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"CBS News" Shares How an LDS Man Helped Reunite Son of Fallen Solider with His Dad's Car—15 Years After His Death

CBS News - Kyle Fox, a member of the LDS Church, helped make 15-year-old Justin Rozier's dream come true when he helped find a car that belonged to Justin's father, a fallen U.S. soldier.  Even in Texas, a horse only gets you so far, which is why 15-year-old Justin Rozier has been thinking lately about a car. Specifically, he told his mom, Jessica, he would love to have a car—any car—that his dad once owned.  "I mean, it could have been a 1974 Dodge Astro—I don't even know if that's a car—but it could have been anything and he would have said, 'Yes,'" Jessica...

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How the Texas Church Shooting Changed My View on Gratitude

Katie Lambert - Before I could finish the first line of the opening hymn in Relief Society, my phone buzzed with a news notification.  Typically, I don't check my phone during Church. In fact, I try to look at my phone as little as possible on Sundays. But before I could glance away, I saw the headline: "20 Killed in Church Attack." My heart skipped a beat.  Twenty people dead? How? Where? Why? Still mumbling the opening hymn, I search "23 Killed in Church." As the search results popped up, my heart broke. Twenty-three people from 5 to 72 years old had died in...

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Church Thanks Members After Mormons Quadruple Donations Following Disasters

Mormon Newsroom - In response to the generous help given following a series of recent unprecedented catastrophes, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, expressed his gratitude. “In the midst of this suffering, people throughout the world have rallied to come to the aid of their brothers and sisters,” he said in representing the First Presidency. Amid all this suffering, members of the Church have rallied to ease the burdens of those who have suffered such devastating losses. Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé noted that “in September, members donated over 1 million hours...

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Decades After a Devastating War, Trailblazing Mormon Mission President Delights in His Return to Vietnam, Armed with a Gospel of Peace

Salt Lake Tribune - What an inspiring story of missionary work, courage, and compassion.  It was 1974, and a lanky young Mormon missionary from Salt Lake City was sent into the heart of what had been America’s biggest nightmare: Vietnam. For decades, an unpopular war in Southeast Asia had taken the lives of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, while protests against continued U.S. involvement raged on college campuses and city streets. By the time 19-year-old Lewis Hassell arrived in Saigon, the war was winding down. The U.S. military had withdrawn, leaving behind mostly American expatriates and contractors. Still,...

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23 Fun Photos of Elder Uchtdorf You Haven’t Seen Before

LDS Living Staff - Elder Uchtdorf has lived a long life full of family, flying, service, and sermons. Check out these fun photo highlights. Dieter F. Uchtdorf (far left) met his future wife at a Mutual Improvement Association activity. Photo from lds.org . Dieter F. Uchtdorf joined the air force in Germany in 1959. Photo from  LDS Church News . As an outstanding student pilot in his class with the U.S. Air Force, Dieter Uchtdorf received the Commander's Trophy. Photo from  LDS Church News . President Uchtdorf and his wife Harriet as young newlyweds. Photo from  LDS Living . During his career with Lufthansa Airlines,...

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Mormon MMA Fighter Competes in Nationally Televised Event, Talks How He Shares His Faith

Danielle B. Wagner - Professional MMA fighter Westin Wilson sees no conflict between the religion he lives and his profession in Mixed Martial Arts. In fact, the father of two uses his fame and publicity as a platform to share the gospel. On Friday, November 3, he competed in a high-profile, nationally televised event that led to interviews across the country. The event, which was broadcast on Axis TV, was part of Legacy Fight Alliance and resulted from Wilson's earlier win over L.J. Hermreck in Bellator 184. However, Friday night Wilson didn't see the same success after submitting to Charles Cheeks III. From talking about...

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Sponsored: Seminars for Stronger Relationships This Weekend

Swinton Counseling - Swinton & Associates Counseling is calling for final registrants to its Seminars for Stronger Relationships on November 11, 2017, at the Karen Gail Miller Conference Center in Sandy, Utah. Individuals and couples can still register at www.swintoncounseling.com . Seminars for Stronger Relationships have been providing individuals, couples, and families with insights into how to improve marriages for many years. Dr. Swinton said, “people from every walk of life will benefit from the information shared at these seminars. If you are a newlywed couple looking to ensure a healthy marriage long-term, a parent in need of ideas to help family relationships, or...

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How We've Been Misunderstanding God's Title of "Savior"

Fiona Givens and Terryl Givens, excerpted from "The Christ Who Heals" - That we believe about God and Christ—Their nature, Their attributes, Their character—shapes our response to the Heavenly Family and Their designs for us. Arguments about the cosmological location of  Kolob will not advance our salvation. Ascertaining the true depth and extent of God’s love, however, will. Developing the “Natural Man” The scriptures we inherited tragically misrepresent a divine nature that Jacob 5, with its mourning, ever-solicitous Gardener, and Moses 7, with Enoch’s account of a weeping God the Father, restores. Our tendency—almost irresistibly urged upon us by our Protestant heritage—is to move from seeing ourselves as wounded to calling our condition...

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What We May Have Missed in Jesus's Loving Response to a Despised Man in the Bible

Taylor Halverson, PhD, and Scott Haines, MD - Not far from the ancient remains of Jericho stands a large and solitary sycamore tree. Undoubtedly old, this sycamore tree is one of several in the area that have been the magnet for centuries of pilgrims seeking to experience the stories of Jesus. These religious tourists are seeking to experience something like what Zacchaeus did so many years ago when Jesus visited Jericho. Let’s review the story, found in Luke 19:1-10. On the way to His last visit to Jerusalem that ended with His death and resurrection, Jesus passed through Jericho, the last major city or town on the road from...

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6 Ways Christ's Grace Turns Our Weaknesses into Strengths

Wendy Ulrich, excerpted from "Weakness Is Not Sin" - The following is an excerpt from Weakness Is Not Sin: The Liberating Distinction That Awakens Our Strengths   by Wendy Ulrich. My husband, Dave, has long remembered a high priests class he once attended while visiting Jerusalem. The lesson was on the importance of the scriptures. The teacher, a convert from a humble background, asked if anyone had succeeded in reading the Book of Mormon all the way through. In the class were a number of visiting professors from Brigham Young University who had spent their entire professional lives studying holy writ. My husband felt a little embarrassed for the teacher,...