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Fifty years ago, a young aspiring pilot in the German Air Force spent his free time helping with the construction of a chapel in Big Spring. This Sunday he will return, as one of the highest-ranking leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to rededicate that chapel.
I am blessed to live in “convert land.” Less than 1 percent of the population of my home state, Alabama, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Because of the small numbers, my chosen religion exercises little influence over my community’s environment. Approximately 90 percent of the members in my Mormon ward are converts, and a high proportion of those are relatively recent converts. In most respects, our religious experiences, internal and external to the ward, would have more in common with an LDS congregation in 1840 Nauvoo, Ill., than with an LDS congregation in 2011 Provo, Utah. It is a unique situation.
There’s a degree of trepidation that comes with being in charge of the LDS Film Festival. Festival founder Christian Vuissa is a big believer in the filmmaking subculture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and filmmaking Mormons frequently flock to the festival, now in its 10th year. That, however, doesn’t mean that Vuissa takes the festival for granted.
For a quick overview of the sessions, watch this video of highlights from the 183rd General Conference.
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Did you know that one of the heaviest Angel Moroni statues weighs 4,000 pounds, that one statue was colored white or that the statue usually faces east?
Charity Tillemann-Dick is an accomplished speaker, presenter, and soprano singer. She has performed in prestigious concert halls across Europe, Asia, and America in front of celebrities, presidents, and world dignitaries. In 2004, Charity was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, a rare condition that causes the arteries in the lungs to harden, forcing the heart to work harder and harder to pump blood throughout the body. Left untreated, Charity was not expected to live longer than five years. But since her diagnosis, Charity has received two double lung transplants and continues to speak, sing and perform across the country.
Each week we take within ourselves, both literally and symbolically, Him who is the Bread of Life and the Living Water. As the Nephites of old we have the opportunity, one by one, to partake of the physical tokens of His sacrifice.
“Why don’t I feel a burning in my bosom?” Almost every Latter-day Saint has asked this question when the Spirit “Why don’t I feel a burning in my bosom?” Almost every Latter-day Saint has asked this question when the Spirit seems to elude the deepest pleadings of the heart. Recognizing the Holy Ghost isn’t meant to be a piece of cake, but it doesn’t have to be a rarity either.
This generation of Mormons represents future church leaders, who will carry the kingdom of God on their shoulders, LDS apostle M. Russell Ballard told nearly 5,000 young Latter-day Saints on Tuesday evening. “We want you to see yourselves as bishops, Relief Society presidents. … [even] seated on the stand as an apostle,” Ballard told the single Mormons between ages 18 and 30, gathered in the Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City. “We need you to be prepared.”