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Young divorced sister missionary shares unique story
About a month ago, I checked in on the influx of sister missionaries and spotlighted blogs that described the process from decision to return. This sparked a reader, Julianne Hatton, to drop me a note: “My daughter is also serving a mission. What makes her story interesting is that she is divorced.” Now I don’t have numbers, but would imagine this scenario to be somewhat unique and so dug a little deeper into Hermana Grace Hatton’s story and on a preparation day she wrote me her story.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir streams 'Music and the Spoken Word' Valentine's special
“We love our fans!” the Mormon Tabernacle Choir proclaims. And to show this, for the first time ever, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints streamed its "Music and the Spoken Word" Valentine’s special on Facebook all day Sunday. You can visit the choir's Facebook page to see if the content is still streaming.
Artistic missionary photos worth a thousand words
If a picture is worth a thousand words, is a missionary picture worth a thousand words of gospel discussion? I love seeing fantastic new ways of using blog technology, and Skylar Williams, an ingenious missionary who just returned from serving in Switzerland and France, took to the streets of southern France while a missionary to take a series of photos that served as artistic renditions of missionary work. I’ll let him explain the process:
Photo: A Mormon temple in a dust storm
I was blown away (sorry for the pun) at these photos of the Gilbert Arizona Temple in front of an upcoming “Desert Haboob” (an Arabic word meaning intense dust storm). Beautiful but unpredictable nature mixed with serene temple.
Twas the Night Before Transfers
Twas the night before transfers,when all through the mission The Assistants and President had made their decisions. The luggage was stacked by the side door to ship. Waiting for the van to make the trip.
Russian missionaries making history
“For the first time, Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, Albanians and Baltic missionaries have a place to go for their MTC experience” says Doug and Connie Earl, Missionary Training Center directors in Spain. They continue, “Previous to this they would go directly to the mission field. Some, those that were fluent in English and could get a visa to the U.S. were allowed to go to Provo, but most did not. This is our first group.... They are delightful.”
Latter-day Saint Life
Finding our Boundaries Within the Church
As an active reader and listener of many corners of the Bloggernacle, I have noticed there are many people asking the question, “What does it mean to be ‘Mormon?’”. I have also had the opportunity to discuss this topic with many people.
Create Your Own Gospel-Centered Blog
Many Latter-day Saints have accepted the challenge to share the gospel online. You may find that sharing uplifting messages is rewarding and easy.
Scholar Terryl Givens explains Mormon concept of 'Restoration'
Mormons may think they understand the Restoration, but in 19th century America, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not just another restoriationist religion. Scholar Terryl Givens explained at the “Exploring Mormon Conceptions of the Apostasy” conference on Friday afternoon at BYU: “It is historically misleading in one important regard to consider Mormonism another variety of restorationism. Parley P. Pratt made this seemingly obvious point, ‘We can never understand precisely what is meant by restoration until we understand what was taken away.’”
Latter-day Saint Life
Overcome the Pain with Joy
More often than not, these days on the Bloggernacle there is a narrative among LDS people where pain is the central theme. I don’t want to diminish anyone’s trials or hardships. I also do not want to make light of the legitimate struggles we all have on a daily basis. However, when I see the subject of “pain” come up again and again as a narrative for how to live life, I am troubled. Life is hard and there are painful times, but I don’t think Heavenly Father meant for life to be an unrelenting painful experience.