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6 Things to Look for at the Payson Utah Temple Open House

Here are five specific things to look for at the Payson Utah Temple Open House in order to get more out of your tour.

This weekend, The Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints held its 183rd General Conference where members of the church listened to the church's leaders. The first General Conference of the church was held in 1830 in a cabin in upstate New York with only a handful of members attending. This year, millions of members of the LDS Church watched and listened to General Conference live on television and radio from around the world with an increasingly large number of members also watching Conference live-streamed over the Internet.

Missionary Moment: The Conversion of an Anti-Mormon

On January 5, 1985, Elder Jeff Keeney of Tempe, Arizona, in response to a request by his mission president, sat down in the chapel in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to answer this question, "Describe the most spiritual experience of your mission." Pausing a few moments, he wrote the following: “It began last December, early one morning, when the phone rang. On the other line, we heard those wonderful words, “Elder, I've got a hot one for you!” Elder Sackley, the director of the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors Center, had someone who wanted to be taught the Gospel.

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What the Power of Weakness Taught Me About the Dangers of Perfectionism

By Seth Adam Smith

In the Church, we often struggle with the idea of perfection. The Savior's command to "be ye therefore perfect" is a tall order. And in the age of Instagram and Pinterest—where everything is cropped and photoshopped to "perfection"—it might seem like perfection is far beyond our grasp.

From the Church

Church's Christmas Video Makes Top 10 on Viral Video List

Amidst the advertisers and big corporations who made the most successful ad campaigns of the season is one religious organization sharing a much different Christmas message than the commercial: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to AdAge and Visible Measures.

The difference between Old and New World archaeology

Before I begin sharing some of the interesting New World evidences that are consistent with an ancient Book of Mormon, there is one more topic to discuss regarding the way some critics approach Book of Mormon archaeology. Some critics like to compare the lack of archaeological support for the Book of Mormon with the supposedly voluminous archaeological support for the Bible. As Dr. William Hamblin has pointed out, however, there is a drastic difference between the Old and New Worlds when it comes to epigraphic (written) data, the continuity of culture and toponyms (place names). While the arid environment of biblical archaeology is conducive to preserving archaeological artifacts, the hot, humid Mesoamerican climate is detrimental to the preservation of most artifacts such as wood, bone, metal and clothing.

It's the words of the prophet — not the voice — that matters

I was born in Utah and grew up in southeastern Idaho. Aside from a stint as a white-water rafting guide in Alaska just prior to my mission in Europe, I never experienced much of life outside of areas with predominantly Mormon populations. My first general conference in another country came during my mission in Italy. I remember longing to hear what the brethren were saying. The weekend of the conference came and went. Several months later, I received a copy of the Ensign with the conference addresses and poured over them with new gratitude for the words of living prophets.

Latter-day Saint Life

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: Choices, Not Abilities, Make the Difference in Life

President Uchtdorf's address to the women of the Church on Saturday was an incredible reminder of the power of our choices.

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First Presidency Announces Dedication Dates for Haiti Temple

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced dates for the open house, youth devotional and dedication for the Port-au-Prince Haiti Temple.

Mitt Romney answers the question "What went wrong in the presidential election?"

SALT LAKE CITY — For Spencer Zwick, the realization that the man he’d worked for since the 2002 Winter Olympics would not be president didn’t hit until the morning after the election, when he started to introduce Mitt Romney at an event for donors. “One of the hardest things was standing up there,” Zwick recalled. “To just say, ‘Welcome Mitt and Ann Romney,’ this is the moment it struck me that, ‘Oh my goodness, he’s not going to be the president and he should be.’″