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Latter-day Saint flees Ukraine, shares harrowing story of being separated from husband

Nina Scurtu and her husband, Dima, finally made their way to a bus headed out of Ukraine, only to face the heartbreaking news that he would be forced to stay behind.

SPONSORED: SUU receives Presidential Service Award, four years running

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Through the Corporation for National and Community Service, President Barack Obama recognized Southern Utah University’s students for outstanding service when the university earned a Distinction for Excellence among the schools included on the U.S. President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This marks SUU’s fourth consecutive appointment to the prestigious honor roll.

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Is It Okay to Fictionalize Church History? Historians Discuss in All In Podcast

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Is it okay to present history through a fictional event that never happened? That’s exactly what the new movie Jane and Emma portrays. In the first episode of LDS Living’s new podcast, All In. Historians Jenny Reeder and Janiece Johnson have an interesting conversation with LDS Living host Morgan Jones about whether they are comfortable with the fictional convention used to portray the relationship between Emma Smith and Jane Manning James.

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Mormon Movie Guy Review: What Parents Need to Know About "Rampage" Before Seeing It with Their Family

By Trina Boice

Author’s note: I review movies for artistry, content, and moral messages. I give each film a letter grade for artistry; this is not necessarily a moral endorsement of the film. I break down content as best as I can to help readers make their own decisions. I share moral messages in case parents (and others) want to use cinema as a springboard for Gospel discussion.

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Emeritus General Authority Elder James O. Mason Passes Away

Elder James O. Mason, 89 — the former head of the U.S. Public Health Service who also served for five years as a General Authority Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

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How a Small Chapel in a Run-Down Neighborhood Helped Open Missionary Work in a Country Half a World Away

By John H. Groberg

The following is an excerpt from Elder John H. Groberg’s book Fire of Faith, which details his experiences as he served as a mission president and later as a general authority.

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What the Prophet Joseph Told a US President Is the Most Unique Feature of the Church

By Robert L. Millet

In December 1839 the Prophet Joseph Smith and Elias Higbee traveled to Washington D.C., to seek redress from the government for the losses suffered by the persecuted and beleaguered Latter-day Saints. In their meeting with President Martin Van Buren, Joseph recorded that the president “interrogated us wherein we differed in our religion from the other religions of the day.” If you had been in the room and had been asked to respond to President Van Buren’s question, how would you have answered?

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How My Work as a Doctor Transformed My Understanding of This Frequently Used Scripture Phrase

By Scott Haines, MD and Taylor Halverson, PhD

In the scriptures, blindness is a metaphor for disbelief and vision is figuratively or literally a description of receiving revelation. The Doctrine and Covenants teaches that the "eyes are a representation of light and knowledge" (D&C 77:44).

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How the death of his son helped a Latter-day Saint find his long-lost family in Vietnam

By Jannalee Sandau

As an 11-year-old living in Vietnam, Don Skanchy made the decision to run away. He had no idea that that single decision would lead him a half a world away and back or if he would ever see his family again.

She’s worked with Gladys Knight and just recorded an entire album of Primary songs. Here’s why the music is unlike anything you've heard before

By Danielle Christensen

The songs in “Shine” are anything but traditional as the album reimagines old-time favorite Primary songs in a variety of styles, including gospel, jazz, R&B, neo-soul, reggae, and Atlanta hip hop.