“We wanted to turn our church into Old Jerusalem.”
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“The hymns help teach the doctrine and principles of the gospel with power and clarity.”
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The award recognizes the 100-year anniversary of the preaching of the gospel in South America.
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Here’s a practical way to share a spiritual experience this season.
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“[The Church is] seeing a surge of baptisms in France right now,” Elder Gérald Caussé said.
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Learn about five strategies Sister Bingham used while representing the Church to leaders around the world.
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After recent flooding and mudslides in Peru, Church members and local leaders are rallying to provide relief.
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“The light that emanates from this story fills my heart with hope.”
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“We testify that your Easter celebrations can strengthen your own faith and testimony.”
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On Instagram, thousands have drawn inspiration from this ward’s missionary activity.
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Salt Lake City shared the first real estimate for how many visitors are expected at the historic open house.
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“Redemption in Christ is a beginning for us all, an invitation to a new life.”
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According to several old Jewish traditions, the earthly temple was a copy, counterpart, or mirror image of the heavenly temple. Victor Aptowitzer summarizes the Jewish point of view by writing that
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During David O. McKay’s second year at the University of Utah, he and his siblings made arrangements with Emma Louisa Riggs to rent a cottage in the back of her house on Second West in Salt Lake City. As David and his brother, Thomas, walked up on the first day, Mrs. Riggs called her daughter to the window and observed, “Look, Emma Ray, here there are two young men who will make some lucky girls good husbands. See how considerate they are.”
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The dictionary folks at Merriam-Webster would be wise to include Mary Lake’s mug next to the word “globetrotter.”
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At a time when food blogs were a dying breed—at least according to some in the industry—Susie and Todd Bulloch quit their salaried jobs to pursue a barbecue blog, HeyGrillHey.
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I adore the 2019 Mutual theme, and I’ve enjoyed studying, pondering, cross-referencing, and speaking about it to youth groups. It’s inspired, potent, and I believe it sits on the slab of the gospel foundation.
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Need a laugh or a really good pun to boost your spirits? Here are some hilarious memes and tweets that celebrate all the best—and the most awkward—in Latter-day Saint culture.
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Like birth, death is a necessary and essential part of the plan of salvation (see Moses 6:59–62)—which Jacob and Alma both called the “great plan of happiness” (2 Nephi 9:6; Alma 42:8). Facing death can be one of the most fearful experiences of mortality. For the righteous, though, death can be sweet and need not be feared (see Alma 27:28). Indeed, the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that “those that die in me shall not taste of death, for it shall be sweet unto them” (Doctrine and Covenants 42:46). On the other hand, for people who die not in Christ, death can be a bitter experience (see Doctrine and Covenants 42:47), and the thought of an approaching death can create foreboding, trepidation, and fear. Dreams regarding death can serve as a powerful reminder that this life is the time for us to prepare to meet God (see Alma 12:24; 34:32). . . .
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The following has been republished with permission from taylorhalverson.com.
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Our beloved, energetic prophet will turn 95 on September 9, and the world has been invited to celebrate with President Russell M. Nelson at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, September 6 at 7 p.m. MDT. The birthday celebration includes a line up of renowned Latter-day Saint performers, including Donny Osmond, Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four, GENTRI, The Bonner Family, Nathan Pacheco, and The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.
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