My father wrote a beautiful post about one of the great benefits of doing family history work. I’ll quote about half of his post: “Slowly my heart turned to my ancestors…. The mo
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This is my favorite video for Christmas this year. It tells the story of a group of LDS Church members who gave up their Christmas day to serve others even though, for most of them, Christmas day w
As someone who works with the young men, I thought the recent Worldwide Leadership Training meeting for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was great (I’ll come back to that poin
To some people who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the fact that Mormons attend church for 3 hours each Sunday is overwhelming. At the risk of making things even
Every day around the world acts of service such as the one depicted in the embedded video are performed by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe that a religion tha
Today the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued this statement: “Our hearts are filled with sadness as we have watched the suffering in Haiti in the wake
One night Wilford Woodruff had a vision of Joseph Smith and others in heaven. Joseph was at the door of the temple in heaven. He was in a hurry and could not stop to talk with Wilford. Many people
Pres. Henry B. Eyring – The Road of Improvement Different as we may be, we share a desire to be better than we are. We can and must expect to become better as long as we live. We will all mee
The year 1914 was significant. The Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated, which event led to the start of World War I, a devastating conflict between many nations that le
A number of years ago before the invention of electricity but after the invention of outdoor plumbing, my father was born. He was born when he was quite young to goodly parents. They taught him the