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The Evolution of Personal Progress Requirements

Since the early 1900s, the Latter-day Saint Young Women organization has had some kind of achievement and recognition program in place. But the requirements of old are drastically different from the requirements today. The evolution of Young Women Recognition is a fascinating snapshot of history. My, how times have changed.

Latter-day Saint Life

How Should LDS Women Balance Career Aspirations and Motherhood?

Emily Bates had been dating her boyfriend for eight months as she pursued graduate school and a career in medicine. He was a good Mormon boy, she was a good Mormon girl, and things were going well. But one night he told her he couldn’t marry her.

Pursuing New Perspectives on Prayer

A decade ago I wrote about my grandson Ammon, who had just turned two and had always been a cuddle-bug. He loved to be held. Unlike my older grandsons who would come for only a quick hug and kiss, then want to jump down and get on with life, Ammon would stay a long time in Grandma’s lap. One day I was holding him and reveling in his closeness. He pulled away a little, sat up straight and looked up at me with a look on his sweet baby face of pure unadulterated love and trust.

Manti Te'o's LDS bishop adds his perspective to saga

As much as Jim Carrier had dealt with the absurd in the past month, the Mormon bishop said he was still blind-sided by a recent interview request from People magazine. That he is Manti Te'o's bishop and spiritual adviser helps explain the improbable coupling.

Reclaiming our inner pioneer: Tomatoes

Reclaiming our Inner Pionner is a series to explore how we can harness our mormony talents for industriousness and working the land and such. Click here to see other posts in the series. Today we’re talking tomato. Tomatoes are one of the staples of my garden. I’ve started from seed, and I’ve purchased plants from the local nursery (and there have been years when I’ve managed to kill my starts, and end up buying plants to replace them). I grow cherry (or grape!) tomatoes for salads and for the kids to eat- there are few things better than sitting and watching kids picking through the garden eating vegetables (or picking through with them). I grow slicing tomatoes to eat fresh. Most importantly I grow paste tomatoes for canning and making salsa.

An Inside Look at Applying for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been seven years since the life-altering summer day I stumbled onto the Mormon Tabernacle Choir‘s audition announcement.

A Mormon, 2 Catholics and a Protestant go into a homeless shelter

Religiously speaking, this presidential election is a fascinating moment in our national life, and for multiple reasons. First, one party nominated a Mormon and a Roman Catholic as president and vice president respectively, the first time in American history that a major party ticket has excluded a Protestant! This is not the first time a Mormon has sought the presidency. The father of the present Republican nominee unsuccessfully pursued that party’s nomination in 1968. Mormon patriarch Joseph Smith ran for president in 1844, the same year he was assassinated by a “gentile” mob in Nauvoo, Ill.

Young Women Lesson 21: A Righteous Example Influences Others

Manual 1; Excerpt from "Examples of Righteousness," by President Thomas S. Monson

From the Church

First Presidency Announces 8 New Mission Presidents

From Tahiti to Mozambique and Michigan to Ecuador, the First Presidency has called eight new mission presidents to serve around the world.

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Mormon Designer Sharing Goodness, Doing Missionary Work

For the past 18 years, Rhonna Farrer has tried to incorporate her mantra, "uplift and inspire," into her work as an artist.