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Returned Missionary Credits Basketball Success to His Mission in 'SLAM' Feature

SLAM - Growing up in Calgary, Alberta, Bachynski’s access to basketball in the heart of hockey country was limited. “It was hard to get a lot of exposure when it came to basketball so SLAM was my go-to for basketball news, all-things basketball. I read it as much as I could,” Bachynski says. Yet somehow, when he was 12 years old, Bachynski told his father he would hoop at Arizona State one day. “I just liked the sound of it,” he recalls. That specific prediction was certainly random, but the idea he would play Division I ball in the States was far from...

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Meaning in the Making

Aspiring Mormon Women - The thing I have noticed about my career-minded friends is that they tend to be very goal-oriented. Whether it was my doctor-to-be-roommate who vowed to finish her BS in three years (she did), or my sister who finished a full-time, 12-week training to upgrade her nursing skills while mothering three busy boys, or my friend who paid off her small business loan years early in order to enjoy more profits and pay less interest, goal- setting seems to play a crucial role in most successful ventures. This goal-setting, of course, is not restricted to my friends who work outside their homes....

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Tabernacle Choir Announces 'Frozen' Pioneer Concert Guest

Newsroom - The artist who brought magic to life as Prince Hans in Disney’s blockbuster film Frozen will headline this summer’s Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s Pioneer Day concerts. Santino Fontana joins the choir in two gala performances titled A Summer Celebration of Song, which will be held on Friday, 18 July, and Saturday, 19 July 2014, in the Conference Center on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...

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Mormon Rock Star Mom, Neon Trees Drummer Talks Family and Faith

Deseret News - Elaine Bradley is a wife, mother and Mormon who lives with her family in quiet and conservative Provo, Utah. She's also a rock star. Bradley is a member of the American new wave/pop/rock band Neon Trees, which has been rising in notoriety over the past half decade. While her career as a drummer for a high-profile band may defy the Mormon mom stereotype, Bradley has found a way to live her beliefs, cherish her family life and pursue her passion for music. And whether she's on stage in Amsterdam or walking the Provo River Parkway, she tries to maintain perspective on...

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Photo of Missionaries Doing Service Goes Viral

LDS Living - A couple of missionaries unknowingly adapted the definition of doing online missionary work this week thanks to a photo originally posted on reddit and now also on imgur that went viral. The picture, captioned "The Mormons insisted on speaking to my mom. So here they are helping her garden," has attracted more than two million views and one thousand comments. On an online forum known for its negative threads on many subject, including Mormons, positive comments like the following were surprisingly in abundance:  "I grew up in a town with a high Mormon population, and despite them knowing I wasn't religious...

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Janice Kapp Perry: “My Father’s Faith"

Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Soon after the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed “My Mother’s Love” for a Mother’s Day special of Music and the Spoken Word, Janice Kapp Perry was asked to write a Father’s Day song as well. “For that song I only had my father, but I couldn’t have had a better example. It was my mother’s love and my father’s faith; that’s what I wrote about,” she said. When Perry set out to write “My Father’s Faith,” she wanted it to have a strong beat and thought the Celtic sound fit her father. She also thought the men of the Choir would enjoy...

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Mormon Athletes Pay Tribute to Their Fathers

Deseret News - Fatherhood is an emotional topic for Thurl Bailey. The former NBA basketball player is worried that his father’s time might be short. Carl Bailey is now in his mid-80s and has survived three strokes. “All those memories rushed at me,” Bailey said in an interview with the Deseret News. “When he’s gone, that’s all I’m going to have.” Bailey grew up in a home with five children during the civil rights era in Washington, D.C. When Thurl was a baby, a brick wall fell on his father at a construction site. He eventually recovered but could no longer work, as detailed...

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The 50-year Story of New Mexico MTC

Deseret News - In October 2012, President Thomas S. Monson made the groundbreaking announcement of lowered minimum age requirements for missionary service. One change resulting from this revelation that many outside of Mexico may be unaware of is the transition of Benemerito de las Americas in Mexico City from a large LDS school into a new missionary training center. Barbara E. Morgan, assistant professor of LDS Church history at Brigham Young University, recounted the history of the school at the Mormon History Association meeting June 7. ...

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July 2014 LDS Primary Sharing Time Helps & Ideas

Sofia's Primary Ideas - Monthly Theme: We become members of the Church by baptism and confirmation. Monthly Scripture: "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." John 3:5 Week 1 The Church of Jesus Christ has been restored. * HERE is an excellent resource from The Friend. It talks about a mom and child restoring a piece of furniture. There is a puzzle activity included that you could attach questions, scriptures, and songs to about The Restoration. You could put pieces under primary friends' chairs. Have primary friends try to put the puzzle together...