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Video: Mission President Speaks on Terrorist Attacks in Belgium, Gives Updates on Missionaries

LDS Living - President Frederic J. Babin of the France Paris Mission created this video, speaking out regarding the Brussel, Belgium, terrorist attacks that killed at least 34 and injured 170, including four missionaries. Here, he gives an update on those four missionaries as well as the remaining missionaries in Belgium and France. ...

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Video: Random People from Around Temple Square Share What Makes Easter Special

LDS Living - James the Mormon teamed up with American Idol contestant Jenn Blosil to ask random strangers around temple square what traditions and things made Easter special to them. Along the way, they also had a few interesting missionary moments. Check out the results in this fun and touching video. ...

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Family of Missionary Injured in Terrorist Attacks Sends Update, Personal Message

LDS Living - Four missionaries were injured at the Brussels airport during the deadly terrorist attacks that ripped through Belgium's capital on Tuesday. Elder Richard Norby (66) of Lehi, Utah; Elder Joseph Empey (20) of Santa Clara, Utah; and Elder Mason Wells (19) of Sandy, Utah. were all accompanying Sister Fanny Rachel Clain (20) of Montélimar, France, as she prepared to leave to fulfill her missionary assignment in Ohio. ►  You may also be interested:  First Presidency Responds to Terrorist Attacks in Belgium All four missionaries were injured and are being treated for their injuries at a local hospital. The family of Elder Empey recently came...

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Fourth Missionary Reported Injured in the Belgium Terrorist Attacks

LDS Living - A fourth missionary was injured in the deadly terrorist attacks that ripped through Belgium's capital on Tuesday. The Mormon Newsroom recently updated their story on the three missionaries injured in a terrorist attack at the Brussels airport in Belgium , saying that another missionary, Sister Fanny Rachel Clain, has also been hospitalized with minor injuries. While leaving to fulfill her mission assignment in Ohio, Sister Clain from  Montélimar, France, who was escorted to the Brussels airport by three other missionaries:  Elder Richard Norby (66) of Lehi, Utah; Elder Joseph Empey (20) of Santa Clara, Utah; and Elder Mason Wells (19) of Sandy, Utah....

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First Presidency Responds to Terrorist Attacks in Belgium

LDS Living - Just days after celebrating the capture and arrest of Salah Abdeslam, one of the key players in the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 last November, Brussels, Belgium has been thrown back into chaos after a series of vicious terrorist attacks killed at least  34 and injured another 170, including three LDS missionaries . Three coordinated attacks ravaged Belgium's capitol early Tuesday, all within an hour of one another. At least one of the bombings was caused by a suicide attack, according to the  New York Times . The first two bombings occurred at the Brussels Airport departure area just before...

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3 Missionaries Injured in Belgium Terrorist Attacks

Danielle B. Wagner - *Since this story was originally published, the Mormon Newsroom posted an update that four, not three missionaries were injured in the explosion. Sister Fanny Rachel Clain, though beyond airport security, was also injured in the bombing. According to Mormon Newsroom , three LDS missionaries were injured in Tuesday's explosion at the Brussels airport. The missionaries, Elder Richard Norby (66) of Lehi, Utah; Elder Joseph Empey (20) of Santa Clara, Utah; and Elder Mason Wells (19) of Sandy, Utah were serving in the Paris, France mission and were accompanying a fourth missionary, Sister Fanny Rachel Clain (20) of Montélimar, France, leaving for an assignment...

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First Presidency Releases New, Special Easter Message

LDS Living - While the Church is in the midst of their exciting #Hallelujah Easter campaign , which is spreading the love and light of the Savior throughout the world and social media, the First Presidency has released this simple yet moving message on Mormon Newsroom, adding their voices in the celebration of the life of Christ. In the message, President Monson, President Eyring, and President Uchtdorf add their profound testimonies and witnesses of the Savior's death and resurrection, acts that lead to His obtaining eternal life not only for Himself, but for all of us. Because of Him, we will live again. Because...

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Book of Mormon Lesson 23: “More Than One Witness”

Ted L. Gibbons - Quote of the Week: “The depth of the concepts in the Book of Mormon is a constant source of inspiration, if we will but contemplate them. There, more abundantly than in any other volume, the Lord opens the windows of heaven, not only to pour out blessings, but to let us look in” (Neal A. Maxwell, All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience , p.35.) Introduction: A time comes when people are so committed to iniquity that they forfeit their right to occupy earthly real estate that might more profitably be used for people who present some hope of righteousness. Thus...

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4 Easter Traditions to Bring Your Family Closer to Christ

Eric D. Huntsman - For both children and adults alike, Christmas is, and probably always will be, a much bigger and more attractive holiday than Easter. Further, the date of Easter makes it difficult to plan for and get excited about, while Christmas is fixed for western Christians on December 25. The date of Easter, dependent as it is upon a lunar calendar, moves around from year to year, often catching us by surprise. But in his Christmas message in 2000, President Gordon B. Hinckley made it clear that Easter really is the more important of the two holidays: “There would be no Christmas if...

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Why Are Mormons Obsessed with Near-Death Experiences?

Deseret News - What lies beyond the grave? Mormons love a good near-death-experience story because of the echoes to the teachings of their faith. Seventh-Day Adventists believe when we die we sleep until the Resurrection. The hope of Anglicans is to join Christ in a bodily renewal of the entire cosmos. Differing theologies abounded this week when representatives of 10 different faiths shared their views of the afterlife at Brigham Young University, but that was the point at a conference titled "Beyond the Grave: Christian Interfaith Perspectives." . . . Joseph Smith had a near-death experience and Brigham Young had at least two, said Brent...