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Latter-day Saint Movie Review: What Parents Need to Know About "Avengers—Endgame" Before Seeing It with Family

For daily faith-friendly movie reviews, follow us on Facebook. For sure-fire picks that meet your standards, pick up 250 Great Movies for Latter-day Families.

What Serving a Mormon Mission Taught Me About Religious Respect

Having been a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I’ve learned a thing or two about tolerance and respect for religious belief. It took me a while, but I learned to respect personal belief. Whether the people I met were Catholic, LDS, Buddhist or atheist, it didn’t matter. I respected them. As I learned, I came to understand five great ways to show that I respected people and their beliefs. Listen

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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.

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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.

Young Women Lesson 26: Testimony

Manual 1; Excerpt from "A Living Testimony," by Henry B. Eyring

Is 'The Book of Mormon' good for Mormons?

The new Broadway show, The Book of Mormon, opened on Thursday to rave reviews and has immediately become one of the hottest ticket on the Great White Way. Since the show is written and produced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the guys who brought us South Park, the project had been met with intrigue from its onset; now, though, thanks to all the accolades, some are second-guessing whether the show is so controversial after all. Mormons have even reportedly been fans of the show.

Romney on Israel: More GOP Than LDS

When Mitt Romney claimed “culture” and the “hand of Providence” led to Israel’s economic superiority over the Palestinians at a Jerusalem fundraiser this morning, he was hardly reading from a Mormon script. Daniel C. Peterson, professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University, editor in chief of the BYU Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, and author of the book Abraham Divided: An LDS Perspective on the Middle East, said in an interview that growing up as a Mormon in California in the 1960s, most Latter-Day Saints were “very militantly pro-Israeli.”

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10 Inspiring Books by Non-LDS Writers

The LDS book market is a publishing force to be reckoned with, with hundreds of new titles by LDS authors being published every year. Elder Orson F. Whitney said in 1888, “We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own. … In God’s name and by his help we will build up a literature whose top shall touch heaven. …”

The 'Bachelorette' Mormon mystery

As Emily Maynard said “yes!” to her new soulmate and husband on The Bachelorette, even the most cynical viewer could not help but to shed a tear. And forgive her for the other time she got engaged on national TV.Sunday’s finale capped one of the most satisfying seasons of The Bachelorette. Although Emily had a natural chemistry with her three final guys, most viewers probably guessed who her future husband would be: Jef Holm, the 26-year-old bottled-water-company owner from Salt Lake City. He and Emily came across like that cute college couple everybody roots for, and his first encounter with her 6-year-old daughter, Ricky, was adorable. Internet spoilers broke news of their engagement in early July.

From the Church

First Presidency asks for sacrament meeting-only services on Sunday, December 26

By Haley Lundberg

A letter to Church leaders this week asked that Church services on Sunday, December 26, 2021, should be limited to sacrament meeting only.