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I have a standing appointment with my dentist. I sit in the chair, she checks my teeth and makes sure I’m on track to keep my pearly whites healthy. We do it all over again six months later. It’s not much different than the appointments any of us keep with doctors, mechanics and even hairstylists. To make something last, we all know the importance of keeping it well maintained.

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New Song by LDS Pianist Sounds More Beautiful Than a Lullaby

Entitled "Morning Prayer," this new music video by Jason Lyle Black is calming, beautiful, and inspiring all rolled into one and is featured on his new album, Piano Preludes, which debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes New Age chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart.

Police eye former Utah junior college coach in Colo. threats against Mormons, Catholics

Church leaders in Colorado are being warned by police about a former Utah junior college basketball coach who they say has been describing himself as an "Islamist jihadist." The police alert issued last weekend says Christopher Craig had been going around saying that Mormons and Catholics "would be destroyed" in the coming weeks, the Fort Collins Coloradoan reported.

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Watch: Live Stream of LDS Church Building Engulfed in Flames

By LDS Living

An LDS chapel more than 40 years old in Swan Valley, Idaho, caught fire at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, causing significant damage to the building.

GOP rivals have different takes on Mormon faith

Republican presidential primary rivals Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman are both Mormons whose ancestral roots run deep into the church’s pioneer history - intertwining, in fact, several generations back. Relatives of both men have served near the top of Mormonism’s global hierarchy. But in public remarks they have drawn strikingly different religious self-portraits. Romney is highly active and orthodox - he was a top local lay leader in Massachusetts for years, and he has embraced his church unequivocally: “I believe in my Mormon faith and endeavor to live by it,’’ he said in a major speech in 2007.

New voice study focuses on President Hinckley

University of Utah researchers didn't have to go far to find an ideal subject to study for research on how voice changes with age. They chose the late Gordon B. Hinckley, the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hinckley was optimal to study because he had very few health problems and because there was a large volume of recorded speeches, lead researcher Eric Hunter told KSL

Texas Congressman says ‘thank you’ to Mormon Church

In an interview Sunday evening following a community patriotic celebration hosted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon Church, Congressman Pete Olson took time to thank the Church for all the good that it does. Olson the Republican U.S. Representative for District 22 covering southern suburbs of Houston was the keynote speaker at the event.

Latter-day Saint Life

How the True Story of Valentine's Day Supports Everything Mormons Believe

". . . Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children" ("The Family: A Proclamation to the World"). We are all part of an eternal family, and we know our purpose in this life is to create families of our own, connect with our past ancestors, and continue to connect God's eternal family through sacred temple ordinances.

LDS Mesa Arizona Temple Puts on Display of Christmas Lights

Looking at Christmas lights is a great way to get in the holiday spirit, and LDS Arizona Temple in Mesa has a great display. It is the 34th year the temple has been hanging up a scene of holiday lights. The event grows each year and there are so many lights, it’s beyond count.