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President Monson's 30 directives from general conference
After every General Conference, my family tries to study the prophet’s talks to see what he wants us to work on, and we make a list of those priorities. We usually summarize them in our own words, but this list is mostly copied and pasted directly from his text. You might find more or less than these, but we saw 30 things he directly instructs Latter-day Saints to do:
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: The parable of BYU-Hawaii
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve told BYU-Hawaii’s graduating students that they must get over their insecurities and look to the future with faith. Elder Holland spoke to more than 200 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 17, in commencement exercises held in the Cannon Activities Center on the university’s campus in Laie, Hawaii. “First of all, it is incumbent upon us as students, as Latter-day Saints, and as children of God to see the divine potential in ourselves, to believe in ourselves to know that with God’s help there is quite literally nothing in righteousness that we cannot become,” Elder Holland said. “That is the parable of this school’s history and it ought to be the parable of your history.”
Aussie sports film says g'day to Utah at LDS Film Festival
After 30 years of working in film and television in Australia, it was an evening of church music that sent Darran Scott down the path of expressing his faith cinematically. Scott, a relatively new member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- he was baptized eight years ago -- was deeply impacted by the blend of music and spirituality at a ward fireside. "I immediately shelved the project I was developing," Scott said, and started to look for a story that would reflect his religious beliefs.
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Church Leaders Call for Better Observance of Sabbath Day
Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are urging Mormons around the world to improve their observance of the Sabbath day. In local and regional leadership training meetings this year, leaders are receiving instruction on the topic of strengthening faith in God by observing the Sabbath day with greater purpose.
Is there a dearth of religious journalists in the nation's newsrooms?
The recent death of a newsman drew some unlikely praise from those who admired him. And it wasn't just for his skills as a writer and reporter. McCandlish Phillips was also a religious man who left The New York Times at the top of his game to become an evangelist.
Author Matthew Bowman talks about 'the Mormon moment'
Mitt Romney. Broadway smash “The Book of Mormon.” HBO hit series “Big Love.” Mormonism seems to be center stage these days. Religion scholar Matthew Bowman looked at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – past and present – in The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith. I recently had the chance to talk with Bowman about his book, the rise of “the Mormon moment,” and what American voters should know about Romney. Here are excerpts of our conversation. Previously you had mainly studied the evangelical Christian church. Why are you now writing about Mormonism?
Malaysian LDS youth love family history
The Malaysian Latter-day Saint youth are model examples of gospel faithfulness. Many youth live in small apartments or terrace homes. Some live in pieced-together wood structures built in areas of Bintulu with no electrical service or waste water systems. They use generators for electricity or candles if necessary for light (generators and gas are expensive). Water is supplied from a network of small hoses fed off a main line from the highway. Water is also stored in barrels. Bathing with water from barrels can be challenging.However, when they show up to Church, they are wearing their Sunday best.
10 Memorable Quotes from C.S. Lewis on the 50th Anniversary of His Death
On Nov. 22, much of the world will remember and celebrate President John F. Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. Little noticed in 1963 was the death that same day of another extraordinary man, C.S. Lewis. His writings on Christianity and his Chronicles of Narnia novels have had a profound effect on Christians, especially in the United States. Because of this, it is worth remembering his life, his faith and the remarkably enduring gift of his writings.
Latter-day Saint Life
Why the Phrase 'I am a Child of God' is So Important to My Testimony
One major difference my friends and I found between our faiths lay in our beliefs about our identities: While they held that we are simply God’s creations, I felt a match strike in my chest with the knowledge that I am more than that. And while it’s an idea any five-year-old could tell you without hesitation or confusion, in my moment on the porch of a small homestay on Gili Trawangan, as I heard myself say it, I learned it again: I am a daughter of God.
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Lesson Helps
February 2013 Home Teaching Message: A Word for the Hesitant Missionary
Disciples of Jesus Christ have always been under the obligation to take His gospel to the world (see Mark 16:15–16). Nevertheless, sometimes it is difficult to open our mouths and speak about our faith to those around us.