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Fun Family Service
by Merrilee Boyack
Sharing talents, learning new things, and increased family unity are just a few of the perks of doing service as a family. Not to mention it just makes you feel great! The growth and development of the children and the family as a whole will be tremendous, so I’m sure you’re wondering, “Where do we start?” Read more >
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Fathers in the Service
by Chad Hawkins
While doing research for his new book Faith in the Service, Chad Hawkins interviewed LDS military families to find out how they stay strong and what keeps them going. Here’s what a couple of those soldiers said about Father’s Day, and a bonus story about a father’s quintuplets who were born while he was serving overseas. Read more >
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The Joys of Being a One-of-a-Kind Mom
by Debra Sansing Woods
If we as mothers do something we absolutely love with and alongside raising children we absolutely love, we will almost guarantee our children being raised in an atmosphere steeped in joy. Read more >
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Global Awareness of LDS Church Growing
by Amy K. Stewart
Positive public perception of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appears to be progressing as international relations increase, according to speakers at the LDS International Society's 19th annual conference on Brigham Young University campus Monday. Read more >
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New Young Women Leaders See Bright Future
The new Young Women General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told reporters yesterday that parents and the Church are helping young women around the world to realize their potential. Read more >
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Jessop returning to his musical roots
by Peggy Fletcher Stack
Craig Jessop, the longtime director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir who abruptly resigned March 4, will return to his native Cache Valley to become head of Utah State University's music department. Read more >
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Mormon Students Counter Drop-out Trend
At a summit this Friday, America’s Promise Alliance will contend that high school drop-out rates are increasing. The group, founded by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, has gathered data that was announced today at a press conference and will be more deeply discussed on Friday, according to the New York Sun. Read more >
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Colleges Scramble to Offer Curriculum on Mormon Religion
by Michael Paulson
Harvard Divinity School has long prided itself on the diversity of its curriculum - it currently features classes in American Buddhism, Jewish Apocalypticism, and Classical Sufism - but it took until this semester for the venerable school to offer a course on one of the fastest-growing faiths in the world: Mormonism. Read more >
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500 Desks Placed in Guatemala Schools
In many Guatemalan villages, school children sit on slab benches and do their schoolwork on long, narrow pieces of wood. With only two percent of the national Guatemalan budget available for education, this sight is a normal occurrence. Read more >
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LDS Artist Strives to Paint Human Face on Christianity
by Glenda Galbraith
When popular Mormon artist Liz Lemon Swindle was a little girl, she loved to look at the pictures of Jesus in her huge family Bible. But one thing didn't make any sense. If Jesus Christ who loved little children - is all loving and kind why did he so often look "foreboding, frightening, angry (and) maybe disappointed somehow?" Read more >
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On Faith: How to Bury a Prophet
by Kathleen Flake
In an essay on the life and death of President Gordon B. Hinckley, religious scholar Kathleen Flake reflects on the special role of the family in Mormon funerals. Read more >
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What Is This Thing That Men Call Death?
“If a man die, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14). So inquired the anguished Job. On this one fundamental question hang much of the hopes and fears of mankind. And how one answers it will largely determine not only how one approaches death but also how one lives life. Read more >
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