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6 Lessons For The Weak, Failing, Or Discouraged

Whatsoever Is Good - There are few talks I recommend more highly than Brad Wilcox’s talk on grace: “His Grace Is Sufficient“. I hope you’ll all go and read it, but in case you want a quicker read, I’ve compiled 6 takeaway lessons from it, to help you feel more motivated and less discouraged in life. 1. The atonement covers everything. Ok, repeat that: EVERYTHING. It’s not just for little sins, or the sins that everyone commits. It doesn’t matter how terrible you’ve been, or how often you’ve repeated a sin, the atonement is still for you and can still make you clean and forgiven....

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Are You Related to Your Neighbor? A New FamilySearch App Will Tell You

BYU News - When it comes to family history, many people enjoy the thrill of discovering long lost ancestral lines. But what about your group of friends? Or your coworkers at the office? Have you ever been with a group of people and thought to yourself, “I wonder if any of us are related?” Thanks to a BYU-developed app called “Relative Finder”, which is now officially certified by FamilySearch.org’s Family Tree, you can find out just how closely related you are to not only past historical figures, but your neighbor, your BFF, or even your boss at work. “This app allows you, in three...

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LDS Man Shares Hope after Harrowing Battle with Depression

Deseret News - Craig Rydalch had entertained suicidal thoughts before, but never to the point of acting on them. When Rydalch's home construction business fell on hard times in 2008, stress and discouragement pushed the former Utah basketball player to the darkest depths. . “At that point, I decided life wasn’t worth living anymore,” Rydalch said. “One day, I left my guys at the job site and went to my father-in-law’s barn and tried to hang myself.” Rydalch survived through what he could only describe as divine intervention. The husband and father from Oakley, Summit County, is one of nearly 15 million American adults...

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9 Mormon Moments in Sundance Film Festival History

Deseret News - LDS filmmakers, producers and writers have a long history of being featured at the annual film festival co-founded by actor and Academy Award-winning director Robert Redford — from Sundance's origins to this year's films by Jared and Jerusha Hess of "Napoleon Dynamite" fame and documentary filmmaker Greg Whiteley. Here are nine Mormon moments in Sundance Film Festival history. 1. 1970s - The origins of Sundance with Robert Redford The Sundance Film Festival was the original idea of Mormon and Brigham Young University graduate Sterling Van Wagenen who, while working for the Utah Arts Council in the '70s, wanted a new type...

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Pres. Uchtdorf Shakes Hands with Spiderman (Photo)

LDS Living - In a candid photo captured in Salt Lake's City Creek Mall, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf shakes hands with "Spiderman." Check out the fun image, which President Uchtdorf shared on his Facebook page :  Post by Dieter F Uchtdorf . But this photo is more than just fun. President Uchtdorf had this to say about the image: During a family lunch last summer, a man dressed as a superhero introduced himself to me. Many people around the world see these popular characters as “heroes.” However, I was blessed with the opportunity last week to celebrate the life of a real hero, Wallace...

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Why I am Grateful for Judgmental People at Church

Greg Trimble - Imagine for a minute you’re sitting in sacrament meeting and a 12 year old boy decides it would be fun to play angry birds on an iPad with the volume all the way up? What do you do? Is it alright to say something to the boy? Is it alright to say something to the parents? Should you complain to the bishop? Should you just be glad the boy is there and thereby let him do as he pleases? If you’re irritated at the scenario…does that mean that you are being “judgmental” and “self-righteous”? Should we just mind our own business...

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Lindsey Stirling Releases New Music Video Collaboration: Senbonzakura

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Mitt Romney Announces Official Candidacy Decision

New York Times - Mitt Romney said Friday that he would not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, shared his decision on a conference call with a small group of advisers. In a second call to a larger group of supporters, Mr. Romney said, “After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I’ve decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee.” ...

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Elders Oaks, Christofferson Respond to Press Conference, Other Questions During Video Chat

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Sister Missionaries Interviewed on ABC's Nightline as "New Face of Mormonism"

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