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On Easter Sunday 2022, an interesting thing happened: Two apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and gave viewers a rare look inside the Washington, D.C. Temple.
In 1935, speaking to a BYU assembly, President David O. McKay prophesied that we would "improve the means of communications until, with radio in our pockets, we may communicate with friends and loved ones from any point, at any given moment." In 1974, President Spencer W. Kimball said, “The Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse.” This week in a podcast with Church News, Elder Quentin L. Cook said of new technologies, we now have to “learn how to use them and we’ve got to use them so they’ll bless people.” Elder Cook believes recognizing the potential uses of technology was just one blessing that has come out of a very difficult time over the last year.
You might have missed what went on the last week, but we've put together our list of the week's most popular stories so you don't miss a beat. For September 29 through October 5, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top hits:
My 8-year-old came home from the election a couple weeks ago, thrilled that Barack Obama won. Seeing as I am a fairly conservative guy and a Latter-day Saint, it's no surprise I voted for Mitt Romney. I mean, my doctoral dissertation was on his candidacy four years ago, so a win by the governor meant I might have something to talk about for a few years at least. I even had self-interested reasons to vote for him.
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What mother can't relate to this? In a performance that is both incredibly beautiful as well as incredibly funny, this Mormon mom shares her talents and her insights into motherhood. Set to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," artist Shannon Christensen Abbott changed the lyrics to reflect what she sees as a mom in her day-to-day life. The song exploded on Facebook, receiving over 2.5 million views in a week.
There is a word that comes up in the Psalms that is designed to make you stop and reflect. It is saleh and, while it could mean a musical rest in these early hymns, it can also just mean to rest. Take a moment, slow down in your scripture study and in your day, and rest in the Lord. The Come, Follow Me schedule gives us three weeks to study the Psalms and our emphasis this week in Psalm 1-46 is to saleh.
This post by Kim White originally appeared on The Small Seedand has been posted here with permission.
In April 2021, The Church Historian’s Press released the latest volume in the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Documents, Volume 12 covers five pivotal months of the Prophet Joseph’s life in Nauvoo, from March through July 1843. Here are five things from the volume that you may not have known:
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to evaluate where our testimony of the gospel is and how to improve spiritually throughout the year.
The new missionary district leader could not believe what he was hearing. He was listening to Elder Parker, who had been out for almost two years, stumble his way through the first discussion. Any missionary of worth who had been out three weeks or longer knew the first discussion, but Elder Parker didn’t. The early morning study session came to a close, and Elder Parker left with his companion.