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New Church policy standardizes ward and stake creation requirements

Stakes in the US and Canada previously needed to have 3,000 members, and those outside these two countries needed 1,900. A new Church policy standardizes those requirements.

Latter-day Saint Life

9 Page-Turners Perfect for Spring Break

By Gretel Evans

What happens when your imaginary friend turns into your imaginary enemy? Chad has an imaginary friend named Pingo. Together, they would fight ninjas, brew magical potions, and float in zero gravity. One day Chad decided her was too old to have an imaginary friend, but Pingo wasn’t ready to leave, and starts causing mischief. Can this once inseparable duo ever be friends again? Ages 3+

Mormon who just missed Olympics will compete in Paralympic Games

Paralympic sprinter Jason Smyth is going to the 2012 London Games with mixed emotions. The legally blind runner will happily defend his world records and the two gold medals he won in the 100- and 200-meter Paralympic events at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Spaghetti and the Spirit: Everyday Miracles

t's the hubbub of a busy Wednesday night. Soccer practice is over, a quick dinner of spaghetti is bubbling on the stove, my oldest is reading aloud to me for homework as I cook, and my Baby Girl is pulling pots and pans out of the lower kitchen cupboards. My Man is racing home to be at the church to help with Boy Scouts, and I have Activity Day girls coming over. Miracles have to happen before 6:15 p.m. tonight. And that is when my middle child, Little Son, of 6 years old, comes over to ask me a very important question. His voice is worried.

The problem with being a Massachusetts Mormon

The good news for Mitt Romney is that he avoided the perception of a total meltdown on Tuesday night, preventing (just barely) Rick Santorum from scoring a victory in Ohio, the day’s signature contest. Plus, Romney was the clear winner in the night’s delegate race, adding to his lead in the battle that ultimately matters the most. But Super Tuesday was still a failure for the former Massachusetts governor, who missed an opportunity to deliver a psychological knockout blow that would have convinced the political world to treat the GOP nomination as a settled matter.

Huntsman: 'Presidential contest not about religion'

Jon Huntsman Jr. talks about running for president as a Mormon in a Washington Times profile published Monday. "(Huntsman) is confident that the race won't turn on his religion and downplays whispers from evangelical Protestants who vow not to support a Mormon. 'These presidential nomination contests aren't about religion; they're about leadership,' Mr. Huntsman told The Times in the kitchen of his home in Washington's tony Kalorama neighborhood. … 'If it's about religion, I'll always come up short anyway.'"

Romney, Huntsman face challenge of winning over evangelicals

Stan Craig, a Vietnam veteran and fundamentalist Baptist preacher here, winces at the idea of a female president. Yet he hesitated when he was asked recently to make a hypothetical choice between Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Day 5: Play Name That Christmas Tune

By LDS Living

Pull out your Christmas music, or even better, sheet music if you play an instrument, and gather the family around for a game of Name That Tune. Play the first few seconds of a song (keep it a secret from everyone else) and race to see who can recognize and shout out the name of the tune first. Make it a challenge by guessing the artist as well.

Latter-day Saint Life

1 member’s response to someone who didn’t like the Church because women ‘aren't allowed to participate’

By Sheri L. Dew

“She wanted to know what women did in our Church, and that was all the encouragement I needed to give her a glimpse into life as a Latter-day Saint woman.” 

Lesson Helps

New Testament Lesson 2: "My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord"

By Ted L. Gibbons

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