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10-Year-Old LDS Girl Raises $10,000 for Stranger

LDS Church News - Lily Wilson was at her neighbor’s house when she first heard about Alissa Sizemore. Alissa, a 7-year-old dancer, lost her foot after it was pinned under a truck May 6. “My neighbor was talking about how his friend knew a girl that was in her dance studio that had her leg rolled over and so I just wanted to donate my money to her,” Lily Wilson said. “If that ever happened to me it would be hard to dance again.” Lily Wilson, 10, a dancer and a member of the Davis 4th Ward, Vernal Utah Uintah Stake, decided she would help...

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Good News for Injured Sister Missionary in Australia

Deseret News - The parents of a 20-year-old woman critically injured while serving an LDS mission in Australia have arrived in the country to be by their daughter's side during her recovery. Levine did not suffer any broken bones, but doctors put her in a medically induced coma after noticing some bleeding in her lungs and head trauma. ...

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FHE: Love One Another

Jordan Marie Williams - In following the Lord’s call, we must obey His commandments and offer love for Him and the people around us. By remembering the love Christ showed for us and letting His example guide our actions towards others, we can forge bonds of love with our families, our friends, and our community. Song: "Love One Another” ( Hymns, 308) Preparation: Cut hearts out of construction paper to use as a display. Also, collect pictures of family members and friends to share during your discussion. Draw a large heart on a piece of paper. Make a list of people you love and care...

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Church Files with Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage

Mormon Newsroom - Representing the faith communities of more than 100 million Americans, The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, National Association of Evangelicals, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod filed the brief collectively. The brief contends that recent court rulings have burdened religious organizations with legal uncertainty. ...

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Missionary Critically Injured in Australia

Deseret News - A 20-year old Utah woman serving as a missionary in the Australia Sydney South Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was critically injured Friday after being hit by a car near the city of Canberra. Sister Kendal Levine, who graduated from Stansbury High School in Tooele, had pulled off to the side of the road to take a picture of a double rainbow when the vehicle she was in was struck by another vehicle, pushing and injuring Levine between the two cars, said her aunt, Mindy Jones-Blake. ...

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Sharing the Gospel as an Olympian: The Noelle Pikus-Pace Story

Briana Stewart - LDS Living sat down with Noelle to find out what ignites her champion’s spirit and drive to persevere. Read on to see why she wouldn’t trade her accident for anything, why she wears her Young Women medallion “at all times, and in all things, and in all places,” and why her beloved family is worth their weight in silver.  LDSL: So have you always been a sports superstar? Noelle: I actually didn’t know I could play sports! My love of sports didn’t come until the spring of fifth grade, when one of my friends said I should come and try out...

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LDS Week in Review: 5 Must-Read Stories (Aug 30 - Sep 5)

LDS Living Staff - How Gladys Knight Became a Mormon Gladys Knight’s spiritual journey began when she was two years old.  “We had an old banged up piano in the hall,” she recalls. “I remember even that far back having our own family home evening, if you will. My mom and dad used to play the piano and sing and tell Bible stories. As I grew, I started wanting more and more of that. Christ really became that person that I longed for. I wanted to be good for Him.” That little girl from Georgia would have to wait decades before finding the fulness of...

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Old Testament Lesson 38: "Beside Me There Is No Savior"

Ted L. Gibbons - READING : ISAIAH 40-49 INTRODUCTION : A lovely young lady sat in my office a while ago.  Her life, which had begun with joy and service and obedience, had descended through successive layers of iniquity and decadence to a place where blackness enveloped her and she was miserable. Like Lehi of old, she beheld herself (see 1 Nephi 8:7).  Like the prodigal son, she had spent too much time with the pigs and had come to herself (see Luke 15:17).  She did not like what she saw in her mirror each morning and came at last to the one unfailing source...

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Football Coach Steve Kaufusi Talks Missions and Football

Oregon Live - Steve Kaufusi knows how hard a Mormon mission can be on football players and coaches. Now in his 13th year as Brigham Young University's defensive line coach, Kaufusi says coaches are taking a risk in recruiting men who plan to delay playing football for two years as they evangelize for the Mormon church. Players come back out of shape and, at times, less committed to football. But when Kaufusi was a teenager, he wanted to serve his mission, too. He spent two years in his native Tonga, going door to door trying to persuade strangers to give their lives to Jesus...

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Overcome the Pain with Joy

Millennial Star - More often than not, these days on the Bloggernacle there is a narrative among LDS people where pain is the central theme. I don’t want to diminish anyone’s trials or hardships. I also do not want to make light of the legitimate struggles we all have on a daily basis. However, when I see the subject of “pain” come up again and again as a narrative for how to live life, I am troubled. Life is hard and there are painful times, but I don’t think Heavenly Father meant for life to be an unrelenting painful experience. ...