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How One Man Overcame Severe Brain Damage to Serve a Mission, Live His Dreams

By Katie Lambert

Your son may never sit up.

Surviving the Philippines: 1 Year After the Tsunami & Earthquake

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Miraculous Stories of Mormons Surviving the Philippines Typhoon

By Danielle B. Wagner

Natural disasters are nothing new to the Philippines or the people who live there, but two massive disasters last fall resulted in overwhelming tragedy. Just one year ago, on October 15, 2013, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the strongest felt in the central Philippines in 23 years, caused severe damage in Bohol and the surrounding area in Cebu. The quake killed more than 200 people and rocked the lives of over 3 million others.

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Modesty: What Church Leaders have actually said

By Lindsey Miller

Editor's note: This article is part of a series on what the Church has actually taught about various topics. To read more about the Church’s teachings on cremation, garments, beards, and more, click here.

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The Newspaper Editor Charged with Joseph Smith's Murder +3 More Surprising Facts About Joseph Smith and Newspapers of His Day

By Daryl Austin

Every U.S. president has dealt with criticisms from the press of their day. Being able to influence public narratives has often been an important task for any politician or public personality. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, for example, were so concerned with the way the newspaper Gazette of the United States was shaping opinions against their Democratic-Republican Party that they covertly established a partisan editor and newspaper of their own, the National Gazette, to counterattack their rivals in The Federalist Party.

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1 member’s response to someone who didn’t like the Church because women ‘aren't allowed to participate’

By Sheri L. Dew

“She wanted to know what women did in our Church, and that was all the encouragement I needed to give her a glimpse into life as a Latter-day Saint woman.” 

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Why Did God Put a Veil Between Us and Him? One Powerful Explanation

By Bruce C. Hafen

Not only does the veil keep us from remembering our premortal past, it also keeps us from seeing many things that are going on at the present. God and His angels almost always stay in their hiding places—except on those exquisitely rare occasions when He does part that veil.

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LDS Perfectionism: Research Reveals Pros & Cons

By Danielle B. Wagner

“You’re such a perfectionist!”

I have been taught that we can make many choices in life, but we cannot choose our final destiny. Our actions do that. -Elder Richard G. Scott

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Elder Scott's 21 Principles to Help You Live by the Spirit

By Excerpted from "21 Principles" by Elder Richard G. Scott

Humankind has always benefited from obedience to true principles. The fearless Polynesians in precarious craft crossed an immense ocean for destinations thousands of miles away. That feat was accomplished not by chance but by adherence to sound principles of celestial navigation. They prepared carefully and did not succumb to temptations to deviate from their course or delay en route. In like manner, you and I can be assured of reaching worthy objectives in life by understanding and consistently following correct principles rooted in revealed truth:

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8 Things Successful Missionaries Do

By David A. Christensen & Jenny Spencer

Check out our other articles for more about how to help your missionary prepare to serveand how to help your missionary adjust to being home.

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Sacrament Meeting on a War Ship + More Powerful Photos of Latter-day Saints During Wartime

By Saints at War Project

Latter-day Saints have a rich heritage of patriotism, going all the way back to the twelfth Article of Faith. Many have pledged their lives in military service as a part of that patriotism, and the Saints at War Project has collected the stories, photographs, and artifacts of their experiences. Here are just a few.