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National interest in Mormon faith could drive attendance at Hill Cumorah Pageant

As the actors, directors, lighting designers and production assistants prepare for the annual Hill Cumorah Pageant, which opens this weekend, they're wondering if a national "Mormon moment" will inspire more people to make the journey to Manchester, Ontario County.

Dave Says: What's a Good Retirement Goal?

Dear Dave,

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Church Developing Web Page on How Mormons Can Defend Religious Freedom

LDS leaders are developing a new page on lds.org to help Mormons understand religious freedom laws and current issues. The site will include videos that portray common workplace and public school scenarios.

Female Friendship at Forty

I’m a female who needs other females. Although I’m blessed to have a husband who’s done a bang up job filling the role of best friend for more than two decades, he can’t (and shouldn’t, imo) fulfill every need I have for companionship, sociability, understanding, sympathy, or fun. Even Angeline Jolie — a “girl-who-isn’t-friends-with-other-girls” stereotype if I’ve ever seen one — seems to pine a little bit over her lack of female friends. Most women, in fact, don’t need scientific studies to validate what we know to be true deep in our bones: women need other women.

Missionaries Meet Duke Basketball Stars on Their Home Court

Shortly after Duke's basketball team had a 98-45 victory over Augustana at an exhibition game, LDS missionaries in North Carolina had a special opportunity after the game—to meet the team's stars and share a bit about the gospel.

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3 Things Parents of Returned Missionaries Should Never Forget to Do

By Steve and Marianna Richardson

John walked off the plane to see his family waiting for him with balloons and a homemade banner. Tears flowed freely as he hugged his parents, his little brothers and sisters, and his childhood friends who had come to welcome him home. After the parties, cakes, speeches, and celebration were over, he felt a little lost, not knowing what to do. On his mission, every day was planned to the hilt and evaluated against his key indicators. Now his family was telling him to take it easy, relax, and just hang out. He’d worked so hard for two years and discovered that he actually liked to work, to study, and to stay busy helping others. He wondered what he was supposed to do with all his newfound free time and often wished he was back on the mission.

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Poll: Is "Elf on the Shelf" a Good Family Tradition?

By LDS Living

It's that time of year again when parents start wondering what they should tell their children about Santa Claus and what family traditions they should start or continue.

First Presidency, Local Community Honor Missionary Who Died in Argentina

Family and friends were assured Monday that Brittany Nicole Scadlock was continuing the work she started on her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints only in a different realm.

Reader Voices: How to open a church talk

I have given church talks for more than 57 years (this is a monumental feat since I am only 50 years old), and I have yet to come up with the perfect opener for a talk. Most of my talks start out with, "When Brother Cannon asked me to speak ...," and the congregation automatically tunes out, way out. I can tell because suddenly the hymn numbers on that little plaque behind me suddenly become the most interesting feature on the planet. This used to be an OK way to start, I think, but I get a vague sense that the congregation has heard this act before, like a church talk mantra or something that must be said for good luck or else the curses of all ages will descend upon us like a specialized plague of blue death upon our children and children’s children.

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What Led an Atheist to Embrace the Gospel, Become a Mormon Missionary

Until a few years ago, Elder Dairong Li didn't believe there was a life after this one. “We just believe life is life. You live and then you go," he shared with triblive.com. But that all changed when Li and his mother met with Mormon missionaries.