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14 Hilarious Mormon Moments We Can All Relate To

Katie Lambert - As Mormons, we know there are moments that are uniquely ours—like when we forget it's fast Sunday after making breakfast or when we pick up our missionaries from the airport. There's just no denying these moments scream Mormon.  So we've put together a few of these hilarious moments that you probably know all too well.  1. When you realize it's fast Sunday right after making breakfast. 2. When the Elders Quorum finds creative solutions for moving day. 3. When you pick up your missionary at the airport.  4. The first Sunday you switch from 1 p.m. church to 9 a.m. church....

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Week Four: 9 Lessons for FHE on "The Family: A Proclamation to the World"

Erin Jones - Get the entire FHE lesson series on "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." Get the PDF of this lesson here for easy printing! “The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God’s commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife” ( The Family: A Proclamation to the World , paragraph four). Thought:...

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How the "Unconditional Love of Christ” Helped This College Student Overcome Crippling Anxiety

Jason F. Wright - If you’ve followed my articles and social media posts over the years, you know that my 19-year-old daughter Jadi has lived quite a journey. Overcome by crippling anxiety that hit like a hurricane, we had to pull her from school for a season during the eighth grade. When she returned, it was only with her mother as her constant companion. Yes, for the last few months of middle school, mother and daughter were locker and lunchroom buddies. Jadi made slow but steady progress and learned to use all the tools available to a teen with these increasingly common challenges. But she...

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Watch: GENTRI Creates Epic Love Song Medley Combining 13 Iconic Songs

LDS Living Staff - Not only does this music video combine the best of 13 iconic love songs like "Stand by Me," "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You," "You Are So Beautiful," and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," but it was shot all in one take. Check out this incredible new music video from GENTRI: Get more inspiring music from GENTRI with their new CD of classic hymns. Since their formation in 2014, GENTRI has had all three of their albums hit #1 on the Billboard Chart. Their highly-anticipated fourth album, Hymns , focuses on beloved sacred songs. Known for their stunning...

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"This Is the Church of Happy Endings": Elder Holland Gives Powerful Message to Graduates

Deseret News - "In the days and years ahead, you may suffer some discouragement and disappointment. On occasion, you may feel genuine despair, either for yourself or your children or the plight and conditions of others. You may even make a personal mistake or two—serious mistakes, perhaps, though I hope not—and you may worry that any chance to be happy and secure in life has eluded you forever. When such times come, I ask you to remember this: This is the church of the happy endings," Elder Holland said. Troubles never need to be permanent nor fatal, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland told more than...

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After Car Burglary, Man Wakes Up to Find a Liahona Replica on His Front Lawn

Danielle B. Wagner - A man woke up to find a Liahona in his front yard. Though it might sound more like the opening to a joke than a headline, there's little funny and much inspiring about recent news in Las Vegas involving a car burglary. Earlier this week, Khai Vu woke up to find his car broken into outside his Summerlin home. He also discovered a wooden box with a gold lock. Inside that box was a beautiful golden replica of the Liahona. “When I first saw it, I thought it was an urn,” Vu told News 3 Las Vegas . Vu is convinced...

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Why Selflessness and Selfishness May Be More Similar Than You Think + the Beautiful Truth That Teaches Us About God

Nicole M. Hilton - I was sitting in the St. George Utah Temple baptistry recently, looking at a painting of Christ. He’s kneeling by a little boy and smiling at him with the kindest expression. The little boy is holding Christ’s hand and trusts Him. It struck me that God’s aim is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man and that God is completely happy and selfless while carrying out this task. I’ll repeat that in a different way: God’s aim is to have kids, raise them spiritually, then raise them physically, and then see us through to the end—to the greatest...

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The One Crucial Thing News Outlets Missed at the Washington D.C. Temple Press Conference

Jason F. Wright - I’ve always loved the news and I’ve attended many press conferences as a speaker, guest, or writer on topics from politics to public policy to entertainment. So when I was asked to attend this week’s Washington D.C. Temple renovation press conference at the adjacent visitors’ center in Kensington, Maryland, I thought it would feel like any other media event. Lights. Cameras. News. Reporters fire off questions while speakers hit what they can and avoid everything else like a batter bends around a wild pitch. Right? Wrong. Sure, all the bases were covered. The temple opened in 1974, it’s covered in Alabama...

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10 Elegant Cultural Hall Wedding Receptions (Photos)

Jamie Armstrong - Wedding season is in full swing! And for LDS couples, one great way to keep wedding costs down is by having a reception in the church's cultural hall. Skeptical? Check out these amazing transformations we found on Pinterest! retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest retrieved from Pinterest Can you believe there is a basketball hoop under here? retrieved from Pinterest Or here? retrieved from Pinterest DECORATING TIP: Paper flowers are an elegant yet inexpensive way to cover the walls. Here are three fabulous examples: retrieved from...

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Sacrament Over the Internet, Church in Sub-Zero Weather + Other Things You Didn't Know About Saints in Alaska

Fred E. Woods and Jannalee Sandau - The story of how the Church came to be in the cold, northern climate of Alaska is truly the story of one man—one man and a series of remarkable firsts. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1824, Dr. Edward G. Cannon lived an adventurous life, serving in the Mexican War, prospecting for gold, and practicing medicine. He finally ended up in Utah with his wife in 1871. While in Utah, Cannon embraced the LDS faith. At the turn of the century, the then-76-year-old widower, again in search of gold, immigrated to Nome, Alaska, and brought his religion with him. It was said...