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What Sending Texts to Her Deceased Son Taught One Mom About Heaven

Lindsey Miller - Heather Pinegar and her family were camping in Arizona for a family reunion when their lives changed forever. They were preparing for their long drive back to Texas when Mick, Heather’s 15-year-old son and an avid dirt biker, asked if he could go on one last ride before they headed home. He loved going on rides after rainstorms, and after receiving consent from his parents, he went on his way. Heather recalls, “Mick gave me a hug, gave his dad a hug and a fist bump, and when he came to his older brother Willem Derby, Mick took his helmet off...

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Sponsored: New U.S. Navy Patented Ketone Drink Supercharges Weight Loss on Modified, Easy-to-Follow Keto Diet

Grant Grayson - This article is sponsored by KetonD. You've most likely have heard about the enormous popularity of the "keto" diet. Yet most people don't have a good understanding of what the keto diet is, how it works and what it can do for you. A Keto Diet (aka, ketogenic diet) is designed to convert how your body burns energy from primarily glucose (sugar derived from carbohydrates) to ketones -- chemical byproducts of metabolized fat. The goal of keto is to train your body to run exclusively on fat-derived ketones instead of being a sugar burner. The end result is dramatic weight loss....

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Elder Christofferson, Bob Woodward to Discuss Watergate, Integrity, and Trust in Unprecedented Event

Danielle B. Wagner - Elder D. Todd Christofferson, who worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Sirica during the Watergate trials, and legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Bob Woodward, who worked with Carl Bernstein to break the Watergate story, are coming together for an unprecedented event. The two will highlight the lessons they learned about trust and integrity in public life during their unique experiences with Watergate and beyond. Hosted by the Deseret News ,  the event will be held in Washington, D.C. and streamed live online on Monday, January 14, 2019, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. EST (4:30 to 6 p.m. MST)....

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One Latin Translation That Will Deepen Your Understanding of the Church's "Come, Follow Me" Curriculum

Dr. Taylor Halverson - What does spending, sacrifice, responsibility, and learning have to do with each other? I learned during Sunday School that all of these words seem to be connected in a significant way. These words all shed light on why learning is our own responsibility. Come Follow Me Curriculum Is Inspired and Inspiring On the first Sunday of January, I sat with my friends (brothers and sisters) in my ward to discuss the topic, “We are responsible for our own learning.” The ideas, experiences, testimonies, and thoughts they shared inspired and encouraged me, just as we would expect a great Sunday School experience...

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Faith Is Not Blind + 4 More Things Faith Is Not

Robert L. Millet, adapted from "Whatever Happened to Faith?" - The world has its counterfeits for faith. One way to decide what faith is, and why it is becoming so scarce in our world, is to first explore what it is not. 1. Faith is not gullibility or falling for anything. Faithless people are sometimes quite critical of those who possess what they do not. They assume that people who live their lives by faith are naïve, easily swayed, and simple-minded. That is not faith. A faithful person is a thinking being, one who can judge, assess, and reason, one who can distinguish clearly between good and evil, light and darkness,...

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What My Friend's Unsolved Murder Taught Me About Christ's Power to Deliver Us from Evil

Wendy Ulrich, adapted from "Let God Love You: Why We Don't, How We Can" - One of the most distressing phone calls I ever received came late one evening while my husband, Dave, fairly recently sustained as the bishop of our ward, was out of town on business. The caller identified himself as a representative of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). My heart raced as I scrambled to remember if Dave was supposed to be on a plane that night. The call was not about Dave, however. It was about Bob, his counselor in the bishopric. Bob, who worked for the FAA and who was also away on business at the time, had been found murdered...

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Latter-day Saint Family with 3 Sons in Wheelchairs Surprised with Customized Bus for Christmas

Trent Toone, for LDS Living - Christmas came a day early for the Mark and Sharon Honey family in 2018. On Dec. 24, members of the Honey family, including their three boys in wheelchairs, went to Shamrock Auto in Pleasant Grove to pick up their new "Honey Bus." "It was such a wonderful event, the day before Christmas," Mark Honey said. "The boys were all so excited. They zoomed right up to it and saw their names on this big yellow bus. They loved the idea that it was a school bus. They couldn't wait to get loaded onto it. . . . I couldn't contain how...

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Family Remembers Slain Latter-day Saint Police Officer as Compassionate: “He Was All About Service"

KSL - “He was all about service, whether it was for the community, or his church, or whatever — anyone he encountered. Service was in Joe’s nature,” Michael Shinners said.  Family members spoke Monday about the life of Provo police officer Joseph Shinners after his tragic death during an altercation with a fugitive over the weekend. Officer Shinners’ brother, Michael Shinners, said family was his brother’s No. 1 priority, but he would do anything for anybody. “We want everything geared towards Joe, and we’ll let the justice system take care of the other individual,” said Michael Shinners, who has seen his share of...

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4 Ways You Can Help a Struggling Missionary

Jenny Spencer Hunt and Brooke Ward - Missionaries can deal with a slew of issues, and as a parent, sibling, or friend reading and writing letters from afar, you may feel helpless. But you’re not. Check out some ways you can help them with some of these most common struggles, and some prophetic counsel that may help as well. ► You'll also like:  " The Ultimate Missionary Guide" Feeling Unprepared When missionaries are new to the MTC or mission field, it’s easy for them to become discouraged, feeling as if everyone ahead of them knows so much more. Missionaries around them seem to have all the lessons and...

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See the Final Tally for the #LightTheWorld Giving Machines

LDS Living Staff - The giving machines for the Church's #LightTheWorld campaign raised more than $2 million dollars over the holidays, according to a Facebook post from LDS Charities. ► You'll also like: Church Announces the #LightTheWorld Giving Machines Have Made Over $1 Million In addition to the giving machine at Temple Square, the Church added four other machines in London, the Philippines, Arizona, and New York in 2018. Combined, the machines raised $2,309,276 for various charities.  Thank you for helping #LightTheWorld through donations at the Giving Machines. Your generosity helped raise $2,309,276 for our local and international partners. Here's what that looks like: -...