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Teachings of George Albert Smith 21: The Power of Kindness

Excerpt from "The Virtue of Kindness," by Joseph B. Wirthlin

LDS special-needs student and football friends help change high school

When Carson Jones invited Chy Johnson to sit with him and his football buddies at lunch last fall, he didn't think it was a big deal. Since that time, Johnson's story has been a source of inspiration told through accounts in the national media and, most recently, the priesthood session of LDS general conference. Johnson, 16, has microcephaly, a brain disorder. She became a target for bullies at Queen Creek High School. After hearing her daughter express frustration about the other kids throwing trash at her, Chy’s mother, Elizabeth Johnson, called up Jones to ask if he’d give her some names of the bullies. Instead, Jones befriended her daughter.

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Church Continues to Monitor and Respond to Ebola Situation

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shares in the growing concern across the world about the Ebola virus and is monitoring the situation carefully. Below is an update on how the Church is responding.

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Mortars and Miracles: Faith-Filled Stories of Mormons in the Military

By LDS Living

Shortly after arriving in Vietnam as an Air Force pilot, Larry Chesley looked around at the other airmen in his unit, his eyes stopping on a young man. “And the Spirit said, ‘He’s not coming home.’ And I dismissed it and I looked around the room and my eyes stopped on another man, and the Spirit said, ‘He’s not coming home.’

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25 Painless Ways to be a Member Missionary

There’s a rumor going around that Latter-day Saints don’t like doing missionary work. They think it’s scary, they’re hesitant, they avoid it. This is false. We love missionary work. We just lack ideas that fit our personal style. Not everyone can slap a stranger on the back and say, “Hey, Buddy Boy, why don’t you come to church with me?” There actually are people who can do this and succeed with it. But most of us find this approach uncomfortable, if not hair-raising, so we need a few more ideas. Then, once we have them, we’re more than happy to hasten the work.

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The First Sentence an Autistic Boy Typed on His iPad Shocked His Mother—and Revealed Something Beautiful About God

Unable to speak, it was only recently that Josiah Cullen found a way to communicate with the world. Nothing surprised his mother as much as when Josiah wrote his first independent sentence.

More Mormon missionaries means fewer college students

Jorgen Sumsion spent the fall semester studying biostatistics at Brigham Young University, but he's not enrolled this semester.Sumsion is still in Provo, but the 18-year-old is at the Missionary Training Center preparing for a Mormon mission in Taiwan. He plans to continue his studies at BYU -- after he returns from his two-year mission.

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Why Hanukkah Falls on Christmas This Year & Why Mormons Should Know More About This Sacred Holiday

The story of Hanukkah is also a story of our heritage that tells about the protection and dedication of something Mormons hold dear, a temple.

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LDS Stakes Build Life-Sized Ark of the Covenant & Tabernacle, Give Tours to Other Faiths

By Katie Lambert

The Murrieta and Huntington Beach Stakes went old school to bring the scriptures to life—as in Old Testament old school.

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Rare Book of Mormon Sells for $100K

By Jamie Armstrong

A rare first edition Book of Mormon has been sold for $100,000 through Heritage Auction to an internet bidder. One of 5,000 copies printed in 1830 by E.B. Grandin in Palmyra, New York, this Book of Mormon once belonged to the foreman of the printing press, Pomeroy Tucker, according to Heritage Auctions' website.