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How 'Enduring to the End' Can Be As Exciting As Riding a Roller Coaster, Without Hurling

Middle-Aged Mormon Man - MR says: It's true, sometimes life can be brutal. But are we really just hanging on wishing for the ride to be over? Or are we finding a way to cope with the nausea and whiplash so we can enjoy the new heights life brings? When I was young, my family would go to an amusement park in Utah called Lagoon. My favorite ride was the roller coaster, of course. It was (is) an old-school wooden coaster, and to this little boy, it was the most thrilling thing on earth. It was – until we went to Disneyland and I discovered Space...

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Church Video: Cocaine, Heroin Addict Finds Hope Amidst Suffocating Darkness

LDS Living - In honor of National Addiction Recovery Month, the  Mormon Channel  is releasing a series of powerful and raw videos, which focus on the struggles and triumphs of those overcoming various addictions. Watch the first video here . The  12-part series  focuses on the personal experience of 12 former addicts who share startlingly honest and real experiences of their fights to overcome drug, alcohol, food, sex, and pornography addictions. Each video in the series, titled "12 Steps to Change," aligns with one of the  12 steps in the Church's addiction recovery program .  This video is the second in the series, which...

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Is This Story True? Pearl Harbor Pilot Couldn’t Bomb Hawaii Temple

Meridian Magazine - MR says: We all know this well-beloved story, but is it myth or is it fact? Check out the evidence and read this surprising letter to find out for yourself! An inspirational story about a Japanese pilot who, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, couldn’t release a bomb on the Hawaiian temple has circulated for decades among Latter-day Saints, but is it true? According to Lance D. Chase, who was a BYU-H professor and did research on the subject, the story goes like this. “A Japanese pilot returning from Pearl Harbor with a bomb still undelivered spotted the Hawaii Temple. Determined to...

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Coconut Farmer Uses His Livelihood & The Trees He Loves to Rebuild Homes After Typhoon (Video)

Mormon Channel - MR says: When everything you own is taken from you, what would you still give? To learn more about the miraculous survival stories and the sacrifice of the Saints in the Philippines, click here . For another uplifting Mormon message that features an unexpected twist, click here . In November 2013, the strongest typhoon ever recorded slammed into the Philippines. The 20-foot storm surge was and 195 mile-per-hour winds caused many deaths. Those who survived had to rebuild their lives from the ground up. The opportunities to help each other along created a beautiful silver lining around an otherwise terrible tragedy. One...

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How Do We Really Know What's Appropriate On Sundays?

LDS.org - MR says: What does it really mean to keep the Sabbath holy? Where do we draw the line? How do we keep everything in balance? The Lord has commanded us to keep the Sabbath day holy. But even when we understand the blessings of faithful Sabbath day observance and seek to “call the sabbath a delight” (Isaiah 58:13), sometimes it’s hard to know what activities are appropriate. President Spencer W. Kimball taught: “People frequently wonder where to draw the line: what is worthy and what is unworthy to do upon the Sabbath. But if one loves the Lord with all his heart,...

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5 Short Scripture Verses That Say More Than You Think

Aggieland Mormons - MR says: It's incredible how much power and meaning can come through in just a few words. Check out these surprisingly short, sweet, and insightful verses. And for more incredible lines from the scriptures, check out " 30 of the Most Beautiful Lines in the Scriptures. " Every once in a while, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints find themselves in a position where they are spontaneously asked to share a spiritual message. As has been said,  “when the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.” [i]  As a youth, I overcame this dilemma by...

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LDS Pianist Garth Smith Releases Christ-Centered Album

David Lindes (Sponsored) - Pianist Garth Smith returns with his third full-length album, a collection of fresh, new arrangements of familiar Christ-centered hymns titled Behold the Great Redeemer, Sacred Hymns, Vol. III . Garth’s new album is available through his website GarthSmithMusic.com , Deseret Book , YourLDSMusicStore.com , and other LDS music outlets. Online downloads are available through   iTunes and Amazon . Smith’s arrangements manifest his deep understanding of the original works. He has spent time with them pondering and discovering. The resulting close relationship with these songs shines through in his solo recordings, revealing nuances in the emotions they elicit. Smith’s music is...

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New Testament Lesson 34: "Keep the Ordinances as I Delivered Them"

Ted L. Gibbons - Consider the following story: At one time I worked for the railroad. I had responsibility for what is called deadend traffic—mail, baggage and express cars that are carried on passenger trains. I received one day in my office in Denver a telephone call from my counterpart in one of the eastern railroads. A train, he reported, had arrived in Newark, New Jersey, without its baggage car. We began to check and learned that the car had been properly loaded and properly trained in Oakland and had been delivered by the Western Pacific in Salt Lake City to the Rio Grande. The...

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When Seeking Perfection Becomes an Obsession: 2 Crucial Things to Keep You Sane

Meridian Magazine - MR says: As Latter-day Saints, sometimes we can be a little too hard on ourselves because we expect perfection now. Here are a few things we need to remember when we get frustrated or impatient with ourselves. Have you ever made yourself absolutely miserable—so miserable that you wanted to die? I have. As a young man I had aspirations to become noble and good. I wanted to be a good latter-day saint and a good person. I was so serious about my goals that, when I was a freshman in college, I kept a chart on which I evaluated myself on 27...

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Saturday's Warrior 2016 Cast Announced

LDS Living - Hopefully by now you've heard the hubbub about the new Saturday's Warrior motion picture set to premier in 2016. (For more details about the film, click here ).  When the original  Saturday’s Warrior  stage musical opened in 1974, it ran for 246 consecutive sold-out shows in Salt Lake City, and in Phoenix it sold more tickets in two hours than Elton John did in two weeks. And now this classic in LDS culture is about to appear on the big screen, with a few celebrity surprises in the cast lineup. Jimmy Flinders, the movies leading role, will be played by Kenny...