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5 'Best-Kept Secrets' to Help You Write Your Next Talk

LDS Living - Conference talks and Ensign articles are a good start for your sacrament meeting talk, but when you're stuck, you might need a little something more to make your words more engaging, spiritual, and memorable.  Here are seven underutilized resources to help you punch up your next sacrament meeting talk: 1. Story compilations from general authorities Integrating a story into your talk is a great way to teach a lesson in a memorable way. But if you don't have a personal story, you can always use a story from the general authorities. There are a few great compilations of stories you can...

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Webcam Captures Incredible Nighttime Photo of New Provo Temple

Jeff Hampton - After the burning of the beloved Provo Tabernacle, residents wondered what the future would hold for that plot of ground. Now, construction on the Provo City Center Temple is nearly complete. As testing recently commenced on the lighting systems, locals were treated to a stunning nighttime display of one of the Lord’s newest houses. -->Remember this miracle that occured when the Tabernacle burned? -->Check out this awesome time-lapse video of the temple's construction! -->And these beautiful photos of the temple's stained glass! ...

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5 Ways to Support Military Families in Your Ward

Alexis Sanders - 1. Be friendly.  “Accept us as part of the ward, even if you know we won’t be there very long. Build a real friendship—that’s the biggest help,” said Lindsay Madsen. Sometimes when a military family enters a new ward, the members are slow to friendship, regarding them as transients because they may not stay. “I find that there’s a lot of support in the form of people just being my friend and being there for me, and keeping an eye out for me when they know my husband might not be around,” added Sarah Raines. 2. Invite them to dinner and...

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Innovating Home Teaching: Thoughts from Clay Christensen & James Quigley

Leading LDS - Great inspiration comes to those that listen to genius. Great minds challenge one to think deeper about the problem in front of them. One of those geniuses is Clayton Christensen. Not only is he a Harvard Business Professor and famous author he is also a Latter-Day Saint and former Area Seventy. I enjoy listening to him solve business and leadership problems because it makes me wonder if his answers would be similar if asked to solve similar LDS leadership problems. Clay Christensen and James Quigley (also LDS and a former bishop) were interviewed by The Economist about leadership, corporate culture, and...

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5 Ways Parents and Leaders Can Tackle Tough Social Issues with Youth

Mormon Women Stand - For the past decade, I’ve had the opportunity to work with youth and their parents in a variety of Church callings in both North America and overseas. Through this, I’ve found that one of the greatest concerns leaders and parents have is how they can help their youth understand doctrine and eternal truths in relation to current social issues—including the really difficult and often confusing ones. Here are a few things we might want to consider as we are teaching the rising generation how to stand strong against the world: 1. We can relate eternal truths to current social issues and...

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Church Commemorates War of 1812, End of Civil War 150th Anniversary

Newsroom - Many families in the United States will travel to cemeteries across the country this Memorial Day weekend to remember their ancestors, including war veterans and other loved ones. For many people, it’s a tradition to decorate the graves of loved ones with flowers and hold family gatherings. FamilySearch is making it easier to help descendants of military veterans find the records of their ancestors at no cost, including those who fought in the Civil War and the War of 1812. ...

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How to Have Faith Even When Your Questions Remain Unanswered

Sheri Dew, excerpted from "Worth the Wrestle" - The following is an excerpt from Sheri Dew's Worth the Wrestle . Men and women of faith are required to have faith. Yet learning to walk by faith is surely one of the most difficult transitions we make as mortals. Our natural tendency is to want answers. We like things tied up neatly with a bow—although almost nothing ever is. We don’t like or always know how to respond to ambiguity. The simple but agonizing fact is that followers of Jesus Christ are required to walk by faith, to at least some degree, and there is nothing easy about it. Gratefully,...

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New Testament Lesson 24: "This is Life Eternal"

Ted L. Gibbons - INTRODUCTION : The Savior knew that the time following his crucifixion would be difficult for his apostles. He seems to be trying to prepare them by his explanations in John 16 and by his prayer in John 17. He was about to leave the kingdom—the mortal vehicle of salvation—in the hands of these twelve men. To them would fall the responsibility of continuing the work he had begun so magnificently. On them would rest the burden of the salvation of men in every nation. From them would come the message of hope that is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Knowing that...

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FHE: Learning

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “Waiting on the Road to Damascus,” by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign, May 2011, 70. Thoughts: Those who diligently seek to learn of Christ eventually will come to know Him. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Waiting on the Road to Damascus,” Ensign , May 2011, 70.) Song: “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,” Children’s Songbook , p. 177. Scripture: Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience...

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3 Ways Family History Helped Me Discover Who I Am

Andrew Devey of Aggieland Mormons - The image above is being used for illustrative purposes only and does not reflect the opinions or feelings of the models found therein. Image from iStock.  I grew up in Utah as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so I know that my four-generation family chart has been filled out my entire life. I know the names on my family tree and have visited many of my ancestors’ graves over the years, but I never really got to know any of them. I wondered why it was so important to know who my great-great-grandparents were and why...