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24 Awkward Interactions Mormons Have With Everyone Else
If you’re not Mormon, forgive us for our quirks. Here are 24 common interactions Mormons have with, well, everyone that’s not Mormon — and it’s equally awkward for both sides involved.
Latter-day Saint Life
12 Days of Discipleship Christmas Challenge
We all know the popular carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas," a song all about gift giving. This Christmas I'm challenging myself (and you) to give some gifts, too. Not seven swimming swans or the latest iPhone, but gifts of discipleship that will prepare you, me, and others to celebrate Christmas the right way. In the process, each of us will become a little more Christlike, too.
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Latter-day Saint Life
5 Things I Gave Up to Be a Happier Mom
Gluten, flour, sugar, Diet Coke, food I can actually taste.
Best of FAIR 9: The Lives of Mormon Women
Claudia Bushman asks, is the self sacrifice motif for women in the Church so strong that no interest and care should be taken about their own lives? She observes that “too many women in the church live passive lives. We cannot afford to do that. We have talents to multiply.” She also addresses the role of feminism in the Church. Only a few years ago, she told a Salt Lake Tribune writer that feminism was dead and that the word itself had become so frightening that the movement was now moribund and extinguished. She nevertheless, acknowledges that there are still “many old self-described LDS feminists around.”
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Famous Latter-day Saints
The Queen, Morgan Freeman, Elton John & More Send Condolences for LDS Legend Who Died
Latter-day Saint and legendary rugby player Jonah Lomu died recently at the age of 40 after a lengthy battle with nephrotic syndrome. Famous athletes as well as other notable celebrities from around the world have joined in expressing their condolences.
Latter-day Saint Life
What You Don’t Know About the Word “Mom”
“I know a name, a glorious name, dearer than any other, listen I’ll whisper the name to you, it is the name of mother.”
From the Church
BYU Milestones Under President Samuelson
President Samuelson is a Salt Lake City native who has served at the University of Utah as professor of medicine, dean of the School of Medicine and vice president of health sciences. Prior to his call as a full-time General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was senior vice president of Intermountain Health Care. He holds a bachelor of science degree, a master's degree in educational psychology and a medical degree from the University of Utah.
Overcoming the Label of Addict
Recently, I shared a series of posts here on my blog that focused on the Atonement. I wrote about sin, repentance and forgiveness. I used some youthful examples which were painful but helpful to get to the heart of the matter. I want my religion to help me feel better, spiritually speaking, and to give me hope for a better life in the next world. In other words, I want to feel forgiveness.
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Be a Part of Indexing History!
On July 2, 2012, a total of 49,025 FamilySearch indexers and arbitrators joined together to set the all-time record for the most indexing participants in a single day. That lofty record is about to be broken-by you!
Latter-day Saint Life
Why You Should Stop Treating Your Husband Like a Child
After an exchange at a party where he met a woman who referred to her husband as her “third child,” fatherhood blogger Frederick J. Goodall wrote: “Most men have a deep desire to feel respected. If you ask a group of men if they’d rather be respected or liked, the majority of them would say respected. When one spouse treats the other as a child, the relationship becomes unbalanced.”