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Global Pioneers in Church Education

In the summer of 1968, 29-year-old John M. Madsen was the first teacher selected to go to England and establish a seminary program for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although fairly new as a seminary teacher, Madsen had served a mission in the British Isles and viewed the assignment as a dream job.

'“Give," Said the Little Stream' Author Wrote Over 8,000 Hymns

Despite becoming blind at six weeks of age, due to a medical malpractice, Fanny Crosby went on to write over 8,000 hymns and was one of the most prolific hymnists in history. Born, Frances Jane Van Alstyne Crosby, in 1820, she was also known as the “Queen of Gospel Song Writers,” and the “Mother of Modern Congregation Singing in America.” She wrote so many hymns that she had to use over 200 different pseudonyms in her career because publishers were reluctant to have too many hymns by one person in their hymnbooks.

From the Church

Open House and Dedication Dates Announced for the San Salvador El Salvador Temple

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced open house and dedication dates for the San Salvador El Salvador Temple. The public is invited to visit the temple during an open house from Friday, 1 July 2011, until Saturday, 23 July 2011, excluding Sundays. The temple will be formally dedicated on Sunday, 21 August 2011, in three sessions. The dedicatory sessions will be broadcast to congregations of the Church within the temple district.

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The 10 Most Viral LDS Missionary Work Stories of 2014

There were surely more than these 10, but here are at least 10 of the most viral missionary work related posts and videos from 2014. These are not in order of virality/impact. What else are we missing here? Please tell us in the comments.

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Photos: First Look Inside the Newly Renovated Idaho Falls Temple

By LDS Living

In March 2015, the Idaho Falls Temple was closed for renovations. Two years later, photos of the renovations are available before the open house tours begin on Saturday, April 22. Here are some beautiful sneak peeks of the finished renovations inside this historic temple.

4 Ways to Take (some of) the Stress out of Christmas Day

By now I’m sure you’ve seen as many articles as I have about creating a stress-free holiday. There are many lovely ideas floating around out there, and I’m always trying to incorporate some of them, but I think having a totally stress-free holiday as The Mother is completely unrealistic. Christmas is the project of all projects that you can’t put off or avoid, and it lands right on top of your regular life that isn’t slowing down one bit.

Mormon Media Observer: Please get the Book of Mormon right

Maybe I should compliment Timothy Stanley, a history fellow at Oxford, who has written some interesting blog posts about Latter-day Saints and the presidential campaign for the legendary Atlantic magazine. He wrote another interesting post this week.

Best of: LDS Living Stories of the Week, January 5-11

By LDS Living

You might have missed what went on the last week, but we've put together our list of the week's most popular stories so you don't miss a beat. For January 5 through January 11, 2013, these are LDS Living’s top hits:

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Jon Heder Talks His Mormon Faith: "It's Just a Part of Who I Am"

By LDS Living Staff

In a recent interview withwhosay.com, LDS actor and star of Napoleon Dynamite, Jon Heder, shared a bit about the new horror-comedy he'll star in, Ghost Team, as well as how his faith and family have impacted his career.