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FHE: 'Vast good will come'

LDS Church News - Angi and Jon Hansen hold family home evening each week for two reasons. The first is because they have been promised by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that it will make a difference in their family. The second, Sister Hansen said, is that it does make a difference in their family. "We go to great lengths to block out the demands of the world to spend time with just our family," she said. "We have seen the blessings of that through our children. They love to be with each other. They love to be with us."...

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Utah's top chess player is an 11-year-old Mormon boy

LDS Church News - Kayden Troff might look like an average 11-year-old, but he's not. Kayden, a member of the Welby 2nd Ward, West Jordan Utah Welby Stake, is a prodigy chess player. Before turning 11, he was listed No. 1 in the nation for all 10-year-olds, and is still No. 1 in the nation on his quick chess rating for all kids ages 13 and under. Kayden, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has won many tournaments. But chess to Kayden isn't just a game he plays — he loves it. "I like puzzles, and chess is like a...

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Sheri Dew speaks at first ever Salt Lake City Time Out for Women event

Deseret News - On Friday night at a Time Out for Women event, Sheri Dew admitted to once saying: "We will never take this to Salt Lake City." "I mean why would you?" said Dew, the CEO of Deseret Book. "Nobody would come." Dew then looked out over the audience of more than 3,000 local women seated in the Salt Lake City Convention Center and smiled. "I was wrong," she said. Time Out for Women events -- featuring motivational speakers, music and products -- have been held all over the country for the past seven years, but this is the first time it's been...

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Strength of Youth (Young Men)

Mormon Women - I am a youth Sunday School Teacher for children ages 13 and 14. I love teaching Sunday School, it is by far my favorite calling in the church. And 13-year-olds are my favorite age to teach, so I’m in “calling heaven” right now. In a recent class, I asked each member of my class if there was a time when they knew that God was real and He loved them. I started with the girls, because they looked like they were actually paying attention. Some answered that they felt God’s love while reading the scriptures or after praying intently. The girls...

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Spiritual Tutoring

Time Out for Women blog - The musical number for my ward’s Sacrament Meeting this week was performed by an eleven-year-old girl and her older brother, recently returned from his mission. They sang “Be Still My Soul”, and sung with such purity and sweetness that it took our collective breath away. The sister began, her tone sweet and calm, her pitch flawless. Her brother added a rich baritone that neither overpowered nor faltered. As they sang the Spirit washed over us all with a holy influence – peaceful, pure. After the meeting I wanted to ask the girl if she took voice lessons, and if not to...

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Utah man goes around the world in 126 temples

Deseret News - Attending an LDS temple is a common vacation activity for many Mormons. But for Ray Hansen, it usually is the vacation. Since 1987, Ray Hansen, of Herriman, Utah, has had a goal to attend every temple in the world. Of the 130 operating temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, they have visited 126 of them. On one trip, they flew into St. Louis and drove to Memphis, Tenn.; Birmingham, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Nauvoo, Ill.; and then back to St. Louis. "Every day is a different temple," Ray said. "There is nothing like feeling the spirit...

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Fear and Love

The Apron Stage - Saturday morning, I had a talk with my father. “Have I told you what my brother Tony once taught me about love?” he said to me. We were talking on the phone, of course. He had just finished painting the family bathroom in preparation for Thanksgiving. Among our many lovely guests will be Manfriend. The family wants to put its best bathroom forward. I couldn’t remember what Dad’s brother Tony once taught Dad about love. “He was engaged to this woman. Karen Garff. And one day she disappeared. They had been spending every day together, but one day, he called her,...

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Apostle's wife felt comfort despite attack

Deseret News - The wife of Elder Russell M. Nelson said she felt a comforting peace that helped her remain calm during an attack by armed robbers last spring. Sister Wendy Watson Nelson described the experience Friday during a speech to 3,300 women at the Time Out for Women event in Salt Lake City. The robbery occurred in May at an LDS mission home in Mozambique. "The four armed robbers had one intention," Sister Nelson said, "to (harm) my husband and to take me hostage." Sister Nelson described finishing taco salads with Mozambique Maputo Mission President Blair Packard and his wife and two other...

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LDS disparity between black Africa and African-Americans

Deseret News - A few weeks ago, I watched the documentary "Pioneers of Africa" on BYU Television. It tells the story of church growth in Africa before the church was officially organized there. It also documents how the church membership in Africa has increased since the 1978 priesthood revelation. I was amazed by the faith and testimonies of those featured in the program. I was humbled and inspired by what I heard. I was especially impressed by the faith and testimony of Joseph Johnson of Ghana and Moses Mahlangu of South Africa. Both men waited years for the church to be official in their...

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Male’ yad

Segullah - My Testimony for Today As I walked into church last week, I shook hands with the people I passed by, I embraced the sisters I saw, I patted the children underfoot. My hands touched and moved across the members of our ward as we mingled with each other before the services started. On Monday, I washed and folded laundry, wrote two thank you notes, played with a pencil while working through 5th grade math homework. As I worked in my kitchen on Tuesday, I held a telephone to make Visiting Teaching arrangements. I ladled soup into containers to take to neighbors....