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Dave Says: Guidelines for Giving

Dave Ramsey - Dear Dave, My husband and I are debt-free, and we have $100,000 saved. We like to give, rather than loan, money to family members if they’re having financial problems. Can you give us some advice on how to establish giving guidelines? Susan Dear Susan, First, you can’t give to a level that it starts to make you worry about your future. Your first obligation is to your own household. Once that’s done, you can help family members and your immediate community as best you can without weakening yourself. The big thing in this scenario, I think, is to make sure you’re...

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Mormon Serbs: Tiny group faces big opposition

Salt Lake Tribune - The first LDS missionary arrived in the Balkans in 1899, but the region’s Mormons trace their real beginnings to 1972, when the late Croatian basketball star Kresimir Cosic — after a promising career at Brigham Young University — returned to proselytize in his home country, organizing branches in Zadar, Zagreb and Belgrade. Earlier this month, Mormons from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia celebrated that event with a 40th-anniversary jubilee in Croatia — just weeks before Mitt Romney will formally accept the Republican nomination for U.S. president. Dragomir Savic, a former LDS leader in Serbia, said in 2010 that "it could be...

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Two BYU Cougars advance at Olympic Trials

Deseret News - Nachelle Mackie and Katie Palmeradvanced to the 800 meter semifinals at the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials on Friday. Both athletes are battling for a spot on the U.S. Track & Field Team that will compete in the 2012 London Olympics. Palmer earned an automatic spot in the semifinals byfinishing third in her heat with a time of 2:03.66. Mackie took fourth in her heat with a time of 2:03.30. The top three in the four heats automatically advanced to the semifinals. The four runners with next best times also advanced. ...

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Family history expert, 'someone who doesn't give up'

LDS Church News - When one student walked in to speak with BYU professor George Ryskamp on the first day of class in the fall semester of 2000, she asked a question professors have heard many times before. The lovely white-haired woman — who had been early to class — was wondering if it would be all right if she missed a few days during the semester. "I told her that as long as she was able to do her work I would work with her," the family history professor recalled, and then he asked why she would be missing class. "She answered me by...

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Mormon bachelor steps down

Deseret News - Kent Tuttle, previously announced as the Mormon bachelor for the online show’s fourth season, announced that he is resigning from the show. He has already found love. According to his blog, Tuttle met 25-year-old Carlie Butler near Venice Beach while he was in Los Angeles for the filming of "The Mormon Bachelor." Butler is also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Tuttle said on his blog that she immediately “left an impression.” ...

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Members in isolated city radiate 'goodness, dedication, faith, love'

LDS Church News - More than 1,600 members gathered on June 11 in Iquitos — the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest — to hear President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, address them. The historic event marked the first time a member of the First Presidency has visited the city. Iquitos, an isolated city located at the headwaters of the Amazon River, is home to more than 9,000 Latter-day Saints, living in three stakes. ...

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July 2012 LDS Primary Sharing Time Helps and Ideas

Sofia's Primary Ideas - Monthly Theme: I Choose the Right by Living Gospel Principles Monthly Scripture: "Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord" 1 Nephi 3:16 Week 1 Fasting and prayer can strengthen my testimony *4th of July Twist on this weeks theme: During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress proclaimed July 20, 1775 as a national day of fasting and prayer in preparation for the war on independence. ...

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Mormon ranks growing – especially among minority groups

Sun-Sentinel - It's an old question, but Fred Bethel says he still gets asked: How can an African-American like himself be part of the Mormon Church, a religious group that waited until 1978 to allow blacks to become leaders? His response comes easily — because of what the church is today. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is growing dramatically, and it is increasingly diversifying in South Florida, with a mix of Hispanic and Caribbean members. "I don't dwell on what the church has done," says Bethel, a member of the Fort Lauderdale Ward, or congregation. "I look at what the...

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Book review: Book of Mormon 'Biography' takes scholar's view

Deseret News - Mormonism is a hot topic. Rarely a day passes without mention in television, news, print or the Internet. With the book's impeccable timing and an accompanying press release mentioning Mitt Romney and "The Book of Mormon" musical, Princeton University Press released "The Book of Mormon: A Biography." This is one of seven books in a series called "Lives of Great Religious Books." The author of the book, Paul C. Gutjahr, is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the book is not endorsed by the church. The book is friendly to the LDS Church. I...

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LDS siblings bike across America for diabetes research

Deseret News - When Matt and Amber LeBaron, siblings and business students at Brigham Young University, decided to ride their bikes across America, they didn’t want to just check it off their bucket list — they wanted to help make a difference in the lives of nearly 3 million of Americans with type 1 diabetes. The LeBarons completed their bike ride of more than 2,500 miles in 35 days. They started on the coast line of San Diego, Calif., and ended at the Atlantic Ocean in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., at the end of May. ...