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Dave Says: Pay Back the Loan--Especially if It Came from Family

Dear Dave,

How Returning Early Ultimately Made My Missionary Son Stronger

My son reported to his mission Aug 2013. Six months later, in March 2014 he was sent home the week after his first baptism due to a change of heart. He realized as he prepared to baptize this woman he taught to gospel to, that he had not gone about things properly. He realized he needed to do some work to earn the privilege of serving a mission the right way. After a talk with his MP and a week’s wait on the official word from SL, he was informed he was being sent home for six months. It was a devastating blow for all of us but I was proud of his choice to set things right. Going to church that first Sunday was rough.

Chicago Tribune: Re-enacting Joseph Smith's court hearings, and a look into Mormons' tolerance

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has, when you think about it, been a remarkably good sport when it comes to "The Book of Mormon." As that money-spinning, massively irreverent musical lampooning the Mormon religion and many of its sacred tenets enters its final weeks in Chicago, there have been no LDS pickets outside the Bank of America Theatre, no attempts to organize a boycott, no statements of condemnation nor claims of religious persecution. History shows that other religions satirized by the creators of "South Park" have not always been so generous. But the LDS church even took out an advertisement in the Playbill for the Chicago production. "You've seen the show," the text reads, accompanying a photograph of a hip and attractive young woman, "now read the book."

Christmas I Remember Best: Acts of kindness touched family

Christmas 1983 promised to be rather bleak for us. In April I had lost my position at U.S. Steel's Geneva Works and had practically worn out a pair of shoes pounding the sidewalk in a futile hunt for stable new employment. We had battened down the hatches, canceled magazine subscriptions, ended piano lessons and scaled back discretionary purchases of all kinds — and learned to live on very little.

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Watch: Hilarious Grandparents Share Love Lessons We All Should Hear

By LDS Living

From their hilarious proposal story to their catchy family song, Bonnie and Bruce have found creative ways to make their marriage work.

Dave Says: Involving Kids in Finance Planning

By Dave Ramsey

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Latter-day Saint Life

Cyclone Clears as Church Dedicates Historic Monument to Late Apostle in New Zealand

"In his early years in New Zealand, Matiu Kauri [Matthew Cowley] came here often to study and learn the Māori language, meditate and commune with Heavenly Father," Elder O. Vincent Haleck said during a monument dedication. "It was the peaceful surroundings of this grove that blessed and helped give voice to his Māori language and love for the Māori people. We are honoured that the City Council and leaders of this community have chosen to name this grove the Matiu Kauri Grove.”

Latter-day Saint Life

How To Resist Temptation When It Just Seems Too Hard

We’re here on Earth to learn to master ourselves and become more and more like Christ as we journey through life. We know we love God, and we know that, as a result, we want to keep His commandments. But sometimes that gets really, really hard.

{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, October 27-November 2

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 October 27 to November 2, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top hits:

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Sports Illustrated Explores how a Mission Changed Jeremy Guthrie's Major League Baseball Prospects

He left everything behind. His family, his friends, his girlfriend, his glove. He packed his bags for Europe, walked away from the game, and was prepared to never come back. It was 1999, and Jeremy Guthrie, having just finished his freshman year at BYU, was off to Spain to serve a mission for the Mormon Church, and over the next two years, he did not pick up a baseball—he barely even thought about baseball. “It wasn’t one of those things where I prayed one night and said, ‘Lord, if I do this, you promise [to do this for me],” Guthrie recalled last week during the World Series. “It was not that way. It was: ‘I'm going to give this up, and I know whatever happens will be the best for me.’”