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LDS Couple's Dream Anniversary Trip to Paris Turns into Nightmare

MR says: An LDS couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a dream trip to Paris suddenly found themselves in the midst of a city plunged into chaos and near the heart of six deadly terrorist attacks.

Mormon student takes time off school for missionary work in Brazil

Root beer is one of the main topics featured in most of Jared Knotts’ letters he sends home. That and his longing for Pizza Hut and Twitter, all of which the vocal performance major cannot come across in Brazil, where he will reside for the next 18 months. Knotts is in South America as a Mormon missionary, and while he feels he is contributing to his church, he said he also realizes the little things that he misses about campus.

We learned the wrong lesson from Martin Harris

In the course of studying Matthew, we came across the story of the woman who begged to have her daughter healed. Christ told her he couldn’t help her because she wasn’t part of his mission, but she wouldn’t take no for an answer. After proving her faith with a little verbal jousting, Christ gave her what she asked of him. Matthew 15: 27: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

'Clara Tale' just the first of a series for LDS family

Ironically, what Jan and Eliza Dawson would most like to do with their children's fairy-tale movie project is encourage parents to turn off the screens in their children's lives. They're hoping their series of stories featuring youngsters with simple costumes and everyday props will prompt parents to sit down and create art of all kind with their kids.

New Mormon Papers Offer an Unvarnished Look at Joseph Smith

Critics will find no bombshells in the new 640-page book of early historic LDS documents, but scholars and the faithful will discover a much more complex Mormon founder than they ever knew. At least that’s the hope of the scores of church historians who worked on the book, titled "Documents, Volume 1: July 1828-June 1831," released on Wednesday at a news conference in the Church History Library in downtown Salt Lake City.

He's Amazing and Still Single - WHY?

By Alisa Snell

Every ward has one or two single men who are simply amazing, and yet, year after year, they remain single.

Slate on how Mormons went from beard-wearing radicals to clean-cut conformists

By LDS Living

Slate published a story today called Saturday’s Warriors: How Mormons went from beard-wearing radicals to clean-cut conformiststhat caught our attention. While it's an interesting rundown of how LDS culture has evolved from essentially bearded polygamists to clean-shaven business men, the tone of the article is somewhat negative towards the Church.

Church statement on false disciplinary actions, political views

Several news reports contain claims that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is disciplining one of its members in Florida because of that member’s expression of a political opinion. The Church, however, has released a statement that says, “It is patently false for someone to suggest they face Church discipline for having questions or for expressing a political view. The Church is an advocate of individual choice. It is a core tenet of our faith.” Fortunately, reporters from the New York Times and Salt Lake Tribune dig deeper and get it right.

LDS Church Announces New Scripture Mastery Passages for Seminary

Leaders of the LDS Church have shown an undeniable interest in the youth of the Church lately. In early 2013, the new youth Sunday curriculum Come, Follow Me: Learning Resources for Youth was released. Then age requirements for missionary service were changed in October 2012, allowing many more young adults to serve as full-time missionaries. This school year, seminary students will notice one more change to their religious education. Church leaders have taken a second look at Seminary scripture mastery passages, modifying the required lists to help prepare youth for future missionary and church service.

6 Reasons Why Mormons Love C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis was not a Mormon. But, Mormons love C.S. Lewis. We love to read his books [the Chronicles of Narnia series and The Screwtape Letters always top faves], and we love to quote him. He’s one of the most oft-quoted non-Mormons by Mormons [**rivaled only by his best friend and fellow author, J.R.R. Tolkien, whom I have previously blogged about**] Tomorrow commemorates the 50th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death (which happened to coincide on the same day as JFK’s assassination). November is also Lewis’ birth month. So, it’s high time for me to pay homage.