start to feed on the impatience of others. Since none of us have the patience of Job, all of...

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Latter-day Saint Movie Review: What Families Need to Know Before Seeing "Gemini Man"

Trina Boice of Movie Review Mom - What's it about?    This movie spent a very long time in production—20 years! Disney was going to produce it years ago but computer effects at the time weren’t quite up to the task. The technical innovations were worth the wait, but the story could have used some more time to work out. As the name Gemini Man suggests, an assassin is cloned.  Ang Lee, who directed the fantastic Life of Pi also directed this movie, which is particularly amazing because they're such totally different films. This film is not related to the old TV show of the same name back...