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Mormon Guitar: Dad Records Musical Tribute for Daughter with Cancer in Remission

Music has the ability to touch hearts, and for Ben Howington it has also been the best way to express his feelings. That's why this past Dec. 4, Howington posted a video to his website sharing his gratitude for his daughter's life.

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10 Common Words That Mean Something Different to Mormons

Mormon jargon can be confusing with specially defined words and acronyms. Here’s a list of 10 common words that have a different meaning to Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Inside the Missionary Training Center: Boot camp for Mormons

The 35-acre campus is an island of young people, where teens and 20-somethings outnumber grown-ups by 10-to-1. Sure, the place is awash in fresh-faced students, but even the workers — from the cafeteria to the copy center, the mailroom to the bookstore — and most of the teachers are under 30.

Pro-Kremlin youth group protests Mormon missionaries in Russia

The youth wing of the ruling United Russia party's held a protest on Thursday calling for a ban on Mormon missionaries in Russia, charging that they were potential American spies. "This is an American sect," said Ekaterina Stenyakina, co-chair of Young Guard's coordinating committee, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. "They are funded by the United States of America, and it's been proven that many young Mormons return to the U.S. to work for the CIA and FBI."

Former LDS Missionary Shares Experience of Philippines Typhoon

A former missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared his story Tuesday of experiencing the typhoon that recently hit the Philippines. When typhoon Haiyan wreaked havoc in the Philippines, Elder Joseph Baker captured it on video as it rolled overhead. For hours the storm roared and Baker knew it was life-threatening. Baker said he and his companion were awakened to the sounds of trees blowing sideways, structures about to crumble and then he said the sky turned a blinding white.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Pianist's Music Video Movingly Captures Child Loss, Miscarriages

What a moving video that speaks to a topic we so often ignore, but one that needs to be recognized.

Mormon Media Observer: Enough with the Mormon stereotypes

Each week, it seems that someone in the mainstream press writes something about the church that is annoying or hurtful or misinformed or lazy. Recently, there were the snarky tweets about LDS beliefs from an editor at Salon.com and a columnist at the New York Times — both of whom eventually apologized.

A Mormon reporter on the Romney bus

On the night of the South Carolina Republican primary in January, I sat near the front of a dark campaign press bus and listened to reporters talk about Mitt Romney's underwear. Earlier in the day, one of them had happened upon the candidate and his wife doing laundry in the basement of our Columbia, South Carolina, hotel, and a small cluster of colleagues had now gathered to listen to him relate the anecdote, lapping up every mundane detail of this rare interaction with the closed-off couple.

Fund set up to help with LDS missionary's final expenses

Those who would like to support a family here who lost their missionary son when he was hit by a car over the weekend can contribute to a fund that has now been set up to pay for his final expenses. Elder Jason Reid Wiberg, 19, died Sunday from injuries he sustained Saturday when he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike in Kuching, Malaysia.

From the Church

9 Years Since the Tsunami: How Long-term LDS Church Aid Has Grown

It has been almost a decade since a tsunami, triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, killed more than 220,000 people in a dozen nations in southeast Asia on Dec. 26, 2004. In the weeks, months and years after the disaster, the Church went to work in the nations. The efforts — fueled by the fast offerings from members who responded to a request from the First Presidency — marked the first time the Church offered long-term assistance after a disaster.