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What a Stranger's Prayer in an Emergency Room Taught One Latter-day Saint Dad About Miracles

The following has been published in full with permission from Nate Checketts.

"All In" Podcast: Professional Dancer Chelsie Hightower Explains Why God's Love Is Different Than She Thought

Interviewing your best friend is an interesting and unique opportunity. I have had the chance to interview my friend Chelsie Hightower a couple of times. The first time, a couple of years ago, we sat in my living room, laughing and crying together as Chelsie shared her story with me and subsequently with thousands of readers of the Deseret News. Chelsie and I have conversations about life on a regular basis. She is one of those people that is really great at going deep with people fast, and from our first conversation, I’ve been impressed by her love for God and her desire to do God’s will in her life. Still, I recognize that there is an added element of vulnerability required to share deeply personal parts of our lives with complete strangers.

"I Saw Shots Coming Near Us": LDS Senator in Virginia Shooting Lauded as Hero, Receives Call from Obama

By Danielle B. Wagner

A Mormon and Arizona senator, Jeff Flake, was dubbed "one of the many heroes to emerge" by The Week after the shooting during a congressional baseball practice just outside of Washington, D.C.

UK Telegraph: How the 'Mormon city' is winning business from Wall Street

When the world’s biggest investment bank, Goldman Sachs, holds its annual shareholder jamboree this week, it will not be in the financial centres of New York or London, where most of its traders work. It will be in Salt Lake City, home of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the largest Mormon population in the world. The Utah city, ringed by picturesque mountains, is 2,000 miles from Wall Street, but it feels even further than that. Bars shut early, coffee is frowned upon, families devote time to praying together, and stricter Mormons discourage mothers from paid work.

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How Pain Pills Took a Mormon Mom to the Depths of Opioid Addiction and Back Again

“I don't think that cop will ever know what he did for me,” Whitney says. “He saved my life that night.”

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Elder Uchtdorf Shares Photo of Grandson's Mission Call + a Challenge That Will Bless Our Lives and Others

By LDS Living

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf and his family recently gathered for a classic Mormon event—the misson call opening of his grandson.

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Watch: When President Packer Sang a Nursery Song in Japanese During General Conference

By LDS Living

The following is an excerpt from then Elder Boyd K. Packer's April 1975 general conference talk, "An Appeal to Prospective Elders," during which he sang a nursery song in Japanese. To watch the song, skip to 6:13 in the talk.

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Latter-day Saint Who Worked on "The Avengers" Helps Create Virtual Reality of Christ-Era Jerusalem

By Jonathan Decker, LMFT

There’s a moment in Back to the Future where Doc Brown explains to Marty McFly that the DeLorean time machine can take them anywhere, anytime, including the ability to “witness the birth of Christ.” That line of dialogue always stayed with me. What would it be like to stand and see the life of Jesus, the places He taught, and the miracles He performed? Some movies have done a decent job recreating it, but nothing actually makes you feel like you’re there. Until now.

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A Young Mormon Mom's Harvey Evacuation Story of Fear, Sadness, and Neighborly Love

By Deseret News

Our prayers are with the Green family as well as the many other families affected by the wake of devastation from Hurrican Harvey.

{Food Dish} Soup Competition 1st Runner-up + Recipe

By LDS Living

Recently we held our first official Corporate Soup Day to assemble a delicious collection of soups and a large body of people to vote on the best flavors. Next week the grand prize winner—which will receive a $100 gift certificate to Deseret Book—will be announced, so stay tuned!