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Latter-day Saint NBA CEO tells Wall Street Journal that his faith gives him a ‘longer view’

The Wall Street Journal’s May 8, 2021, print edition featured Scott O’Neil, CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils.

The Church in Brazil

By Briana Stewart

The history of the Church in Brazil actually began in Germany, danke very much. The first known member in the country was Max Richard Zapf, who was baptized in Germany in 1908 and immigrated to Brazil in 1913. After years passed with no Church contact, Zapf learned there was another German LDS family, the Lippelts, living in Brazil. These two families—who became fast friends—represented the beginning of the Church’s permanent presence in the South American country.

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Middle Eastern LDS Singles Gather for Conference: "All Saints Are One Big Family"

Single adults from nine countries in the Middle East gathered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to build faith, serve others, and come to know, as a Church, Latter-day Saints are one.

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Living with 3 Severely Handicapped Daughters: How One LDS Mom Rediscovered Her Faith

Learn more about how love, service, and even angels have helped this family of six find peace despite the possibility of losing a daughter and sister.

Mormon temples: An answer to a rabbi’s question

In his thoughtful letter to the editor of The Jewish Week, Rabbi Mordecai Schnaidman poses three serious questions about LDS beliefs. He asks them in the context of determining whether Mitt Romney’s faith should render him unsuitable for the presidency. This is not a political blog, and I have no interest in advocating Mitt’s candidacy here. However, I think the rabbi’s questions merit honest answers, and I’d like to offer some in the next two posts. In doing so, I recognize that clarity often trumps agreement in matters of theology.

Mauli Bonner and Paul Reeve: Understanding the History of Blacks in the Church

In 1830, the same year the Church was organized, a former slave named Peter became the first documented Black member of the Church. Nearly 200 years later, Mauli Bonner first heard Peter's story when he started exploring his own faith as a Black member of the Church. This journey led him to Paul Reeve, a professor at the University of Utah who has studied Blacks in Church history extensively. On today's episode, Mauli and Paul explain not only the importance of the stories of early Black Latter-day Saints, but also how their stories can strengthen our faith and our testimonies of the restored gospel.

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The kind of assuming we can all do a little more

By Jannalee Sandau

I think most if not all of us have experienced a hit to our mental health over the past few months. It’s hard not to think negatively in a time when disasters are dropping one after another, we have been isolated from others, and we’ve been at home with our social media more often than we might otherwise be. It is also becoming easier and easier to distrust others as we read the news, inundated with stories highlighting the volatile flaws of human nature and generating fear of interacting with others during this highly contagious pandemic.

Video: Mormon young man faces loss of three family members with faith

In a recent video filmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 19-year-old Caleb Ceran shares his testimony of the 2013 youth theme, “Stand Ye in Holy Places.”

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This LDS Couple Has 5 Kids Under 14 Months Old--Here's How Their Faith Keeps Them Going

When Julie and David Grygla leave their St. George home, they prepare to be met with stares and questions. As the parents of 14-month-old triplet boys and 1-month-old twin girls, David and Julie understand that their family is unusual. But with all the attention they attract, it is hard not to feel like a "freak show," Julie says.

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First Presidency Releases Statement on Billy Graham Following His Passing

By Danielle B. Wagner

On Wednesday, February 21, Reverend Billy Graham passed away at the age of 99. USA Today and newspapers across the country are remembering Graham as the nation’s best-known Christian evangelist, a man who shaped faith in America for over 60 years.