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How serving a full-time mission prepared one man to manage the 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama 49 years later
LDS Living
- When speaking to the media following his Masters victory on Sunday, Hideki Matsuyama, a native of Japan, relied on longtime friend and manager Bob Turner for help in communicating his feelings. Questions were asked by the media and interpreted by Turner to Matsuyama. Matsuyama’s answers were then relayed back to the media through Turner. And while some wondered where an American man like Turner learned Japanese, to Latter-day Saints the answer seemed fairly obvious: Turner served a mission in the Japan East Mission 49 years ago. ► You may also like: Pro Golfer Tony Finau Talks Faith, Family, and the Ankle...
Watch: President Oaks recounts a time he followed an unusual impression in new #HearHim video
Lindsey Williams
- When President Dallin H. Oaks received invitations to speak while serving as a counselor in the Chicago South Stake Presidency, he usually got impressions about what he should speak about. That wasn’t the case though when he was invited to speak in Aurora, Illinois over 50 years ago. In a new “How I #HearHim” video , President Oaks shares how it wasn’t until he was making the hour drive to Aurora that he received the topic he should speak about. The topic? Things he had observed in his professional career as a lawyer in Chicago courts, especially young people who were...
Listen: Jane Clayson Johnson talks candidly about depression
Danielle Christensen
- When award-winning journalist Jane Clayson Johnson was in the depths of clinical depression, she didn’t want to talk about it. Feeling embarrassed and ashamed and living her life under the public eye, she wondered what people would think if she revealed her emotional state. But as she started to come out of that and began talking with other people, she began to realize how many people had a similar experience as her. Now, Johnson has written a book on depression called Silent Souls Weeping and has spoken to thousands of people about the topic. In a recent episode of the Latter-day...
This video of a new temple getting an angel Moroni statue may make your day
Emily Abel
- The angel Moroni statue stands firm and triumphant on top of many temples. As a symbol of the Restoration, the statue has been a source of inspiration for Latter-day Saints around the world. In this special video, watch the angel Moroni on its way up to the top of the Richmond Virginia Temple, which is currently under construction. The video was shared on April 13 on a Facebook page dedicated to providing news and updates about the Richmond Virginia Temple. The temple was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in the April 2018 general conference, and the groundbreaking ceremony was held...
What people are saying about President Oaks’s talk on the US Constitution
Lindsey Williams
- It’s not unusual for a talk by President Dallin H. Oaks to spark conversation. His talk from the April 2021 general conference “ Defending Our Divinely Inspired Constitution ” is no exception. In an opinion piece for Deseret News , writer Christian Sagers shared he was surprised at first when President Oaks introduced his topic after the Sunday morning session had emphasized the worldwide nature of the faith: Dedicating an address to tenets of the US Constitution left me with a sense of anticipation—how does this apply to a global church audience? As I listened, I understood the brilliance of it:...
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Watch: President Oaks recounts a time he followed an unusual impression in new #HearHim video
Lindsey Williams
- When President Dallin H. Oaks received invitations to speak while serving as a counselor in the Chicago South Stake Presidency, he usually got impressions about what he should speak about. That wasn’t the case though when he was invited to speak in Aurora, Illinois over 50 years ago. In a new “How I #HearHim” video , President Oaks shares how it wasn’t until he was making the hour drive to Aurora that he received the topic he should speak about. The topic? Things he had observed in his professional career as a lawyer in Chicago courts, especially young people who were...
Elder Quentin L. Cook talks recognition of the potential for new technologies to bless lives and aid in sharing the gospel
LDS Living
- In 1935, speaking to a BYU assembly , President David O. McKay prophesied that we would "improve the means of communications until, with radio in our pockets, we may communicate with friends and loved ones from any point, at any given moment." In 1974, President Spencer W. Kimball said , “The Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse.” This week in a podcast with Church News , Elder Quentin L. Cook said of new technologies, we now have to “learn how to use them and we’ve got to use them...
Realizing ‘the privileges and blessings and gifts of the priesthood’: Emma Smith’s role in the early days of Relief Society
Jennifer Reeder, excerpted from “First: The Life and Faith of Emma Smith”
- On June 9, 1842, Joseph visited the Relief Society and spoke again of their purpose: “The Society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.” 1 The practice of service taught the women more than temporal assistance, such as sewing shirts for men working on the temple. It also prepared the women for their own temple endowment. Learning the salvific practice of holiness occurred as women lifted each other and others. Eliza R. Snow wrote poetically of the Nauvoo Relief Society, “It is an Order , fitted and design’d / To meet the wants of body, and of...
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple to move from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of reopening
Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Editor's note: On April 19, 2021, the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple will change from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of reopening. A complete list of temples and their status is included after the press release. Phase 1 • Seven temples are in Phase 1. Phase 2 • 87 temples will be in Phase 2 as of April 19, 2021. • On April 19, 2021, the Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple will pass from Phase 1 to Phase 2 of reopening. Phase 2-B • The following 17 temples will begin Phase 2-B on April 12, 2021 . Note: The online scheduling system for each temple...
Beloved Latter-day Saint actor Kirby Heyborne reflects on acting career and how he became an award-winning audiobook narrator
LDS Living
- Kirby Heyborne is best known for his starring roles in The R.M. and The Best Two Years . You may also remember his supporting role in The Singles Ward where he famously opened his mission call to discover he was going to Boise, Idaho. And while Heyborne has had subsequent acting roles, including a dream role in The Three Stooges , his career has taken him places he never imagined. He describes his discovery of a talent in audiobook narrating as God opening a window—a way for him to continue to entertain while also providing stability for his family. Heyborne has...
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Watch: President Oaks recounts a time he followed an unusual impression in new #HearHim video
Lindsey Williams
- When President Dallin H. Oaks received invitations to speak while serving as a counselor in the Chicago South Stake Presidency, he usually got impressions about what he should speak about. That wasn’t the case though when he was invited to speak in Aurora, Illinois over 50 years ago. In a new “How I #HearHim” video , President Oaks shares how it wasn’t until he was making the hour drive to Aurora that he received the topic he should speak about. The topic? Things he had observed in his professional career as a lawyer in Chicago courts, especially young people who were...
Listen: Jane Clayson Johnson talks candidly about depression
Danielle Christensen
- When award-winning journalist Jane Clayson Johnson was in the depths of clinical depression, she didn’t want to talk about it. Feeling embarrassed and ashamed and living her life under the public eye, she wondered what people would think if she revealed her emotional state. But as she started to come out of that and began talking with other people, she began to realize how many people had a similar experience as her. Now, Johnson has written a book on depression called Silent Souls Weeping and has spoken to thousands of people about the topic. In a recent episode of the Latter-day...
This video of a new temple getting an angel Moroni statue may make your day
Emily Abel
- The angel Moroni statue stands firm and triumphant on top of many temples. As a symbol of the Restoration, the statue has been a source of inspiration for Latter-day Saints around the world. In this special video, watch the angel Moroni on its way up to the top of the Richmond Virginia Temple, which is currently under construction. The video was shared on April 13 on a Facebook page dedicated to providing news and updates about the Richmond Virginia Temple. The temple was announced by President Russell M. Nelson in the April 2018 general conference, and the groundbreaking ceremony was held...
What people are saying about President Oaks’s talk on the US Constitution
Lindsey Williams
- It’s not unusual for a talk by President Dallin H. Oaks to spark conversation. His talk from the April 2021 general conference “ Defending Our Divinely Inspired Constitution ” is no exception. In an opinion piece for Deseret News , writer Christian Sagers shared he was surprised at first when President Oaks introduced his topic after the Sunday morning session had emphasized the worldwide nature of the faith: Dedicating an address to tenets of the US Constitution left me with a sense of anticipation—how does this apply to a global church audience? As I listened, I understood the brilliance of it:...
How serving a full-time mission prepared one man to manage the 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama 49 years later
LDS Living
- When speaking to the media following his Masters victory on Sunday, Hideki Matsuyama, a native of Japan, relied on longtime friend and manager Bob Turner for help in communicating his feelings. Questions were asked by the media and interpreted by Turner to Matsuyama. Matsuyama’s answers were then relayed back to the media through Turner. And while some wondered where an American man like Turner learned Japanese, to Latter-day Saints the answer seemed fairly obvious: Turner served a mission in the Japan East Mission 49 years ago. ► You may also like: Pro Golfer Tony Finau Talks Faith, Family, and the Ankle...
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