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Incredible Mormon Moments Caught on Google Earth: From Missionaries to Temples

My Best LDS - What a creative idea! Check out these candid Mormon moments caught on Google Street View. Here are some fun LDS moments caught on Google Street View. Don’t miss the Rome Temple ones at the bottom! They will take your breath away. . . . Scaling down the side of the temple in order to clean the windows in Bogotá, Colombia 2012. Pretty nifty bikes there, Elders! This is from 2009 in the Netherlands. I wonder what they’re doing now… A brilliant sunburst over the Helsinki Temple! So lovely. ...

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Why Don’t Some Hymn Lyrics Rhyme?

Kelsey Berteaux - Something is off. Sitting and singing in sacrament meeting, this feeling has struck me before. Am I forgetting something? Am I experiencing deja vu? Why, in the middle of this song, do I feel like something isn’t right? And then I realize: the last couplet in this hymn didn’t rhyme, so now I feel like the song is off balance. It’s not a big deal, and I don’t let it interrupt my Sabbath worship, but I’ve had this eyebrow-crunching moment on more than one occasion. Mostly, I just figure the author had too difficult a time trying to get the words...

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The Adorable, Surprisingly Profound Message Sister Nelson Received from an 8-Year-Old

LDS Church News - Recently, Sister Nelson met with women Church leaders in the Philippines while touring the area with President Nelson. Over 1300 sisters attended these special women Church meetings. During her travels among the Church members in the Philippines, Sister Nelson shared three examples of the faithfulness and devotion of the wonderful women she met. Here is just one of those stories: “An eight-year-old girl demonstrated her courage as she rushed up to me at the end of one of the sisters’ meetings and said, ‘My mom needs to meet with you.’ "She then drew on paper quietly while four of the other...

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Family of LDS Burn Victim Gives Incredible Surprise to Other Burn Victims

Deseret News - After a fiery crash burned over 65 percent of her body, 15-year-old Baylee Hoaldridge struggled for four months before succumbing to her injuries. But her battle has inspired thousands the world over, and it still continues to uplift other burn victims, thanks to Baylee's famil y. Nicole and B.J. Hoaldridge beam as they stand with family members in the University of Utah Burn Unit poised to give back. ► You'll also like:  LDS Girl Burned Over 65 Percent of Her Body Finds Unexpected & Beautiful Sources of Hope For four long months they lived, grieved, ate, did laundry and tried to...

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How a Missionary Used Music to Preach to a Hostile Protestant Congregation

LDS Living - Elder Dallin H. Oaks said in the October 1994 General Conference that, "Through the miracle of sacred music, the Spirit of the Lord descended upon us, and we were made ready for gospel instruction and worship." For a couple of elders, that's exactly what happened when they used "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to share the gospel with a Protestant congregation in their mission. Famous LDS musician Jason Black, known as the "Backward Piano Man," is a YouTube sensation, with several of his videos getting two to three million views. As a missionary, Jason Black and his companion, who served...

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President Eyring Shares Unexpected, Touching Story of a Mormon Visiting Her Grandson in Jail

LDS Living - At the beginning of this month, President Henry B. Eyring shared an unexpected story about a grandmother traveling to see her grandson in jail. While overwhelmed by heartbreak and wondering, this sweet woman received inspiration that teaches us about the reality of agency, the power of the atonement, and the overarching reach of God's infinite love. Years ago a friend of mine spoke of his grandmother. She had lived a full life, always faithful to the Lord and to His Church. Yet one of her grandsons chose a life of crime. He was finally sentenced to prison. My friend recalled that...

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featured in New, Full-Length Film

Deseret News - Mormon Tabernacle Choir president Ron Jarrett and Candlelight Media Group filmmakers recently discussed the challenges and highlights of working together to produce the new film Singing With Angels. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir isn't afraid to try something new, especially if it might help to spread its music and gospel. It's been 36 years since the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, comprising musical missionaries and goodwill ambassadors for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was featured in the short film "Mr. Krueger's Christmas." So when Candlelight Media Group approached choir president Ron Jarrett and others in 2014 about collaborating to produce...

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Jimmy Kimmel Makes Mitt Romney Read Hilariously Mean Tweets About Himself

LDS Living - Mitt Romney was recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live where he was given some of the meanest and most hilarious Tweets written about him by Donald Trump and his supporters. Former presidential candidate Romney somehow managed to keep a straight face while reading all of these surprising insults, and he even poked a little fun at himself. ...

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Elder Holland Gives Apostolic Promise, Powerfully Moving Testimony

Meridian Magazine - "Tonight in a special way for me, Christ is Alpha and Omega. He is the beginning and the end of everything for me. He is the place that I begin and the place I want to end. He was there before the foundation of the world and He’ll be there to receive us after the world has passed away and judgments have been rendered and eternal, celestial splendor unfolds." Elder Jeffrey R. Holland left this testimony and apostolic blessing on the Young Single Adults of the Church at the #LDSFace2Face event, March 8, 2016. To listen to the broadcast click  here....

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Elder Holland Talks Candidly About Marriage, Missions, Sexual Sin, and More

LDS Living - “Welcome to Face to Face. This is the only face I have,” Elder Holland said at the start of the first-ever LDS Face to Face Event with young single adults. Accompanying Elder Holland was Elder Donald L. Hallstrom, a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, and Sister Carole M. Stephens, first counselor in the General Relief Society Presidency. Young single adults from around the world submitted over 3,000 questions for the event, and these inspired Church leaders provided unscripted, candid answers to their current concerns. Here is a sampling of some of these questions. During the night, Elder Holland hoped...