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Vulnerability
By Emily Linder
Right before I tapped the record button on my computer, my Oscar-winning interviewee said something that made me both nervous and excited: “I am going to be honest with you here.”
From the Church
Church Releases New Page & Video about Temple Garments
To those outside a particular faith, the rituals and clothing may seem unfamiliar. But for the participants they can stir the deepest feelings of the soul, motivate them to do good, even shape the course of a whole life of service.
Mitt Romney's Mormon religion will have little impact in election
Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, considered to be a potential liability in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, will likely have little consequence when voters go to the polls in November, according to a new survey. Sixty percent of voters who know Romney is Mormon say they are comfortable with that, while 19 percent say it doesn't matter, a recent poll by the Pew Research Center found. And among Republicans who are uncomfortable with the presumptive GOP nominee's faith, a whopping 93 percent say they will still vote for him.
Putting the Mormon faith at center stage
Don and Lee Preston, who teach at an international school near Shanghai, were sitting under a gaily striped tent on a recent Saturday in a field near the birthplace of the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith, helping entertain a group of Mormon teenagers. The Prestons could have gone home to Arizona for their vacation - "but we wanted to do something more meaningful with our summer than eating in restaurants and seeing movies," said Lee, 43.
Missouri remains land of religious promise for Mormons
In 1831, Mormon founder Joseph Smith declared that the righteous would gather in Independence, Mo., to greet the Second Coming of Jesus Christ — just one of the prophecies that estranged his faith from traditional Christianity. Thousands of converted Mormons moved from Ohio and upstate New York to claim their New Jerusalem. Disputes with Missourians led to a bloody Mormon War that ended only when the state’s governor issued an “extermination order” to expel Smith’s followers.
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Latter-day Saint Life
Elder Cook: "Excess Wealth Is Not Promised to Faithful Members, Nor Does It Usually Bring Happiness"
By LDS Living
Recently on Facebook, Elder Quentin L. Cook shared principles that will bring prosperity in our lives. While so many measure their success based on their wealth, Elder Cook says that there is so much more to the idea of prosperity than riches and what we own.
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Latter-day Saint Life
"The Savior Covers This": After Baby Son's Death, LDS Convert Finds Comfort in New Faith
“My husband Dallin and I decided if we have even two minutes with our son, we’re going to take the chance and carry him as long as we can,” Sue Butterworth said. “That’s all we hoped for. All we hoped for was just a minute or two minutes of him just taking a breath.”
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Latter-day Saint Life
LDS Mom with Brain Infection, Facial Paralysis Shares How Faith Helped Her Through
“I think that’s one of the amazing things is that God has things in store for us that we can’t imagine until we’re willing to embrace his will, and then as we really come to act and accept what he’s got, then doors open and the windows of heaven open and the flood comes in and the blessings just multiply,” Jodi Orgill Brown says.
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Latter-day Saint Life
Watch: How Her Daughter's Passing Led One Woman Back to the Church
By LDS Living
Having grown up in the Church, as an adult Brooke began to question her beliefs, drifting away from the faith of her childhood. "For seven years I put my faith on a shelf, and I didn't touch it. I didn't think about it," she explains in a new LDS Living Converted Unto the Lord video.
Teachings of Lorenzo Snow Lesson 7: "Faithfulness in Times of Trial"
Get the full lesson material at LDS.org.