Despite what you may have heard on Broadway, there is no way to succeed in business without really trying. Even if you really try, however, you aren't necessarily guaranteed to succeed. There are certain things you need to know and understand. Provo resident Stephen W. Gibson, 72, knows those things and, nearly 15 years ago, made a decision to share that knowledge with some people who desperately needed it. In 1999, Gibson and his wife, Bette Gibson, temporarily moved to the Philippines to pursue the self-appointed task of teaching business principles to Filipinos who had served proselytizing missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but hadn't been able to move ahead with their professional ambitions after returning home. The Gibsons, both Latter-day Saints, considered becoming missionaries themselves in order to advance their plans.

When my Aunt Lily called my mom this week to tell her she had terminal cancer and just two weeks left to live, she explained the prognosis as though she feels like someone just came to her house, knocked on her door, and told her she had a unicorn in her back yard. Whatever happened and whatever treatments she chose, the unicorn was staying.

The Aug. 21 dedication of El Salvador's first temple was a memorable event for all the general officers that traveled here to participate. But for one in that group, the opening of a temple on Salvadoran soil marks a moment she once could not have imagined. Sister Silvia H. Allred, first counselor in the Relief Society general presidency, is a native Salvadoran and a convert. She remembers when the Church in San Salvador was so small that the capital city's entire membership was found on the rolls of a single branch.

“The two things you aren’t supposed to talk about in this country are religion and politics. But that’s the explosive combo that makes this such a fascinating subject,” said Adam Christing, filmmaker and member of the Mormon History Association. "A Mormon President, Joseph Smith and the Mormon Quest for the White House" is a documentary that looks into the history behind the Mormon links to the U.S. Presidency, and it will be released on DVD on August 23.

MR says: Check out the advice of fellow Latter-day Saint parents as well as prophets and apostles about what dangers to avoid as well as how to still have fun with your family on Halloween night.

People ask me all the time if fighting about money is one of the most common problems in a marriage. But surprisingly to many, I don’t believe money is the root cause of many marital problems. Financial disagreements, though common, are more accurately a symptom of upbringing and other underlying problems that exist in relationships. The money itself is not the real issue.

When in search of "the one," there's almost no place some wouldn't go—including the promised land.

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"Kids, 6-years-old, slaves—they don't believe that anyone cares about them at all," political commentator Glenn Beck says in an Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) video about human trafficking in Thailand.

On Dec. 29, Utah Gov. Gary Hebert gathered with 150 Jews to celebrate the fourth day of Hanukkah.