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BYU Surprises in 'Money' Magazine's New College Rankings

In the very long history of American higher education, the idea of ranking colleges is actually a fairly recent development.

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Elder Oaks Provides Surprising Answer to the Question "Where Do We Find Our Greatest Joy?'

In a newly renovated Marriott Center on the Brigham Young University campus, more than 2,000 graduates and their supporters gathered for commencement exercises on Thursday afternoon.

12 Years After He Got Lost as a Child, Man Finds Mother While Investigating the Church

Chun Chen was just a little boy, not yet four years old, when his parents took him to a playground. He wandered off and found an arcade where people put coins in machines and played video games. He was mesmerized, but suddenly he realized his parents had disappeared. His tears brought people who tried to help him, offering him food and comfort.

Today in the Bloggernacle: Mormon Channel releases 15 Strength of Youth 2013 videos

Youth resources: Last week I pointed out a teaser trailer for Mormon Channel's Strength of Youth 2013 media, and I am excited to now highlight the entire Strength of Youth 2013 media playlist. It features 15 videos on subjects such as “We're Still a Family - Plan of Salvation,” “Through Small Things - Home & Family,” “The Glory of God is Intelligence — Standards: Education" and many more. I love how so many of them feature youth testimonies in voices from around the world. In a similar vein, find a good explanation for some of the new learning resources for youths found in this month’s Ensign and online. Check it all out!

LDS Convert Reunites with Influential Friend after 55 Years

Having been born into a family void of religious instruction, I didn't know the love of my Father in Heaven and his keen awareness of me a young man. This knowledge came as a result of joining the Army as an 18 year old, fresh out of high school.

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A Small Missionary Miracle in South Korea Leads to Moving Conversion Story

Darkness was settling in on the last night of my first month in Yongin, South Korea. What an…interesting…month it had been. I was still a little green, no question about it. Yongin was only my second area. Three different companions in my first three months in the country; and I was about to receive my fourth companion the next day.

Mitt, the Marriotts and the Fight Against Pornography

Marriott hotels will be phasing out in-room pay-per-view pornography over the next five years, giving up about $100 million in revenues to do so. (Lucky for them, Marriott guests will still be able to enjoy the Book of Mormon stashed in the nightstand drawer in Marriott hotel rooms, courtesy of the mega-Mormon Marriott family.)

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Church Donating $3 Million to Help Build New Stadium

The presiding bishopric sent a letter to a Utah committee hearing, pledging to donate $3 million to a new stadium that would greatly help the community. "We . . . feel confident that it would be a marvelous blessing for the people of the state of Utah," the letter reads.

Family Loses 4 Sons to Rare Medical Condition; 9 Others Diagnosed

Michael Egbert passed away from a rare condition most of his family was diagnosed with. "I felt like he was there with me," his wife Meisha Egbert said after having their son four months after Michael died. "I felt him looking over my shoulder as I was looking right into our little baby's eyes."

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How the LDS Hymnbook Came to Be and the Revelation That Led to It

In 1830, Joseph Smith received the revelation that would lead to what we know now as the LDS hymnbook. Here's how that happened.