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Watch: Church Releases New Video About Finding Hope in the Resurrection

"I was 8 years old when mum died. And probably not realizing it at the time, but I think that started, for me, a lifelong pursuit to find out about her and where she is and where I need to be to be with her," a man says on the Mormon Channel's new video "Finding Hope Through the Resurrection."

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Elder Holland’s 90-second analogy might change how you think about the Sabbath

By LDS Living

“[The Sabbath] is not a day for all the things you can’t do. That would be a pathetic way to think of the Sabbath,” Elder Holland shares in a video featured on the Church’s website. Then he gives an analogy to the Star of David that can transform how we think of this sacred day.

In the Whirled: Does the LDS Church Complicate or Simplify Lives?

For some reason, life tends to speed up in the fall. Kids return to school, food is packed into canning jars and sandals get swapped for sweaters. The parade of major holidays begins. Like the squirrels that pepper our backyards, there is an urgency that comes with autumn.

A pageant of Mormon history and mirth

Every year in mid-July, Jesus descends from the heavens onto a hillside in bucolic western New York. Should they witness the nighttime scene, evangelical Protestants driving along U.S. Route 21 might worry that they have missed the rapture. Instead, what they have missed is a uniquely American religious festival, concluding its 75th anniversary this weekend. In the Hill Cumorah Pageant, nearly a thousand members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bring to life the sacred history of their faith. The pageant takes place near Palmyra, the small town in which Joseph Smith Jr. published the Book of Mormon in 1830.

Descendants of pioneer hero Hanks featured in ‘Ephraim’s Rescue’

She dangled over the cold water, her feet at the bottom of the Provo River. The production crew dragged her through the current while she struggled to gain her footing. Under the water, a camera filmed her feet as they scraped across the rocks and sand. Sherry Smith starred as a “foot double” for a principal character in the newest movie from LDS filmmaker T.C. Christensen. Smith is one of many descendants of Mormon pioneer Ephraim Hanks featured in the film “Ephraim’s Rescue,” which opened in theaters Friday.

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Four Important Tips to Protect Missionaries

The Lord has provided measures to help keep missionaries safe from spiritual and physical hazards, Elder David F. Evans of the Seventy and Executive Director of the Missionary Department said during the 2015 Seminar for New Mission Presidents held in the Provo Missionary Training Center on June 25.

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Church Releases Jarring Video: Battling Sex Addiction With Honesty

In honor of National Addiction Recovery Month, the Mormon Channel is releasing a series of powerful and raw videos, which focus on the struggles and triumphs of those overcoming various addictions.

A call for the creative: new LDS website invites sharing of talents

The Creation is something God's children have marveled about for thousands of years. Animals, flowers, mountains, oceans, starry skies and people have inspired video, music, art, writing and photography. Every child of God is given talents and encouraged to share and develop them. In the 2008 semiannual general conference, President Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency said, "Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty. … The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create. That is your opportunity in this life and your destiny in the life to come."

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See All of the Temples in the World That Are Being Built Right Now (Infographic)

MR says: From Italy to Japan, find out all of the LDS temples currently under construction and the progress that's been made so far.

The "Mormon Issue" is not going away

It is the number that may very well define the outcome of the 2012 presidential race. Less than a year ago, a Gallup poll revealed that twenty-two percent of Americans said they would not vote for a Mormon to be president. Only atheists and gays rated less popular. And breaking this number down between Republicans and Democrats did not improve the picture. The same poll indicated that twenty percent of Republicans and twenty-seven percent of Democrats would not vote for a Mormon presidential candidate. Gallop also reported that these percentages have remained essentially unchanged since 1967 when the firm first began polling on the issue of Mormons in politics.