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15 Ways to be Grateful from the Prophet and Apostles

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the month of November is filled with gratitude. This can be seen on social media outlets, where users frequently participate in #30daysofgratitude on Facebook and Twitter, among others.

Jewish Writer Shares Why Everyone Should See 'Meet the Mormons'

[A] dispute [between two top political journalists] highlighted how difficult it has been for many Americans to come to grips with Mormonism and its practitioners. If even Jews like Klein—members of another minority faith historically maligned for its unusual beliefs and rituals—have trouble understanding and accepting Mormons, one can imagine how hard it has been for the rest of the country. It’s exactly this sort of discomfort that Meet the Mormons, a 78-minute documentary produced by the LDS Church that is currently playing across America, seeks to allay.

Mormon Temple in Gilbert: Inside Look at Temple's Special Meaning

Pictures cover the walls of the Peters’ Gilbert home. They chronicle the more than 20 years since Mike and Suzie married, had four children, and had their lives devastated by cancer. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, their faith always played a key role in their family. It became even more important when then-16-year-old Matthew was diagnosed with cancer. Eight months later, he was gone.

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LDS Church condemns past racism 'inside and outside the church'

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a forceful statement Wednesday condemning racism, "including any and all past racism by individuals both inside and outside the church." The statement came in response to a Washington Post political story about Mitt Romney's run for the presidency and his faith's former ban on giving black men the priesthood. The story included reported comments from a popular BYU religion professor that included personal speculation about the former ban. Many Mormons were upset by Professor Randy Bott's reported comments and some considered them racist.

I'm a Mormon—and I play one on TV

On Dec. 19, Mitt Romney appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman to read “The Top Ten Things Mitt Romney Would Like to Say to the American People.” He gazed into the camera and deadpanned, “Isn’t it time for a President who looks like a 1970s game show host?” He also poked fun at his helmet hair and took a jab at Newt Gingrich. One thing absent from the list: his religion. In speeches, Romney often talks about faith and prayer but rarely mentions that he is a devout Mormon. Perhaps that’s because national polls show many Americans—particularly evangelical Christians he needs to win—know little about the religion and are suspicious of it. A June Gallup poll found that 18 percent of Republicans wouldn’t vote for a Mormon for President.

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Watch: Evie Clair's and Josh Mortensen's Cover of "Have It All" Will Give You Chills

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America's Got Talent finalist Evie Clair and 14-year-old Josh Mortensen have been creating music videos together for quite a while, but their newest video brings their performances to a whole new level.

A Look at Mormonbasics.com

Mormonbasics.com is designed with those who have gospel questions in mind and/or are interested in learning more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When learning a basic principle it is often easier if there are not a lot of references to get confused over.

4 Strategies Satan Uses & How to Resist Them

Elder Larry R. Lawrence of the Seventy spoke to LDS Business College students in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square on Tuesday, June 23.

Huffington Post: Manti Te'o and Mormonism - understanding LDS dating culture

Much of media coverage surrounding the so-called "catfishing" of college football star Manti Te'o has highlighted the questions left unanswered. Amid an athletic industry replete with falls from grace, Te'o's repeated claims of innocence do little to address assertions that no relationship could survive on texts and tweets alone. But, according to some LDS scholars, his Mormon faith might. Stephen Weber, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chaplain at Yale University, has worked with thousands of Mormon college students in his 35-year career. Weber, a life-long member of the LDS church, says that those looking for answers in the Te'o controversy may benefit from a better understanding of Mormon dating.

The Perseverance of Black LDS Church Members

The real heroes of the story are women such as Jane Elizabeth Manning James, a free black woman who was baptized into the LDS Church in the early 1840s and then traveled with a small group of black converts from Connecticut to Illinois in winter, the last 800 miles on foot. “We walked until our shoes were worn out, and our feet became sore and cracked open and bled until you could see the whole print of our feet with blood on the ground,” James recounted in a brief autobiography several decades later. James walked to Utah with the Mormon pioneers in 1847 and remained a devoted member of the Church until her death in 1908, outliving its first five prophets. Upon her death Church leaders recognized James as a pillar of faithfulness—after having denied her access to Mormonism’s most sacred temple rituals by virtue of her race.