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Geek chic and the Mormon Moment

Slate - Among the various figures and phenomena contributing to the so-called “Mormon moment”—Big Love, Mitt Romney, Glenn Beck, the Book of Mormon musical, Stephenie Meyer—one plausible factor has, so far as I can tell, not previously been noticed: the triumph of geek culture. That geekiness has, in some sense, triumphed, does not seem to be in dispute. The term “geek chic” became common in the 1990s; USA Today, not generally on the forefront of such things, used the term as a headline for a piece about how geeks have “pulled ahead of the rest of us” in 2003. In December 2010, Patton...

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LDS Film Festival returning to Orem for its 11th year

Deseret News - The 11th LDS Film Festival will run Jan. 25-28 at the SCERA Center for the Arts. The LDS Film Festival has screened hundreds of films since Austrian filmmaker Christian Vuissa founded it in 2001. "It's not exclusively LDS, but we do want to have an emphasis and focus on films made by LDS filmmakers," Vuissa said. ...

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Kansas City Missouri Temple open house and dedication dates announced

LDS Church News - The First Presidency has announced open house and dedication dates for the Kansas City Missouri Temple. The public is invited to visit the temple during an open house from Saturday, 7 April 2012, until Saturday, 21 April 2012, excluding Sundays. ...

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{Lifestyle} Modest Fashion Blogs Roundup

Ashley Evanson - I love fashion, but even more, I love modest fashion. But I need all the help I can get from Mormon fashion bloggers to pull this off. Some trends I'm loving right now are bright colored bottoms, mixed prints, and faux fur, and these ladies do a great job of making these trends appropriate and cute. Here are my top 10 picks of the week. Photo from Cotton and Curls . Photo from Clothed Much . Photo from Pretty Life Anonymous . Photo from La Vie Petite . Photo from Lazy Saturdays . Photo from Life of a Passeri . Photo...

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FHE: Experience

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “Waiting Upon the Lord,” by Elder Robert D. Hales, Ensign, Nov 2011, 71. Thought: The purpose of our life on earth is to grow, develop, and be strengthened through our own experiences. (Elder Robert D. Hales, “Waiting Upon the Lord,” Ensign , Nov 2011, 71.) Song: “Seek the Lord Early,” Children’s Songbook , p. 108. Scripture: Know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good. (Doctrine and Covenants 122:7) Story: On October 27, 1838, Governor Lilburn B. Boggs, heeding the false accusations of...

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Comfort in Trials: Power of the Holy Spirit

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Is LDS polygamy history relevant to 2012 campaign?

Deseret News - A Washington Post editorial writer believes the history of conflict between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the United States of America over the issue of polygamy is relevant more than 100 years later because of the presidential possibilities of Mitt Romney. "If he wins the presidency, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and Mormon bishop, would not be the first president to confess a historically disfavored faith," writes Charles Lane on the Post's PostPartisan blog site. "But Romney would be the first who belongs to a church that the U.S. government actually tried to crush." ...

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Perfect People Not Allowed

Segullah - A few weeks before Christmas I drove past a cozy-looking Protestant church in my neighborhood. I noticed a colorful banner staked into the ground — “Perfect people not allowed!” it read — and I felt a yearning tug in my heart. It had been a tiring month, emotionally and physically, and the idea of walking into a church so cheerfully opposed to perfection seemed like just the ticket. I imagined padding in wearing tennis shoes, jeans and a sweatshirt. Soothing music would be playing. Perhaps someone would give me a mug of hot cocoa. ...

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BYU's Heritage Halls dorms demolished, to be replaced with updated buildings

Deseret News - Four of the Heritage Halls, which have been home to thousands of students since 1956 — were turned into a pile of rubble Wednesday. More of the residence halls will soon be coming down and replaced with new buildings that will give students more electrical capacity and space. ...

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What if all the GOP candidates were Mormon?

Deseret News - I read a tweet last week that said the winner of the New Hampshire primary was Mormonism. It based this on the fact that 50 percent of New Hampshirians (New Hampshirites? New Hampshiries? New Hampenstance?) picked a Mormon for their next president. Well, isn't that interesting? Of course, being a Mormon, I think everybody should vote for a Mormon. We're practical! We look good in suits! We're raised to run meetings! And like Romney and the recently withdrawn Huntsman have displayed on debate night, we're incredibly attractive. Where some critics say our Mormon faith might be a stumbling block to winning...