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- On the Church’s webpage about temples, a paragraph explains the effect religious rituals and clothing can have on Church members: “They can stir the deepest feelings of the soul, motivate them to do good, and even shape the course of a whole life of service.” The temple garment worn by Latter-day Saints holds great significance, and the way we care for them does, too. Caring for and wearing the temple garment is a very personal commitment. Here are three ways the Church has specifically said we should treat the temple garment. 1) The garment is never to be left on the...
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Rhonda Lauritzen
- The following article has been adapted and republished with permission from evalogue.life . If you have an interest in finding your family’s history, you may be overlooking a goldmine of sources, context, and personalities from the past. I had been missing this treasure when I unexpectedly found a goldmine of 19th-century women’s voices as part of a project to nominate the Ephraim Relief Society Granary to the National Register of Historic Places . It took my breath away when my own ancestors made unexpected appearances, and I wept when I read the feisty quote of my fourth-great grandmother. Originally I thought...
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James Skeen
- I must have walked past the bishop’s office at least 10 times that night. To my 15-year-old brain, it felt more like 100, but I kept walking by even though Mutual had been done for a while. Trying to look nonchalant, I walked toward the lobby one more time to see if the bishop’s door was open, just like I had the week before and the week before that. It hadn’t been open any of those other weeks, but tonight might be different. Palms sweating, stomach aching, and head hanging low, I slinked one more time through the church building. The...
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LDS Living Staff
- There is really no place like Primary. With singing time, coloring pages, and snack breaks, it may be the most fun room at church. But can you imagine what it would be like if Gru's loveable minions started going to primary? Here's what we think that might look like. They would take singing time to a whole new level. They might get a little over-excited singing "Jesus wants me for a sun . . . BEAM!" They may be tempted to jazz up the happy birthday songs just a bit. They are going to think "Once There Was a Snowman" is...
5 Little-Known Facts About the Publication of the Book of Mormon
Editors of The Joseph Smith Papers
- The following was originally published on LDS Living in August 2015. The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published more than 185 years ago, just before the Church was officially organized on the 6 th of April 1830. E. B. Grandin agreed to publish the book at risk to his reputation, though with the possibility of great economic advantage. The Book of Mormon is considered scripture by millions of Church members worldwide, but few today know the history of its first publication. Below is a list of five little-known facts about the first edition of the Book of Mormon....
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3 Ways We've Been Asked to Respect Our Temple Garments
Emily Abel
- On the Church’s webpage about temples, a paragraph explains the effect religious rituals and clothing can have on Church members: “They can stir the deepest feelings of the soul, motivate them to do good, and even shape the course of a whole life of service.” The temple garment worn by Latter-day Saints holds great significance, and the way we care for them does, too. Caring for and wearing the temple garment is a very personal commitment. Here are three ways the Church has specifically said we should treat the temple garment. 1) The garment is never to be left on the...
Pain Relief or Healing: What Are We Seeking from Christ?
James Skeen
- I must have walked past the bishop’s office at least 10 times that night. To my 15-year-old brain, it felt more like 100, but I kept walking by even though Mutual had been done for a while. Trying to look nonchalant, I walked toward the lobby one more time to see if the bishop’s door was open, just like I had the week before and the week before that. It hadn’t been open any of those other weeks, but tonight might be different. Palms sweating, stomach aching, and head hanging low, I slinked one more time through the church building. The...
14 GIFs That Sum Up If Minions Went to Primary
LDS Living Staff
- There is really no place like Primary. With singing time, coloring pages, and snack breaks, it may be the most fun room at church. But can you imagine what it would be like if Gru's loveable minions started going to primary? Here's what we think that might look like. They would take singing time to a whole new level. They might get a little over-excited singing "Jesus wants me for a sun . . . BEAM!" They may be tempted to jazz up the happy birthday songs just a bit. They are going to think "Once There Was a Snowman" is...
5 Little-Known Facts About the Publication of the Book of Mormon
Editors of The Joseph Smith Papers
- The following was originally published on LDS Living in August 2015. The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published more than 185 years ago, just before the Church was officially organized on the 6 th of April 1830. E. B. Grandin agreed to publish the book at risk to his reputation, though with the possibility of great economic advantage. The Book of Mormon is considered scripture by millions of Church members worldwide, but few today know the history of its first publication. Below is a list of five little-known facts about the first edition of the Book of Mormon....
What Prophets Have Said About Receiving Revelation Through Dreams
Katie Lambert
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Jannalee Sandau
- This article previously ran on LDS Living in June 2016. Have you ever heard of Philo T. Farnsworth? What about Lester Wire or Thomas Stockham? Each of these Latter-day Saints have shaped history by inventing devices we now take for granted, including television, the traffic light, and digital sound. And while Latter-day Saints by no means have a corner on the invention market, you probably still use many of their inventions today. Editor's Note: This is not a comprehensive list. There have been dozens of important inventions by Latter-day Saints throughout the years, but this is merely a sampling of some...
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Kensie Smith
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5 Little-Known Facts About the Publication of the Book of Mormon
Editors of The Joseph Smith Papers
- The following was originally published on LDS Living in August 2015. The first edition of the Book of Mormon was published more than 185 years ago, just before the Church was officially organized on the 6 th of April 1830. E. B. Grandin agreed to publish the book at risk to his reputation, though with the possibility of great economic advantage. The Book of Mormon is considered scripture by millions of Church members worldwide, but few today know the history of its first publication. Below is a list of five little-known facts about the first edition of the Book of Mormon....
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Sunny Morton
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How the Temple Helps Us Apply Christ's Atonement
Bruce C. Hafen and Marie K. Hafen, excerpted from "The Contrite Spirit"
- The following excerpt originally appeared on LDS Living in October 2015. The role of sacrifice in the temple illustrates how the temple ordinances embody and teach higher Melchizedek-level principles. These ordinances reflect Christ’s sacrifice, and they teach us symbolically how our own sacrifices might seek to echo His. As our Primary children sing, “He knows I will follow him, Give all my life to him.” Performing Ordinances in Similitude of Christ’s Sacrifice When they left the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve built an altar and offered animal sacrifices. Then an angel came to ask Adam why he was offering sacrifices....
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