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4 Tips on Writing Great Sacrament Meeting Talks
Have you ever fallen asleep during sacrament meeting? Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us. However, you don’t want to be the one putting others to sleep while you share a message—as if you weren’t nervous enough giving a talk to the whole ward! So if you have to speak in church next Sunday and want to do it well and keep people from sleeping, then here are a few do’s and don’ts that you may want to keep in mind while preparing your talk.
Latter-day Saint Life
10 Financial Tips to Help You Follow Prophetic Counsel & Get Out of Debt
Most of us will have to incur some debt in our lifetime. Some even find themselves in a continuous debt cycle. Though not all debt is bad debt, we have been counseled for years by our leaders to minimize our debts and strive to become debt free.
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What I'd Be Missing if I Skipped Sunday Meetings
Not infrequently, I read comments from purportedly liberated ex-Mormons about the glories of churchless Sundays. Instead of attending mind-numbingly dull and repetitious meetings, they claim to spend most of their Sundays skiing, golfing, biking, reading classic books, listening to superb music, perfecting their highly toned bodies through exercise, enjoying the beach, and sipping fine imported wines.
Stranger in a Mormon Land
For my part, I figured that a) since Mormonism was going to be in the news quite a bit; b) since my job is to cover religion journalism; and c) since I am nobody’s idea of a saint, Latter-day or otherwise; it would be a good idea to grab some firsthand experience with the religion. So one Sunday, unannounced and with notebook in hand and caffeine coursing through my veins, I showed up at the local Mormon ward and occupied a pew. It was a novelty for both of us it seemed—the congregation and me. I had never seen Mormons at worship and they had never had a bona fide journalist plop down and start taking notes.
From the Church
New Gospel Topic Page: Becoming Like God
One of the most common images in Western and Eastern religions alike is of God as a parent and of human beings as God’s children. Billions pray to God as their parent, invoke the brotherhood and sisterhood of all people to promote peace, and reach out to the weary and troubled out of deep conviction that each of God’s children has great worth.
{LDSL Blog} Best of: Stories of the Week, October 20-26
By LDS Living
You might have missed what went on the last week, but we've put together our list of the week's most popular stories so you don't miss a beat. For October 20 through 26, 2012, these are LDS Living’s top hits:
Young Women Lesson 26: Testimony
Manual 1; Excerpt from "A Living Testimony," by Henry B. Eyring
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Why You Should Attend Church While on Vacation
In October 2013, Elder Kevin S. Hamilton of the Seventy spoke during LDS general conference about the blessings that come from weekly church attendance — even while on vacation or traveling.
Being Mormon: Does it matter in the public eye?
Consider this: On the one hand, two names that keep coming up as serious candidates for the U.S. presidency are former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., who last week created a federal political-action committee to raise money for a possible campaign. Both happen to be Mormon.
Romney’s religion shapes the man, not his message
A tiny incident in the life of a candidate can sometimes tell us more about him than a dozen speeches or television commercials. When Mitt Romney paused to rub his wife’s aching feet after a tough and tiring day of campaigning in Michigan last fall, we got just a glimmer, but a bright one, of insight into the man who would be president. Mr. Romney, so we’re told over and over, is a stuffed shirt who doesn’t smoke or drink and lacks quotable spontaneity. He should loosen up. Well, it’s time to talk about his warmer qualities.