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Church Leaders Change Travel Plans to See Youth Performance Interrupted by Cyclone, Help Members

This just goes to show how Church leaders care and watch out for the one. Despite busy schedules, Church leaders stayed in Fiji to help local members after a cyclone and to watch a cultural celebration the youth spent months practicing for.

{LDS How-to} Share the Gospel Online

By Alexa Justesen

Everyone and their dog seems to have some sort of online profile today, if not five or six. (Really though, my friend actually made a Facebook page for her dog.) Because it’s now so much easier to communicate, Church leaders have encouraged members to use social networking to share the gospel. Elder David A. Bednar recently said, “It is no coincidence that FamilySearch and other tools have come forth at a time when young people are so familiar with a wide range of information and communication technologies. Your fingers have been trained to text and tweet to accelerate and advance the work of the Lord—not just to communicate quickly with your friends.”

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4 Tips from Church Leaders About How We Can Judge Without Becoming Judgmental

By Katie Lambert

Growing up, there was a girl in my neighborhood that I just could not stand.

What makes a missionary journal a good historical source

In my chosen hobby, good sources are a valuable treasure. In that regard I have been fortunate. While researching Tennessee LDS history, I have run across several really good missionary journals. But I have also run across several abysmal ones. They have been so bad, that I have reflected on my missionary journal and just how much better I could have made it. I wish I had been given some examples of what good journal writing was before I ever started my mission. I can't go back and do it over. Anything I write today would be a recollection, not a journal. It isn't the same.

"Colors of the Wind" by Jenny Oaks Baker

Jenny Oaks Baker performs "Colors of the Wind" from her most recent CD, Wish Upon a Star. This version is so beautiful -- as are all the other tracks on the CD as well.

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New Music Video Celebrates What We Have in Common

By Wayne Burton, Advertiser

About this new song, Wayne Burton said, "Our society seems more divided than ever before - for a lot of reasons. I believe that we still have much more in common and believe mostly the same things if we stop pointing fingers and start listening to each other. This new video, released for the start of spring, "There Will Come a Day" reminds us of that."

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The Mormon War: 'I Will Not Suffer Myself to be Killed as They Killed Joseph'

MR says: How much do you know about the Mormon War? Many of these little-known quotes and facts might surprise you.

Free Song Download + New Josh Wright Album Giveaway

By LDS Living

Josh Wright's flying fingers at the piano have wowed us before, and his newest album of piano magnificence, My Favorite Things, fuses together classical and pop music, with music by Mozart and Chopin as well as favorites like "Stairway to Heaven," "Hedwig's Theme," and "Over the Rainbow."

How a Mormon Kid from Utah Ended up Playing Football at Florida A&M

Perhaps it would make a great trivia question one day.

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

What a creative idea! Check out these candid Mormon moments caught on Google Street View.