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A reporter's thoughts on the media's coverage of the Book of Mormon

Deseret News - Thanks to the Associated Press, there was reasonably wide coverage of the fact that the Book of Mormon reached the milestone of 150 million copies printed. That is a milestone worth acknowledging, and I am grateful for the coverage. Of course, another way of looking at it is that means we only have some 6 billion more copies to get in the hands of a world that desperately needs this remarkable book. Over the years I have spent some time informally looking at the coverage of the Book of Mormon in the nation’s press, and I have concluded that the nation’s...

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New Testament Lesson 19: Thy Faith Hath Saved Thee

Ted L. Gibbons - INTRODUCTION: “Faith in Jesus Christ” is a term that often seems to be misunderstood in the kingdom. Only when we begin to talk of the attributes of Christ—his power, his love, his mercy, his forgiveness, his patience, his long-suffereing—can we begin to understand the nature of our faith. Only then can our faith in him as the source of these needed blessings begin to transform us in Christlike beings worthy of exaltation. Thus the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ–faith in his willingness to love us and forgive us and help us and save us,...

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President Monson rededicates Atlanta Georgia Temple

Newsroom - President Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, rededicated the Atlanta Georgia Temple in two sessions Sunday after an extensive closure for renovation. Both sessions were broadcast to meetinghouses throughout the temple district, enabling thousands of devout Latter-day Saints to participate. Paula Watson attended the rededication ceremony Sunday morning. “It’s really hard to describe the feelings that you experience when you’re inside the temple with a prophet,” she recalled. “I was right there with him. It’s very touching. The spirit is just overwhelming. You feel peace. You feel love, but mostly gratitude that the temple...

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Summer Reading List for Kids

Holly Newton - Summer is coming! Here’s a list of great kids’ reads to keep the kids busy, beginning with picture books. There are a lot of great and newly published picture books, but I look for inventive, interactive, fun or teachable books when selecting picture books to review.   (For our Summer Reading List for Adults & Young Adults, click here .)   There Are Cats in this Book , by Viviane Schwarz, fits the first two components for me to review. This creative book has three lively cats that want you to become involved in their games, such as tossing a ball of...

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Celebrate Mother's Day: No Kids Required!

Kerstin Daynes - Even if you don’t have children of your own, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate Mother’s Day. Redirect your thoughts. Consider Mother’s Day as a celebration of your own mother, rather than a celebration of your own “motherly” status. Although it sometimes takes all my strength to redirect my thoughts, I have found the emotions to be not as intense when I am thinking of and celebrating my mom.  Consider how you are a mother. According to dictionary.com , the verb form of “mother” is “to acknowledge oneself the author of, to give origin or rise to, to care...

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Mothers Matter

Steve Mikita - My life would be lived in a wheelchair. That was an irreversible reality. The doctors envisioned a life full of hopelessness, despair, and frustration—and a life that wouldn’t be all that long.  All seemed lost. No one gave me a chance; well, almost no one.   In spite of this distressing news that my future would be tragically brief, my first memory is not the realization that I would never stand or walk as a result of my nerve disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. It is not being left alone in a cold, dreary hospital or doctor’s examining room and listening to a...

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Gluten-free Food Storage

Kaela Worthen Gardner - Providentliving.org suggests we store 25 pounds of grains per person, per month, most of which often comes from wheat. And for most people, that’s fine. But more and more people are being diagnosed with gluten intolerance, an autoimmune disease sometimes known as Celiac disease, which means that ingestion of this nutrient can cause minor or even life-threatening reactions. Currently, 1 in 10 people has a gluten intolerance, but experts expect that diagnosis to rise to 3 in 10 within the next 10 years. Gluten is often easy to discover, found in any wheat-containing product, but can sometimes be hidden away in...

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Just Asking: Hilary Weeks

LDS Living staff - A personal peek into the life of the mother of four girls, artist of eight albums, and author of two books.   You talk about inspiration being found in the nature and beauties of Alaska, where you grew up. What now serves as your primary inspiration?       I think people: their stories, experiences, what we go through. What I have been through, what friends and family members have been through. Just real-life experiences. Has your music changed tone with this change in inspiration?       I think it has stayed in the same vein. It is certainly Christ-centered, but I think in...

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Ex-traor-di-nar-y

Hilary Weeks - Ex-traor-di-nar-y  [ik- strawr -dn-er-ee] 1. Beyond what is usual, ordinary or established. 2. Noteworthy, remarkable. I was having a really tough day. Well, to tell you the truth, it had been a really hard week.  Fine . . . if I must fully divulge, I had been struggling for several months. There. I said it. Fortunately the feeling of discouragement was about to be lifted right in the middle of an ordinary afternoon. My family was visiting Zion Ponderosa in Southern Utah—one of my favorite places on the planet. I had about an hour to myself, so I took an iPod...

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Mongolia honors Church for wheelchair donation

Newsroom - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was recently recognized by the Mongolian government for its donation of 250 wheelchairs, as well as crutches, canes and walkers. Deseret International Charities (DIC), a Mongolian humanitarian organization sponsored by the Church, partnered with the Social Welfare Service Department of Mongolia. Church Humanitarian Services, through its wheelchair program, works with local organizations to distribute wheelchairs wherever they’re needed around the world. ...