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For Those Sick and Tired of the Negativity in the Media, You Need to Read This Church Article

How can we help flood the world with all the good we see? How can we keep a balanced perspective to focus on the good while not ignoring the bad?

Slate maps out population of Mormons in America

Utah, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is headquartered, is the state everyone associates with Mormonism. But Mormons didn’t arrive in the Beehive state until 1847, nearly 20 years after Joseph Smith, a native of Vermont, began attracting followers to his fledgling religious movement, which he founded in western New York State.

Elder Christofferson: The Inside Scoop

1) As a teenager, he performed in the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra.

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Elder Ballard Shares Why We Are All Needed in the Fight Against Pornography

By LDS Living

Pornography has become entirely normalized in our society.

{Food Dish} Apple-Puffed Pancakes for Conference

By Ashley Jones

As general conference approaches, one item of food specifically comes to mind: Apple-Puffed Pancakes. I’m humming “Tradition” from Fiddler on the Roof right now, because Apple-Puffed Pancakes are a total general conference breakfast tradition in my family. The only problem with it: there’s never enough. That’s how good it is. No, really. It’s that good. Give them a try this weekend and let me know if they meet your expectations. Enjoy!

Lesson Helps

August 2015 Home Teaching Lesson: "Stand As a Light"

By LDS Living

I have had the privilege of attending many cultural celebrations held in conjunction with temple dedications. I have loved all of them, including the most recent one I attended in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, last November.

LDS woman honored as National Mother of the Year

American Mothers Inc. is an interfaith, nonpolitical, nonprofit organization that seeks “to champion women by honoring, educating, and serving mothers at home, at work, and in the world.” Every year, the organization selects mothers from nominees in the United States as the National Mother of the Year and the Young Mother of the Year. Women are also selected for both titles in the each of the 50 states and some U.S. territories.

Will Romney’s Secret Service protection hinder Mormon temple visits?

Mitt Romney has gone to church several times since the Secret Service began guarding the Republican nominee, but he’s yet to take in the more sacred Mormon rite: visiting an LDS temple. As the first Mormon heading a major-party presidential ticket, Romney’s newfound position with a Secret Service detail raises a question of how his around-the-clock protection would affect his ability to visit The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ most holy buildings.

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How My Anger Towards the Quorum of the Twelve Was Washed Away

By Josh Searle

Josh Searle was one of many gay Mormons whose stories were featured on the Church's website, mormonandgay.lds.org.Here is just one of the Church videos that shared his story:

Young Women Lesson 45: The Value of Work

Manual 1; Excerpt from "Two Principles for Any Economy," by Dieter F. Uchtdorf