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Dave Says: Life Insurance for Singles?

LDS Living - Dear Dave, I know you usually recommend having eight to 10 times your income in life insurance. I’m 25, single, and I have no kids. Do I still need that much life insurance? Anonymous Dear Anonymous, The need for life insurance is very low in situations like yours. All you really want is enough to cover burial expenses, and clean up any mess you may leave behind. If you own a home you may not have to worry about any remaining debt, because the sale of the house might cover it. Many times an employer will furnish you with life insurance...

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Festive Vegetable Rice Recipe

Emergency Essentials - When you’re looking for an easy and healthy side dish to add to your dinner, look no further than your food storage . In less than thirty minutes from start to finish, you can make Festive Vegetable Rice that will compliment almost any main dish. While you could use fresh vegetables in this recipe, one of the benefits of using the dehydrated and freeze-dried vegetables from your food storage is that they are already diced, chopped, and ready to be used. Having the prep work already done will be a big time saver. In addition, it isn’t necessary to reconstitute the...

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Big changes coming for single Mormons in Utah

Salt Lake Tribune - Attention single Mormons under age 30 in the Salt Lake Valley: The LDS Church is disbanding all student wards (except for students who live on a college campus), creating in their place congregations for students and singles together in 12 to 17 new all-singles stakes. Bishops announced the move to congregants Sunday and invited all the young people to a valleywide meeting at the LDS Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City on April 27. This an age group Mormon leaders clearly worry about. Many singles “ward-hop” from place to place, without ever landing on a permanent spiritual home. Others stop...

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LDS leader to run for president in Mali

Deseret News - The first LDS leader to be elected president of his country may not be Mitt Romney or Jon Huntsman Jr., but rather Yeah Samake, who has recently announced his candidacy for the president of Mali. Currently serving as the mayor of Ouelessebougou, Samake is in Utah for a few weeks to generate support and plans for his campaign. "I consider Utah my second home," says Samake, who earned a master's degree and met his wife (a native of India) at BYU, and who has directed the Utah-based Mali Rising Foundation for about six years. "I appreciate and am grateful to so...

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{Food Dish} Cookie Contest 3rd Runner-up + Recipe

LDS Living staff - Last week we told you about judging our Cookie Recipe Contest , and we are proud to present the winner and runners up! Utilizing the not unformidable tasting abilities of our colleagues at Deseret Book Corporate and our celebrity judges, including Lion House head baker Brenda Hopkin, we narrowed down the field. We'll be posting the taster-rated best cookie recipes over the next several days. The 3rd runner up is … drum roll … Tiger's Blood Bites by JaNae Worthen from Kaysville, Utah. "Named after a favorite snowcone flavor, these strawberry coconut bars are sure to please your little tigers, big...

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New Testament Lesson 17: What Shall I Do That I May Inherit Eternal Life?

Ted L. Gibbons - INTRODUCTION: The scriptures speak clearly to us about the dangers of wealth. So many of the apostasies chronicled in the pages of the standard works are related to a longing for filthy lucre. Paul was probably right when he said that the "love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows" (1 Timothy 6:10). The danger of this love of loot is a theme often repeated in the pages of the New Testament. In this lesson we will review some divine warnings and...

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Jimmer wins Wooden national player of the year award

Deseret News - BYU guard Jimmer Fredette captured the prestigious John R. Wooden national player of the year award Friday night in Los Angeles, and became the first consensus national player of the year in school history. The Los Angeles Athletic Club bestowed the Wooden Award on Fredette, who is the first Cougar to earn that accolade since Danny Ainge in 1981. "It's an unbelievable honor to be here," Fredette said after accepting the award. "It's one of the most prestigious awards in the country." ...

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Life portrayed in Mormon ads not consistent with reality?

Salt Lake Tribune - The ads are effective and intriguing: attractive, energetic, articulate Mormons sharing what makes them so interestingly, so uniquely and so memorably “a Mormon.” But these ubiquitous ads are also drastically misleading. Come to one of our meetinghouses on any given Sunday and you’d be hard-pressed to find a group of faithful like those represented in the “And I’m a Mormon” advertising blitz. Sadly, as a whole we are far less interesting than what the ads have masterfully conveyed. Generally speaking, we are collectively a boring people. We might try to mix it up — sometimes serving ethnic fare at our ward...

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Interview with Pianist Josh Wright

LDS Living - LDS Living's Ashley Evanson interviews Josh Wright about his music and favorite songs. Watch all the way through to find out his favorite Primary song! Learn more about Josh Wright's new CD here . ...