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Taylor Swift Gives Latter-day Saint Family $15K, Inspires More to Help

Lindsey Miller - Between sweeping award shows and traveling the globe for her Reputation  Stadium Tour, Taylor Swift manages to find time to connect with her fans through social media. Taylor Swift “stan” (super fan) accounts are common on Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter where fans connect through their common love of the pop star.    View this post on Instagram   You have made this human disco ball so so happy tonight. ❤️ #americanmusicawards @amas 📸: @gettyentertainment @johnshearer @polkimaging @kevinmazur A post shared by  Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Oct 9, 2018 at 8:18pm PDT One devoted fan, Sadie, recently took a break from posting...

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On "Dr. Phil," Relationship Expert Quotes D&C, Joseph Smith

LDS Living - On Monday, viewers who tuned into Dr. Phil  might have been surprised when they received a rundown of a few gospel principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An estranged father and son appeared on Dr. Phil on October 22, and during the accusations and contention that arose during the show, Dr. Phil invited Latter-day Saint and relationship expert Troy Dunn on the show to provide advice. Along with his advice, Dunn shared "a few principles [of] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" to help this family. "We believe in agency," Dunn said. "So the concept...

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How the Church Is Helping the Blind to See in South America

Deseret News - This article beautifully captures the good the Church and others are making possible throughout the world. Through a state-of-the-art microscope, a surgeon gazed steadily Monday at a cloudy cataract blinding the eye of the impoverished woman on his operating table in this city of half a million people. Cautiously, Dr. Miguel Scalamogna began to make skillful, tiny, meticulous incisions in her eye. One floor below a loud throng of impoverished Paraguayans filled the lobby and hallway of Fundación Visión. Many were working their way through the process of applying for a $7 eye exam they could not afford. Others were somewhere...

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Watch: David Archuleta Releases Catchy Music Video, "Christmas Every Day"

LDS Living Staff - I know, I know. It's not even Halloween yet, so it's too early for Christmas music, right? But David Archuleta recently released a catchy Christmas tune to let fans know about his brand new holiday album, Winter in the Air. If you're in the mood to look ahead to the upcoming Christmas season, take a listen. Get more Christmas classics and original music with  Winter in the Air. Singing sensation David Archuleta channels his contagious positive energy in a collection of Christmas favorites and originals that celebrate the joy and true meaning of the season. Track List: Christmas Every Day God...

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President Nelson Pleads with Parents and Teachers to Teach Children These 6 Things

Danielle B. Wagner - "We are each responsible for our individual spiritual growth. And scriptures make it clear that parents have the primary responsibility to teach the doctrine to their children," President Russell M. Nelson said during the October 2018 general conference . "It is the responsibility of the Church to assist each member in the divinely defined goal of increasing his or her gospel knowledge." Shortly after conference, President Nelson embarked on a tour of South America, which will culminate with the dedication of the Concepción Chile Temple on October 28. Since becoming our prophet, President Nelson has ministered to members around the world...

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President Nelson Shares How Membership in South America Has Grown by 4M Times in His Lifetime: "The Best Is Yet Ahead"

Church News - What fascinating insights from our prophet as he continues his ministry around the world. Looking across the crowded convention center hall in Asunción, Paraguay, President Russell M. Nelson spoke to the thousands of brightly-clad Latter-day Saints about the miracle unfolding before them. There was not one Church member in South America at the time of the 94-year-old prophet’s birth in 1924. Today, South America’s diverse and capable Latter-day Saint membership numbers more than 4 million, said President Nelson during the meeting, held at the Bourbon Hotel Convention Center. “And the best is yet ahead,” said President Nelson, speaking to reporters after...

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"You're from God. You're Just Angels": Church Leaders, Saints Help Hurricane Survivors in Touching Ways

Newsroom - “Whenever there has been a disaster, you have always shown up,” Florida Governor Rick Scott said about the Church and its members helping with relief efforts following Hurricanes Florence and Michael.  Senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent the weekend visiting and comforting victims of recent hurricanes on the east coast of the United States. President Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the First Presidency, and his wife, Kristen, led the delegation on visits to North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, areas heavily damaged by Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael. “What’s hit me is visiting members...

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The Chilling Account of Early Saints in a Haunted Farmhouse

Jamie Armstrong - In the winter of 1838, Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued an Extermination Order demanding that Latter-day Saints leave Missouri by March 8, 1839, or be killed. More than 5,000 Saints fled the state by crossing the frozen Mississippi River into the tiny town of Quincy, Illinois. With throngs of Latter-day Saint refugees overwhelming the kind-hearted community, shelter was scarce, so one family gladly—and knowingly—took refuge in a haunted farmhouse. “Some were willing to take whatever [shelter] they could get, despite the living or the dead," writes Richard E. Bennet, a BYU professor of Church History and Doctrine and author of Mormons...

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Watch: First Trailer for "Other Side of Heaven 2" Released, Gets Featured by "Deadline"

LDS Living - Deadline recently featured the first trailer for The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith,"  saying, "Almost two decades after The Other Side of Heaven  became one of the buzz titles that would help propel the faith-based movie market, original director Mitch Davis and star Christopher Gorham are ready to take the wraps off the sequel." The sequel focuses on the missionary service of Elder John Groberg, but this time Elder Groberg is serving as a mission president with his wife and five children in Tonga. “John Groberg’s true-life story among the Tongan people is incredible. It sells itself. But...

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Elder Bednar to Singles: "You Do Not Find the Perfect Partner or the Perfect Marriage"

LDS Living Staff - Dating takes work. Marriage takes work. Being a good spouse takes work. And no one is perfect. But sadly, there's a misconception that the perfect spouse or perfect marriage is just out there, waiting. But the truth is, you have to work at being a good spouse and you have to work to create a perfect marriage.  As Elder David A. Bednar shared in a recent Instagram post, the perfect marriage isn't something you find, it's something you create it. As I think about our marriage, I am grateful that Susan and I complement each other in important ways. She understands...

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You Can't Believe Everything You Hear at Church + Why That's a Good Thing

Danielle B. Wagner - I can remember the first time I felt sick to my stomach at something that was said over the pulpit during church. I was 16 and feeling claustrophobic in a chapel bursting with people who had come to listen to stake conference. I had heard incorrect teachings at church before, but I could usually explain these away by the speaker's age, nerves, Freudian slips, or some other harmless mistake. But here I was, listening to a member of our stake presidency, and I could not reconcile what I was hearing with everything I knew to be true. My stomach knotted and...

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The Science Behind Why We "Like" Social Media and Why President Nelson's Challenge Is So Important

Katie Lambert - Social media. We all have our icons of choice. The red and white of Pinterest, the camera of Instagram, the blue bird of Twitter, the weird ghost of Snapchat—we all have our go-to app when we want to veg out for a while. But why? Why do we, without even consciously thinking about it, pull up Facebook on our phones whenever we have a speck of downtime? President Russell M. Nelson's challenge to take a 10-day social media fast has made me, and probably some of you, wonder this same thing. The truth is, there's a lot more science behind our...

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Watch: Church Video Explains What Latter-day Saints Believe About Spirits in Less Than 2 Minutes

LDS Living Staff - This Church video explains the amazing thing about all of us: our spirit. Sharing what our spirit bodies are, why we have one, and who made them, this mormon.org  video explains what Latter-day Saints believe about spirits in less than two minutes. ...

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Watch: Marie Osmond, Alex Boye Bear and Sing Powerful Testimonies at Interfaith Devotional

Newsroom - While performing at an interfaith devotional, Marie Osmond spoke about the heartbreaking loss of her son and bore a powerful testimony of the Savior through word and song. Watch her inspiring talk and performance below. Recording artist, entertainer and Latter-day Saint, Marie Osmond was the featured guest at the historic Kawaiaha'o Church in Honolulu, Hawaii, October 12, 2018. She and members of the Osmond family were invited to the interfaith devotional cosponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and hosted by the Kawaiaha’o Church and the United Church of Christ. The interfaith gathering was named “The Marie Osmond...

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Tabernacle Choir Christmas Tickets Sold Out in One Hour—Here's How You Can Still Score Tickets

Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square - Tickets were gone in less than an hour on Saturday for The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s Christmas concert with Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth. When Chenoweth was announced as the guest artist on Friday, social media lit up with fans sharing their approval in comments such as, “The greatest singer with the greatest choir!” “A winning combination!” “Perfect guest artist! and “She is amazing!” Chenoweth will join The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square and Bells on Temple Square on December 13, 14, and 15 in the Conference Center. The concert is under the...

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"Inc." Praises President Nelson for His Innovation as a Prophet

Inc.com - Suzanne Lucas wrote a piece for  Inc.  that gives our prophet, Russell M. Nelson, glowing praise. She writes, "Apparently, new and innovative can take place at any point in life. The difference is being willing to take a leap of faith, and work for the betterment of the organization." We often think of new and innovative being the purview of the young, but if you want to see innovation and change on a grand scale, look at the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson.  Nelson is 94, and his counselors, Dallin H. Oakes, 86,...

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President of Peru Asks President Nelson to Help Country's Children (+Our Prophet Shares Crucial Thing Parents Should Teach Children)

Deseret News - "As President Nelson was describing our membership," Elder Stevenson said, "President Vizcarra was nodding his head, 'Yes, yes, I'm very much aware of them,' and of our young members."  Peru's president asked President Russell M. Nelson to help his country's children Saturday morning during a historic meeting at the presidential palace here. On Saturday night, President Nelson spoke in Spanish as he delivered a message to the parents among 5,600 people who gathered to hear him at a full Lima coliseum. "Please teach your children about the Atonement of Jesus Christ," said the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

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The Greatest Latter-day Saint Major League Baseball Players of All Time

Morgan Jones - A lengthy ESPN feature story published earlier this year posed the question this summer, “ Where Have You Gone, Dale Murphy?” The same question could be asked of many Latter-day Saints who have played Major League Baseball. After their time under the stadium lights is in the past, it is often difficult to keep track of baseball players as the majority seem to gradually fade from public view after retirement. This does not, however, erase what they accomplished on the diamond and it certainly doesn’t erase the memories fans carry from the stands of watching their favorite players play “America’s Pastime.”...

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The Questions President Nelson's Grandfather Asked a Visitor from the Spirit World + the Surprising Answers

Katie Lambert - The Gateway We Call Death As Latter-day Saints, we are taught that we can have eternal life even after passing through death. Though there are a few things we know about life after death, there are still many things we don't know.  While at the 2017 RootsTech conference, President Russell M. Nelson answered a few questions surrounding what life after death is like with a story from his own family history.  ► You'll also like:   President Nelson Shares the Miraculous Night When Two Girls Visited Him from Beyond the Veil This "precious gift" President Nelson shared was one his grandfather...

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When Elder Holland Shared 4 Things Teachers in the Church Should Never Do

Danielle B. Wagner - With the recent changes to our meeting schedule announced in general conference, I've been thinking a lot about what these changes mean for teachers in the Church. With shorter class times comes new challenges and opportunities, not to mention we each now have a greater responsibility to become teachers in our homes as we strengthen friends, family, and ward members. "We know that when we have better teaching and more spiritually prepared class members, we have a better Sunday church experience. We are blessed that often the Spirit increases and strengthens conversion in the church setting," Elder Quentin L. Cook said...

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A New Way to Look at the Sacrament That Will Deepen Your Understanding of Covenants and Atonement

John S. Tanner, president of BYU-Hawaii - With the announcement of the new meeting schedule, it is more important than ever that the sacrament become a pivotal point in our weekly devotion.  I share this Pondering in the hope of deepening our sacrament worship. It is based on notes for a talk I gave in a sacrament meeting a couple months ago in Mongolia. Today I have already borne my testimony in sacrament meeting. So have you. We bear our testimony in every sacrament meeting and not only on Fast Sunday. That’s because when we partake of the sacrament, we bear solemn testimony to God of our commitment...

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A Switch in the Way We Think That Can Help Us Get Rid of Harmful Comparisons and Perfection Anxiety

Kiersten Lortz excerpted from "Possibilities: Partnering with God to Become Your Best Self" - A woman’s art of comparison is unlike any other in this world and certainly far from that of the world to come. We are so good at comparing ourselves to others that we completely miss the mark in recognizing our individual worth. In so doing, we leave ourselves feeling incompetent and discouraged. “Sister Radcliffe’s cookies are always moist and chewy, and mine are crispy and dry.” “Sister Wilson finds a way to work part-time and keep her family running, and I can barely get dinner on the table every night after helping the kids with homework.” “Sister Britton has beautiful, curly...

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6 Ways Church Leaders Are Preparing Us for the Second Coming

Lindsey Miller - Preparing for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is something we’re taught to do from the time we’re in Primary. We know the signs of His coming and that it will be a joyful event for the righteous. But there are many things we don’t know, like when it’s going to happen. President Russell M. Nelson said, “People often ask the Apostles, ‘When is the Second Coming going to be?’ I’ve got the answer: ‘I don’t know.’ It won’t be today or tomorrow because there is much work that needs to be done before that can come. All I know for...

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3 False Doctrines We May Believe More Than We Think

Jon Cooper - When I was younger I had a very unpleasant "tradition." Twice a year my throat was attacked to where each time I swallowed, it caused me immense pain and my throat constantly burned. Every time, my mother took me to the doctor, who identified the problem as strep throat. Visiting him for my diagnosis quickly joined my "tradition" of having a burning throat. After years of catching—and healing—from strep, I finally had my tonsils removed. Not only was the following week one of the best of my life, but since that day I have never had strep throat again.  False doctrines...

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