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LDS.org Article: 8 Ways to Make Seminary Great

Try these tips for making your seminary experience the best it can be. Whether you attend seminary at home or in a Church building, before dawn or after, alone or with dozens of others, seminary can help change your life if you let it. Here are eight ideas for making your seminary experience great. To learn more about seminary and find resources to help in your study, visit seminary.lds.org.

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3 Common Fears That Have Eternal Consequences

“Fear is a normal part of life,” Bishop Stevenson [explained]. He said that while he could rattle off a long, varied list of fears human beings have, he would focus on three types of fears that have more eternal significance. These are fear of starting a family, fear of failure, and fear of ridicule for the beliefs of the Church.

Famous Mormon YouTuber Devin Super Tramp Shares How His Mission Changed Him

LDS videographer Devin Graham, aka Devin Super Tramp, is an adventure and adrenaline addict. His extreme sports videos have earned him a reputation that's garnered over 4 million followers and nearly 1 billion views on YouTube, not to mention sponsors like Pepsi and Papa John's.

5 Ways to Help New and Future Missionaries

Newly called missionaries needs lots of love and lots of things, both tangible and intangible, from comfortable walking shoes to strong testimonies.

4 tips to make food storage inventory and rotation easy

Keeping track of food storage can be a big headache as you use what you store and need to keep replacing it. It is time-consuming to record everything you use on a list or even on the computer. It’s also easy to forget! You can keep track of your food storage without writing it down; the key is in how you organize your storage space. As you buy food storage, store each kind of food in the same place. Arrange containers in rows so you can see at a glance how much of each food you have. It’s simple then to remember and mentally note what needs to be replaced as you use it. Remember to date all containers, so you can use rows of food stored the longest first.

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The "Disturbing" Dream That Taught Elder Scott the Beauties of the Plan of Salvation

By Elder Richard G. Scott

In dreams, I have on occasion been taught lessons that have changed my life. I would like to recount one such lesson.

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Elder Oaks Announces New President of BYU-Idaho

After former BYU-Idaho President Clark Gilbert was announced as the commissioner of the new BYU Pathways Worldwide education programearlier today, Henry J. Eyring, son of President Henry B. Eyring, was appointed as BYU-Idaho's new president.

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Al Fox Responds to Misconceptions about Temples

Exactly two years ago to the day, I went to the Provo Temple and got endowed. It wasn't because I was going on a mission, and it wasn't because I was getting married, (not saying those aren't awesome and just as important reasons, just as long as you're going for you and for the right reasons) I went because I wanted to go on my own, I went because it was individually really important to me. I went because I wanted to be closer to God and strengthen my relationship with Him. Two weeks later, I became an ordinance worker. Since then, and aside from the nights I worked there, I have been to the temple at least every week since this day two years ago. I honestly don't know what I'd do without it. But there are plenty of those who have not yet been and have questions about it. Here are my responses.

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Mormon FBI Agent was Part of Largest Espionage Case in American History

In early February 1940, Mormon FBI agent James Ellsworth left his home in Huntington Park, California, prepared for a normal day of work. Instead, he was met by a man with a message from John Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI in Washington, D.C., instructing him to take the next possible plane to New York City.

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Elder Cook Shares What We Often Overlook When It Comes to Developing Faith

By LDS Living

Talents. Family. Faith. All of these require work and hours of devotion if we ever want to develop any kind of skill. But when it comes to faith and matters of the Spirit, we can often become frustrated. We expect God to give us immediate results when we start putting forth just a little effort of our own. But, as Elder Quentin L. Cook showed in a recent Facebook post, that's simply not how faith and spiritual strength work: