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{A&E} Thoughts on Elder Holland's <i>Created for Greater Things</i>

Ashley Jones - I think it was about four years ago while I was in the MTC when I solidified my testimony of the importance of the twelve apostles. One in particular made a huge difference in my life: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. He spoke to the missionaries in the MTC and gave his moving “Missionary Work and the Atonement” talk. My favorite quote from this speech is: &nbsp; “I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. …How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever...

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Donny Osmond visits BYU spring practice, Jake Heaps

Deseret News - Jake Heaps found a little added challenge at Tuesday's football practice. Donny Osmond showed up and told Heaps to throw harder. The young BYU quarterback has invested a lot of TV time watching Donny and Marie Osmond compete on "Dancing with the Stars" in recent years. Donny heard about that and decided to attend BYU football practice and thank Heaps in person. The former teen idol spent a little time with Heaps before practice on Tuesday and watched some of the drills before leaving for a flight to Las Vegas, where he'll resume performing with his sister Marie at the Flamingo...

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LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson to speak at Dixie commencement

Salt Lake Tribune - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Thomas Monson will deliver the commencement address to Dixie State College graduates. Monson will speak at the two-year college in St. George, Utah, on May 2. The college is celebrating its centennial this year. Dixie president Stephen Nadauld says it is appropriate to have the president of the Mormon church speak because the church founded the college 100 years ago. ...

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All Spice Study in Seminary

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{Food Dish} Watch Out for Asian Pine Nuts

Kate Ensign-Lewis - In an effort to protect our readers from a similar fate, I feel it my obligation to talk about a grievous (and preventable) affliction: pine mouth. It all started about a month ago. Erin Hallstrom, the LDS Living “big cheese,” was talking about how she and her friend had recently noticed that all their food tasted bitter. Without missing a beat, Ashley Evanson—online editor by day, foodie by night—responded, “It’s Asian pine nuts!” We all stared at her incredulously.&nbsp; Though our reaction made her a little sheepish, she persisted bravely. She had read in a magazine ( Cook’s Illustrated , no...

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LDS moms host world-famous mommy podcast

Angela Lankford - In 2005, LDS moms Gretchen Volgelzang and Paige Heninger hosted the first show of the podcast Mommycast . The show was one of the first parenting podcasts in the podcasting universe and became a popular online discussion forum for moms on the go. In just six years, the show has earned a place on Babble.com’s top 50 Mompreneur’s list, and has gained an audience of over 1.2 million. “The tagline of our show is ‘Holding the world together, one child at a time,’” Volgelzang said. “Paige and I have always thought that moms everywhere want the same thing for their children:...

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LDS Events Calendar

LDS Living - Lunch and Learn Series with Deseret Book Artists and Authors&nbsp;&nbsp; Every Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Downtown Deseret Book Store, SLC, Utah April 1 &amp; 2 Del Parson After earning his MFA from BYU, Parson became a gallery and portrait artist. In 1978, a tragedy changed his life when his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident. He felt the Spirit of God helping him through the tough times and began to paint religious subjects to give others the sense of hope that he found and to share with them his love of life. Parson now lives in Utah with...

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LDS Cannery Serves More Than Peanuts for the Hungry in Houston

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BYU basketball: Jimmer Fredette a 1st-team All-America, wins Robertson trophy

Deseret News - BYU's Jimmer Fredette landed two prestigious national honors Monday, further validating his sensational senior season. Fredette was voted the winner of the Oscar Robertson Trophy — emblematic of the national player of the year — from the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, which consists of more than 900 journalists. The 6-foot-2 senior from Glens Falls, N.Y., was also named to the Associated Press All-America team, receiving all but one vote from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. The voting was completed before the NCAA tournament. Fredette became the Cougars' first All-America selection since Danny Ainge in 1981....

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Tabernacle organ unique in its era

Deseret News - According to the conventional wisdom of the 19th century, the Mormon Tabernacle organ is situated all wrong. The historic practice was to have an organ placed at the rear of the church, cathedral or other building in which it was to provide the music, said Kirk Henrichsen, a senior exhibit developer for the Church History Museum. But when the fledgling Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came into possession of a pipe organ in 1857, church President Brigham Young either did not know that, or chose to ignore it. Instead, a pipe organ has been a visual focal point for...