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Debunking 9 Myths about Mormon Missionaries

1. They Are Not All the Same Person Sure, you know in theory that every human being is a complicated piece of work, but in practice it's always easier to lump together those who belong to a group a) we don't understand, b) we don't like, c) we do like, or d) whose constituent members dress almost exactly the same.

Watch LDS Missionaries Teach: The District - Coming Home

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Elder Christofferson Shares How Pres. Monson Calls New Apostles

MR says: Elder D. Todd Christofferson, while in Philadelphia to make a presentation at the Catholic World Meeting of Families, talked about the death of Elder Richard G. Scott, his former mission president and colleague in the Twelve, and how President Monson calls new apostles.

How a School Bus Taught Me How to Listen to the Spirit

By Kelly Martinez

How can a school bus teach us how to better listen to the Spirit and hear our Heavenly Father's love and counsel for us?

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Special October Ensign, Liahona issue on the Book of Mormon

The October 2011 issue of the Liahona and Ensign magazines is a special issue that focuses on the importance of the Book of Mormon. It addresses three basic questions: * What is the Book of Mormon? * Why do we have the Book of Mormon? * What does the Book of Mormon mean to me?

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12 Lies About Missionary Work We Keep Telling Ourselves

Are one of the 12 misconceptions about missionary work holding you back from sharing the Gospel? Here are 12 misconceptions about missionary work. We either tell ourselves these things, or we've been told them by others. Once we understand these are misconceptions, we can overcome them, and receive the blessings of sharing the Gospel. And, once we are true member missionaries, we truly will unleash an army that would make hell itself shake in fear.

Jewish columnist calls LDS proxy baptism 'eccentric, not offensive'

Calling proxy baptism in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "eccentric, not offensive," Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby wrote recently that "Mormons undergoing peaceful rituals in their own temples aren't on the list" of the "very real, very dangerous enemies" to Judaism. "In Judaism, conversion after death is a concept without meaning," wrote Jacoby, who is Jewish. "No after-the-fact rites in this world can possibly change the Jewishness of the men, women, children and babies whom the Nazis, in their obsessive hatred, singled out for extermination.

{A&E} Listen to This: Jenny Oaks Baker Goes Disney

By Kaela Worthen Gardner

I’m a traditional sort of person. When I hear a song and fall in love with it, I don’t like to hear people mess it up with variations. A classic is a classic, and that’s the way it is. What’s that saying about “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Yeah.

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King of Tonga Unveils Monument Honoring Mormon Missionaries

What an exciting moment for the first missionaries in Tonga to be recognized and honored by the government. There's no doubt the work of these missionaries has flourished as the Church maintains a strong presence in Tonga.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

1987 – I’m ten, and my tiny country school has sent the Grade 5 and 6 class (all 15 of us) 550kms/370 miles to Sydney. We tour the harbour, a historic site, and lunchtime has us sitting on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Frankly, we’re all overwhelmed. Our town doesn’t even have three hundred people living there, only enough for one pub, a library the size of two parking spaces, and the nearest restaurant or cinema is two hours’ drive away. To be under the hot sun in Sydney, where it looks like the entire world has come for lunch, with different languages and smells and weird looking people whirling around us – I try to absorb every detail and not freak out at the same time.