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Researcher Tracks Top 10 Ups and Downs of Growth in LDS Church
Religious demographers one day may view 2014 as the year that some trends in LDS growth — or the lack of it — were reversed.
Latter-day Saint Life
Maintaining a Spirit of Hope and Optimism
It’s a “New Year,” a time for thinking about how we might consider adjusting our lives to live with more purpose and meaning. When we live in a world seemingly dominated by negative news coming from every direction, living with faith sufficient to maintain a spirit of hope and optimism can become a non-stop challenge. Looking for more “positives” in our lives, while standing firm in our convictions and beliefs, isn’t an easy task. But when it’s achieved, we can become a more powerful people, filled with mental, physical, and spiritual strength.
In the Spirit: Mormon Tabernacle Choir to make first-ever Madison, Wisc., appearance
Finding a hotel room June 18 in Downtown Madison might be a little tricky. That’s the night the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will make its first-ever appearance here. After the concert at Overture Center, the 600-person traveling group, which includes about 330 singers, 65 orchestra members and numerous spouses and crew members, will stay overnight in Madison. They will take up parts or all of five hotels.
Elder Eldred G. Smith, eldest and longest-serving general authority, laid to rest
Borrowing from Old Testament language to refer to his friend as “a man of God” and “an honorable man,” LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson joined hundreds of friends and family members Wednesday morning in paying tribute to Elder Eldred Gee Smith, who died last Thursday at 106. Elder Smith, a direct-line descendant of Joseph Smith Sr., the first patriarch to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was called to serve as church patriarch in April 1947. In October 1979 he was give the status of patriarch emeritus. He was the eldest and longest-serving LDS general authority at the time of his death.
Sharing your values with family and friends without sounding preachy or judgmental
It’s tricky when you and your neighbors — or even other family members — don’t work off the same set of guidelines or values. It doesn’t mean you’re right and they’re wrong. It just means you have to really communicate. We experienced this in the mission field with our teenage son, who accompanied us to Atlanta for those three years. First, I have to say that you can’t find a more God-fearing, Jesus-loving people than in the Southeast. It’s right in the middle of the Bible Belt — and, collectively, Georgians are truly people of great faith.
From the Church
Elder Oaks: Church's youth are 'superior' - help them prepare
Teachers have a great responsibility to help the young people of the Church think clearly about gospel truths and how to apply them to the challenges they face, Elder Dallin H. Oaks said during the Church Educational System’s “Evening with a General Authority” February 8, during which he addressed seminary and institute instructors in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. Teachers of the youth and young adults of the Church are “vital to preparing the rising generation for their responsibilities in the Church and Kingdom of God,” he said.
Famous Latter-day Saints
LDS Pro Pitcher Asked for a Trial and Got It
About 15 minutes had passed since the last out in a game between two independent league pro baseball teams on a warm July night.
Lesson Helps
April 2015 LDS Primary Sharing Time Helps and Ideas
Monthly Theme: Jesus Christ Restored the Fulness of the Gospel Through Joseph Smith.
California Mormons and Neighbors Fast for and Receive Rain
The prophet Isaiah taught, “And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought…and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.” (Isaiah 58:6,7, 9, 11.)
Hill Cumorah draws business and protests to streets of Palmyra
Main Street, Palmyra, is where the Book of Mormon was first published. The publishing house is one of the main attractions for out of town visitors attending the Hill Cumorah Pageant, along with the Latter Day Harvest bookstore. "We do more business during the pageant time than the rest of the year combined. It's a huge draw, get a lot of people from out of state bringing out of state dollars so we like that," said Chris Myers, Latter Day Harvest Bookstore.