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Jimmer Fredette on Living His Faith in China & His Unexpected Conversation with Yao Ming

Recently, Yao Ming contacted LDS basketball player Jimmer Fredette, who now plays for the Shanghai Sharks, with good news. Fredette broke Yao Ming's record. Averaging 40 points a game, Fredette set a new record for scoring over 30 points for the most consecutive games in the Chinese Basketball Association.

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When a Newspaper Pirated the Book of Mormon: How Joseph Smith's Conflicts with Media Were Vital to the Creation of Articles of Faith

It's fascinating to see how opposition and struggle played such a big role in the creation of scripture we cherish today.

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An Eerie Miracle That Shows How the Lord's Light Can Literally Guide Us

Sometimes, things happen in our lives that we can only describe as supernatural because they are outside our understanding. But, for those who have faith and have seen the miracles God places in their lives, these events become understood with a proper perspective, as help from a loving Heavenly Father directing our lives.

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'How I Lost and Regained My Faith': LDS Man Shares 18 Lessons He Learned

Yesterday the Mormon Channel released a new video describing the journey of Rich Millar, a returned missionary who learned through personal experience what it's like to lose your faith and the struggle to find it again. The video was originally inspired by a post Millar made on Facebook about the lessons he learned from his journey, which was re-posted on Deseret News. Visit the Deseret News article for inspiring insights and stories that go along with each point, or watch the video below.

Young Women Lesson 32: Personal Purity Through Self Discipline

Manual 1; Excerpt from "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character," by Richard G. Scott

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"It Is So Impressive": Jewish Leaders Tour Welfare Square and LDS Temple

“Just to see the way everything works out [at Welfare Square] and how the organizational aspect of it, the voluntary aspect of it — it is so impressive and something that I think every religious tradition — and not even faith communities, but everyone — should participate in, and we can learn a lot from the LDS community in this way," Saba Soomekh said after touring the Church's welfare operations and an LDS temple.

‘Faith empowers us to do things that seem impossible to us’: How the Church is responding to Haiti earthquake crisis

Last Saturday, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country of Haiti, leaving devastation and rubble in many cities and towns in the southern part of the country.

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How Missionaries Can Write "Things of the Soul" to Their Families with the Church's New Communication Guidelines

The updated communication policy for full-time missionaries represents an extraordinary opportunity for missionaries and their families to be more closely linked and more fully aligned in the work of gathering Israel. President Russell M. Nelson has invited members to be anxiously engaged as part of the “Lord’s Battalion” in the latter-day work of ministering and gathering. The availability of weekly communication through various technologies should be applied specifically to strengthen missionaries, bind families and increase faith through united purpose.

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How a No-Sunday Soccer Club Is Helping and Inspiring Those of Many Faiths

After years of watching his sons on high-level soccer teams compete in tournaments on Friday and Saturday and then sit out the championship game on Sunday, Travis Breinholt said he felt strongly that something needed to be done.

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LDS "The Amazing Race" Contestant Chooses Faith Over Better Shot at $1 Million

By Katie Lambert

Before April Gould competed on The Amazing Race, she was warned that situations may come up where she would have to choose between her faith and a chance at the $1 million prize.