Church announces special broadcast and funeral services honoring Pres. Nelson
A memorial broadcast for President Nelson will air this Wednesday. Public funeral services will be held the week after October general conference.
“He is just the gentlest and sweetest person you could ever hope to associate with,” said President Dallin H. Oaks. “And he will always be remembered that way.”
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Did you know President Russell M. Nelson played the bugle in elementary school? Read these 101 facts about his inspiring life.
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Do you remember these 10 prophetic invitations?
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“The focus of the last 40 years in medicine and surgery was changed to devote the rest of my life in full-time service to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
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President McKay opened his eyes and said, “Brother Nelson, it doesn’t feel good to me. Your place is here in Salt Lake City. ... I don’t think you should go to Chicago.”
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Here are a few ways to press forward when life isn’t looking the way you hoped and prayed it would.
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“To serve in the temple is a sweet experience,” Therese Steadman said. “To serve with family is like icing on the cake.”
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Using our influence as women of God to make a difference in the world.
“I wondered why such bad things happened to the very people restoring the gospel. And then I stepped outside the jail.”
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The ideas come from a recent article in Church magazines.
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Sharon believes this approach can lead to more lasting solutions.
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Bill Marriott puts faith at the forefront of his life, and that's no secret. In the rooms in his hotels guests can find a copy of the Book of Mormon and Bible. At a party celebrating the opening of his $24-million Los Angeles hotel Bill recalled a memorable moment with John Wayne: “He was a very large man and a man of few words, but he let me know exactly what he wanted—a drink—when he said, ‘I understand liquor flows like glue at Mormon parties.’” There was little doubt in any one's mind that to Bill Marriott, faith and family came first.
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The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences as he served as a mission president and later as a general authority.
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One evening Lydia [Knight] requested me (Newel Knight) to go to the Prophet and get a handkerchief from him, or ask him to send her a healing blessing. And, said [Lydia], “I believe I shall be healed.” She would have been glad to have sent for him to come and lay hands upon her, but did not feel worthy to trouble him . . . as the multitude of business and care he had over the Church she knew was more than he was able to endure with the sufferings of the saints.
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On October 14, 1926, Winnie the Pooh was first published, sparking a world-wide love of this silly old bear that became a childhood icon. In honor of this literary classic that has been inspiring children and adults for nearly a century, here are some touching Winnie-the-Pooh moments that carry profound gospel lessons.
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Sports radio broadcaster Hans Olsen recently tweeted about high school student, who will don a football jersey for the first and last play of his high school career this Friday night. "In my opinion, this is the sports story of the year," Olsen writes.
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On Friday, the Church released the fourth Book of Mormon video "Lehi Sees a Vision of the Tree of Life." The video covers 1 Nephi chapter 8, where Lehi sees the symbolic tree of life and shares his vision with his family.
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Sharing her own first experience with the temple — from when she was 12-years-old and living in Argentina — Sister Franco told Latter-day Saints in San Jose of the sacrifices her family made to go to the temple and be sealed together.
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Thanks to Deseret News for making us aware of this statement.
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Contrary to the unfounded ideas of some, depression isn’t chosen, nor can it be overcome simply by “pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps.”
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