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After a Thief Stole His Wheelchair, Latter-day Saint Missionary Receives Touching Gift

Nineteen-year-old Rhett Carbine has a rare genetic disorder that makes it hard for him to breathe. A personalized wheelchair carries his oxygen tanks, which give him some freedom.

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President Ballard Gives 8 Suggestions for Balancing Life’s Demands

What helpful advice from President Ballard that will help us as we set our goals and priorities for the new year.

How the Community of Christ and LDS Church Draw Upon Shared Heritage, Work Together as Friends

“It’s wonderful to know you can have disagreements on theological questions and have a wonderful and beautiful friendship,” said Griffiths, who teaches in the Church History Department. “I love the time that we spend together and I always learn a ton by listening to our friends of the Community of Christ.”

From the Church

Church Releases New Chart of Apostles, Other Church Leaders

After many historic announcements in general conference yesterday, the Church released updated pictures of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, general authorities, and Young Women presidency.

Is 2012 good for the Mormons?

What are we to think, now that a Mormon has clinched the presidential nomination of one of America’s two major parties? The respectable Victorian men who ruled America’s politics during the 1912 election would have been stricken with chills at the thought of a presidential election a century hence pitting a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints against an African American. So looked at in one way, the 2012 election – like the 2008 – signals that America does seem to be a melting pot. African Americans and Mormons alike – like Catholics before them – once reviled and suspect minorities, are now capable participants in American public life.

'BibleStick' device provides spiritual support to military

A Christian software developer that creates "BibleStick" pocket-sized digital audio devices that can play the entire New Testament is reporting that requests for its product have spiked higher than ever before as the July 4 holiday approaches. Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) said in a statement that since 2008, more than 218,000 units have been freely distributed to more than 1,000 chaplains who have used them during pre-deployment briefings, counseling sessions, chapel services, Bible studies and upon direct request of service members. The organization was established in 1972, and is celebrating its 40th year of ministry.

Mitt Romney and Those 'Mormon Moments'

From Donny and Marie Osmond, to HBO's "Big Love," to Proposition 8 in California, to persistent -- and inaccurate -- Beltway legends about how half of the CIA is staffed by members of the LDS Church, America's Mormons have a way of episodically popping into the national consciousness. The recent ascent of Mitt Romney to the status of presumptive Republican nominee is no exception to this rule. It is yet another "Mormon moment" in a long string of such moments dating back to the 19th century.

Mormon White Horse Prophecy showdown in the debt ceiling debacle?

With the Boehner debt ceiling plan having failed to bring conservative Republicans on board and commentators everywhere predicting some serious market consequences, it looks like the final hours of the debt ceiling debacle are coming down to a contest between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Tea Party ringleader Senator Mike Lee (R-UT). Both Mormon. Reid, it's reported, is positioning himself to offer the last, best, and only option for avoiding default, while Lee is expected to insist on a balanced budget amendment all the way to the finish.

From the Church

Church Discontinuing More Garment Styles to Accommodate Improved Products, Fabrics

"Following the introduction of women’s Stretch Cotton garments, the product line will be extended to include men’s Stretch Cotton styles," store.lds.org states. In order to accommodate these new garment styles, the Church will be discontinuing certain garment styles. Find out more about these changes here.

Latter-day Saint Life

A Military Miracle: The Spiritual Prompting That Saved One Marine from Death

During WWII, 17-year-old Albert Christman enlisted in the Marines, and after his service in the Pacific was awarded the Purple Heart.