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How practicing yoga helps one Latter-day Saint strengthen and share her faith

Millions of people practice yoga, including many Latter-day Saint members. But what spiritual benefits can members of the Church gain from this form of exercise?

Young Men Lesson 48: The Power to Baptize

Manual 1; Excerpt from "Ye Must Be Born Again," by David A. Bednar

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When a Loved One Is Abused: Giving Hope and Answering Tough Questions

Recently, a reader wrote into Geoff Steurer, an LDS licensed marriage and family therapist. She asked about her daughter who, at just 11-years-old, had been abused in a way that "broke her and our family." After this event, she began losing her faith, asking questions like, “Why did God let this happen to me? Why didn’t He stop it?” Here was Steurer's response:

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Watch: Civil Rights activist explains what ‘Come, Come Ye Saints’ symbolizes for the NAACP

“It can be well in this nation when we lock arms ... Not as black and white. Not as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Baptist. But as children of God who are about loving everybody and bringing hope, happiness and health to all of God’s children.”

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Church History Museum features new Minerva Teichert exhibit

By Haley Lundberg

Starting July 6, 45 original Minerva Teichert paintings will be on display and open to the public at the Church History Museum.

Harry Reid: Mitt Romney is not the face of Mormonism

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he agrees with a fellow Mormon who wrote recently that Mitt Romney has "sullied" the LDS faith and that the GOP presidential candidate is "not the face of Mormonism." Reid, a Mormon Democrat from Nevada, blasted Romney in a conference call for reporters over a litany of things the Republican nominee has said recently. And Reid added that Latter-day Saints aren’t buying Romney’s rhetoric.

USA Today: Mormons may have last laugh at 'Book of Mormon' musical

South Park meets the Mormons in a new Broadway musical that's now in previews. Will this be a night of unholy humor at the expense of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? Or might the faithful get the last laugh?

Mormon musician finds faith on path to fame

By Mandy Slack

Amy Gerhartz isn’t really a new artist—you just haven’t heard of her yet. Back in 2006, a blogger claimed that Amy Gerthartz was a gem who was “making everyone in NYC feel stupid for not having heard of her earlier.” Gerhartz’s music has been described as everything from country to rock to soul, but to herself, she’s just a singer/songwriter without the limits imposed by a specific genre. “I really like the term singer/songwriter because of the fact that it allows me to be able to touch on a bunch of different categories. I love writing all different types of music,” Gerhartz says. “If I wrote the same thing every day, I’d drive myself crazy.”

When we try to one-up the Lord’s standards: Culture vs. commandments

By LDS Living Staff

Sometimes in an attempt to prove our faithfulness to the gospel, Latter-day Saints create standards that require even more than what the Lord is asking of us. So before we expend too much energy trying to live these "higher" standards, we should ask ourselves, "Are we living the cultural gospel or the Lord's gospel?"

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It matters: Things to remember when your child doesn’t seem to be listening

By Christi Davis

It is our privilege and responsibility as parents to plant and to tend the seeds of faith and goodness. But if we become impatient, if we try to force growth or maturity before its time, we may end up hindering the beautiful, natural process of growth.