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LDS Woman in Coma Unexpectedly Helps Others Around the World Find Faith & Hope

MR says: What began as a social media campaign to find hope and secure prayers for an LDS woman in a coma has actually awakened the faith and hope of others. People from all over the world have begun posting on the Pray4MadFacebook page, with comments like, "Just wanted to let you know that although I'm not a particularly religious person, there was a heartfelt tearful prayer sent up for Maddi from Scotland."And just Friday morning, another woman posted: "Thank you for letting her sleep, so the rest of us could wake up."

Latter-day Saint Life

What Gandhi's Life Teaches Latter-day Saints About Fasting and the Atonement

By Tad R. Callister

Force has never been the Savior's governing scepter. Instead, he teaches that power and godly influence come "by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned" (D&C 121:41).

Jenny Reeder and Janiece Johnson: How Church History Can Help Rather than Hurt Your Faith

“All In” host Morgan Jones talks with two historians, Janiece Johnson and Jenny Reeder, who work to uncover and bring to light the stories of women in Church history. Janiece and Jenny discuss how Church history has strengthened rather than weakened their testimonies, the women they most admire from the past and what it means to be “All In” the gospel of Jesus Christ. They also discuss the historicity of “Jane and Emma” and whether it is okay to fictionalize history in film.

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The Primary General Presidency was released. Here are just 7 changes that impacted children during their service

By Lindsey Williams

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Man Turns Yard Into Cemetery & Maze to Help Seminary Teacher with Terminal Cancer

"(The children) still say their sweet little prayers that Daddy will get better, and we explain to them that he’s getting more sick," says Erica Means, whose husband was given about 12 weeks to live.

Abe Mills and Stephen Jones: Love Thy Neighbor

The complexities surrounding conversations of racism today are numberless but the root of the solution is the two great commandments: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. On this week’s episode, we talk with Abe Mills and Stephen Jones, two black Latter-day Saints, about their experiences with racism within Church culture, the faith of those who came before them, and why they don’t hesitate to share their faith in Jesus Christ.

3 stories behind 3 mormon.org profiles

When comedian Jenna Kim Jones filmed her “I’m a Mormon” profile for mormon.org, she was single in New York City with a job at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” By the time the video came online, she had quit her job, gotten engaged and was moving to Los Angeles.

How NOT to Investigate Mitt Romney’s Mormon Ties

Earlier this week, Mother Jones' Tim Murphy tried to connect the dots between Mitt Romney and Cleon Skousen, the ultra-conservative, anti-Communist LDS political theorist made famous by Glenn Beck. Murphy dug out an August 2007 radio interview Romney did with a Rush Limbaugh-esque political talk jock in Iowa, who, after goading Romney on his faith, turned the subject to Skousen.

From the Church

A new historical film about the Nauvoo Temple is coming from the Church. Here’s what we know

By Haley Lundberg

This new film will follow the struggles and triumphs of the Saints through the eyes of four Church members in Nauvoo who lived the temple-building experience on a daily basis.

Richie T. Steadman: Never All Out

Richie T. Steadman once found himself in a situation he never could’ve imagined: excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was an unexpected note in the life of someone who had otherwise been a devoted member of the Church his entire life. But even while he worked toward being rebaptized, Steadman never missed a Sunday of church. In the years since, he has devoted much of his personal time and resources to giving voice to fellow Latter-day Saints on his podcast, The Cultural Hall.