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Quiz: Can You Name These 13 Temples from Around the World?

Jannalee Rosner - There are over 150 temples across six continents, each with their own unique characteristics and landscapes. Test your knowledge of and learn a few interesting facts about some of these beautiful temples around the world.  Lead image from Wikimedia Commons ...

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Alex Boye Stars in Hilarious Ad That Shows How to Find Love at BYU

LDS Living - BYU Campus Operators, they might not know everything, but they sure know how to create a hilarious ad. Check out this great video starring Alex Boye. ...

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Elder Christofferson's Advice for When We Feel Our Patriarchal Blessing Will Not Be Fulfilled

LDS Living - Many members in the Church reach a point in their lives when they feel their experiences and the promises in their patriarchal blessing don't quite add up. Recently on Facebook Elder D. Todd Christofferson shared insights that can help us find hope and understanding in those situations. Last week I had the privilege of speaking to a wonderful group of single adults. These are some of the thoughts I expressed: Some of you may have wondered about the value and significance of your life and what the Lord thinks of you. There are things that may have happened or may not...

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Emotional Church Video Shows What Brings Hope, Joy in Our Most Bitter Moments

LDS Living Staff - When we feel like we have nothing left worth living for, it's amazing to see how much joy and purpose we can find when we give the little we do have to others. Recently, LDS General Conference posted this moving video to their Facebook page that shows us how we can create light even in darkness. ...

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President Monson Explains What Love Really Means in Simple but Powerful Way

LDS Living Staff - On Valentine's Day, President Thomas S. Monson posted to Facebook, sharing the message of what love truly means from this month's First Presidency message . Love is the very essence of the gospel, the noblest attribute of the human soul. Love is the remedy for ailing families, ill communities, and sick nations. Love is a smile, a wave, a kind comment, and a compliment. Love is sacrifice, service, and selflessness. Husbands, love your wives. Treat them with dignity and appreciation. Sisters, love your husbands. Treat them with honor and encouragement. Parents, love your children. Pray for them, teach them, and testify...

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Why a Presbyterian Pastor Converted to Mormonism After Writing a Book About Latter-day Saints

Kaela Worthen Gardner - The following article originally appeared in the March/April issue of LDS Living in 2013. "No pastor, priest, or minister chooses his or her vocation,” says Roger Keller. “It chooses them, and this was my experience.” Keller has spent his life trying to do exactly what God told him to do. At a young age, it became clear to him that no matter which direction he turned—whether it was the sciences or music or elsewhere—the Lord had something else in mind for him. Having had spiritual experiences early in his life as a member of the Presbyterian Church, Keller continued to follow...

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LDS Student Awarded One of the World's Most Prestigious Scholarships, Credits Faith

Deseret News - What an incredible achievement by Lauren Jackson, who recognizes she couldn't have done it without her faith. “Being a member of the church has always given me a very strong support network and community within which I’ve been able to explore, fashion and understand my own identity,” she says. “Being a Mormon really colors everything I do.” Lauren Jackson has never been known to underachieve. Her mother, Jan Jackson, recalled that in kindergarten the teacher directed the other students to ask Lauren if they had any questions. Now 21 years old and one of 32 Rhodes Scholars in the United States in...

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Why God Calls His People "Strangers" (+ What It Has to Do with Covenants)

Dr. Taylor Halverson - The children of Israel were long oppressed in Egypt as strangers (foreigners) in a strange land. Even their ancestors Abraham and Jacob/Israel were Syrians dispossessed from their homeland. This fact was a regular part of an Israelite testimony as expressed during solemn worship services of thanksgiving and gratitude to God at the Jerusalem temple, “A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous” (Deuteronomy 26:5). ► You'll also like: The Best of #IWasAStranger on Instagram The Israelites As Strangers As recounted...

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How Striving for Perfection Might Actually Be Holding Us Back

LDS.org - Instead of setting the unrealistic ideal of perfection as our goal, we should strive to follow Gordon B. Hinckley's counsel of focusing on a little bit at a time: "Each of us can do a little better than we have been doing. We can be a little more kind. We can be a little more merciful. We can be a little more forgiving. We can put behind us our weaknesses of the past, and go forth with new energy and increased resolution to improve the world about us, in our homes, in our places of employment, in our social activities." One...

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Alex Boye Creates Beautiful, Unique Mashup of a Lullaby and Justin Beber

LDS Living Staff - Justin Beber and lullabies? The combination might sound like a strange mashup, but Alex Boye pulls it off wonderfully with this unique song, "Hush Little Baby." Get more incredible songs from Alex Boye with his CD Africanized . Alex's heart-and-soul voice and engaging personality can move any listener, but it's his deeply rooted belief in who he really sings for that makes him more than just another entertainer. His inspiration comes from the Lord and his only purpose is to have the Spirit there when he sings. ...