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3 Essential Tips for Decorating Your Latter-day Home

Ashlie Mortensen - Spring is a great reminder of the need for us to continually evaluate and refresh our lives. This year, we’ve been thinking about how important renewal is in every aspect of our lives, specifically our home. Here are a few ways we’ve felt inspired to bring hope and new life to our homes and into our lives: Let the Light In One of the most important elements in decorating our homes is the proper use of light. But based on our knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ, decorating with light takes on additional meaning. While a keen use of natural...

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First Presidency Calls 8 New Mission Presidents to Philippines, Sweden, and More

Deseret News - From the Philippines to Sweden and Argentina to the Republic of Congo, eight new mission presidents have been called to serve in missions around the world.  Argentina Rosario Mission Steven G. Allred, 58, and Mitzie Kay Medeiros Allred, five children, Timpanogos 2nd Ward, Pleasant Grove Utah Timpanogos Stake: Argentina Rosario Mission, succeeding President Francisco J. Zanni and Sister Verónica Morales de Zanni. Brother Allred is a former stake president, stake presidency counselor, bishop, high councilor, stake Young Men president and missionary in the Chile Santiago South Mission. Business owner, Ace Hardware. Born in Provo, Utah, to Gordon K. Allred and Maxine Gardner Allred....

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Church Calls 18 New Stake Presidents

Deseret News - From Brazil to Utah and Hawaii to Peru, the Church has called 18 new stake presidents to serve in stakes around the world.  Cuiabá Brazil Stake (March 5, 2017) President — Francis Demetrius Mensch Da Silva, 32, financial administrator; succeeding Francisco Werner Kleim Moreira; wife, Regiane de Oliveira. Counselors — Wagner Pereira, 53, director, W. Pereira Accounting; wife, Rosana Moreira Andrade. Márcio Ojeda Torrilhas, 41, project overseer, MT Construction; wife, Edineida Andreia da Silva Torrilhas. Cuiabá Brazil Industriário Stake (March 12, 2017) President — Giovani Jesus de Carvalho, 32, business owner; succeeding Ivanecir da Silva Barboza; wife, Milene Gabriela Winck de Carvalho. Counselors — Devlin Ricardo...

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David Archuleta to PEOPLE Magazine: New Single, Upcoming Album Shows "Where I have Been and Where I Am Heading"

Katie Lambert - The former American Idol contestant David Archuleta released "Up All Night" on Tuesday, the latest single he released since "Numb" in November.  In an interview with PEOPLE , Archuleta opened up about his new song, sharing where the origins of the single began.  “‘Up All Night’ came from when I was having a really rough month trying to see how I could make a statement and prove myself and was getting nowhere,” he said. In a Facebook Live video filmed a few days before the single's release, Archuleta also opened up about his social media break and the impact it's had on...

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Mormon Women Leaders Deliver $120,000 Donation to Fight Child Sex Abuse

Deseret News - Primary, Young Women, and Relief Society leaders participated in delivering a donation of $120,000 from the Church to Utah's Children's Justice Centers leaders help fight child sex abuse.  Leaders of the LDS Church's Primary, Young Women and Relief Society organizations delivered a check for $120,000 on Thursday to a Utah organization that helps children recover from child sexual abuse. Sister Joy D. Jones, general president of the church's Primary organization for children, presented the check to leaders of Utah's  Children's Justice Centers . The state's 22 centers provide warm, welcoming places for child victims of sexual assault to tell their stories...

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Does Anyone Hold the Priesthood? The Miracles That Came After Woman Collapsed at the Airport

Joni Hilton - "Tears filled my eyes as I boarded at that bittersweet moment. I felt a calmness and a brightness of hope that wonderful, willing men are among us, able to help at a moment’s notice. And I was humbled to help a woman who was very much on Heavenly Father’s radar." What a touching story from Joni Hilton. Get more from her with her new book, perfect for Mother's Day, Golden . Last week I was in Utah awaiting my flight home to northern California. The flight was actually delayed for several hours, and the airline had even brought in pizza to...

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FHE: Perseverance

Shauna Gibby - Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “Your Happily Ever After,” by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign , May 2010, 124–27. Thought: You need to know that you will experience your own adversity. None is exempt. You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every [one] has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength. (Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Your Happily Ever After,” Ensign , May 2010, 124–27.) Song: “I Will Be Valiant,” Children’s Songbook , p. 162. Scripture: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with...

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3 Principles to Remember When Loved Ones Are Doubting

David B. Marsh - We seem to be living in a time when many have doubts about the truthfulness of the Church. Virtually everyone knows someone who is doubting. Many leaders report having interviews with members who are struggling. Parents heartbreakingly watch children leave the Church and feel powerless to help. While the choice to leave the Church lies with our loved ones, there are things we can do to support them and help them dissolve their doubts. Show Compassion An episode in the Savior’s life demonstrates how He showed compassion for someone who was doubting. Early in the morning, Jesus miraculously walked on water...

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Church Video Shares Brutally Honest Story of Postpartum Anxiety, OCD: "What Kind of Mother Has Thoughts Like That?"

LDS Living Staff - "It felt like having a baby flipped my world upside down. And that's when the darkness really hit me," Lindsay shares. After having thoughts that began to scare her, Lindsay knew she needed help outside of herself. She even began worrying that the Atonement couldn't work in her life because the anxiety kept her from feeling the Savior's love. But Lindsay found a way to discover the light in her life again. "I can always look back and see the hand of God," Lindsay says. ...

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Homeless Man in Australia Finds Answers to Prayer Through Missionaries: " I Felt God’s Hand Directing My Life"

Deseret News - "A true testimony is precious," Chadd Pither says. "I look back and I'm so grateful to have had the powerful experiences I had to gain my testimony. Life is hard and full of trials, and without my testimony I wouldn't be where I am today or have the understanding and meaning of life which I searched for over many years. . . . I had to humble myself and put my life in God's hands to gain a testimony." Pither joined the LDS Church at age 10 in England, shortly after his mother married a Latter-day Saint. But any flames of faith...