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NBA Hall-of-Famer Karl Malone meets Mormon missionaries
MR says: Cool photo. Apparently one of the missionaries was celebrating a birthday. What a gift. The Hall of Famer, two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, Olympian and Utah's favorite "Mailman" Karl Malone was tagged in a photo with four missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Twitter...
LDS Church honored for donating 1 million pounds of food to hunger relief
MR says: “The church has demonstrated a long-standing commitment and profound capacity to feed the hungry.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was recognized Thursday for donating more than 1 million pounds of food to Feeding America, one of the country’s leading nonprofit hunger-relief...
Thousands of Helping Hands volunteers participate in weekend of service
MR says: Impressive how many people are donning yellow vests and doing good . . . As the weather warms, bright yellow vests are coming out in force and joining interfaith groups to clean parks, plant trees, gather goods for food banks and participate in other community service projects. On April 27,...
'They Are Firing at Us': A mission president's experience in World War II
MR says: Wow! What a story! The ship included the mission president, his wife, and fix or six others. Wilford Woodruff Emery (1889-1954) was president of Samoan Mission at the outbreak of World War II. He wrote of a harrowing wartime experience in the South Pacific: While in the Samoan Mission Sister...
The Jewish “Gentile” Governor in Utah
MR says: Cool little snapshot of history in Utah and the first non-Mormon, democratic governor of Utah: a Jewish man that faithfully defended Mormons. In my early years of graduate school, I became interested in a project that compared mainstream American attitudes toward Mormons and Jews during the...
LDS woman wins 'Top Teacher' in the nation
For this LDS teacher of nine years, winning a trip to Tahiti, a new car, and $25,000 for her school all pales in comparison to knowing that she's touched the life of one child. Photo from Suzette's program, Camp Journey. The day was unlike any other in the life of hard-working Suzette...
Pentagon says military personnel can evangelize but not proselytize
MR says: This clarification comes after many said the Department of Defense had cracked down on religious discussion among chaplains and ranks. The Pentagon has clarified its position on religious talk among U.S. troops, saying it's OK to talk about one's beliefs, but aggressive proselytizing is not...
'Click for Moms' encourages looking for the positives in life (+video)
MR says: A good exercise in positive thinking--and loving others more. Mormon singer/songwriter Hilary Weeks always runs on her treadmill with her clicker in hand. Always. It started when she tried an experiment. She was going to track her thoughts, specifically the negative ones. So she got...
Molotov cocktail damages Ogden Mormon church meeting house
State and federal authorities Monday were investigating a fire at a Mormon church meeting house that officials say was caused by a Molotov cocktail. Maintenance workers at the church, 1590 13th St., called police about 7:30 a.m. Monday to report the explosive device had been thrown through a...
Setting it straight: LDS home storage centers tweaking policy, not closing canneries
MR says: A published report stated that canneries were closing; the Church clarified that some facilities will simply be limiting packaging of dried goods. Contrary to a published report, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not closing its food production canneries and is not limiting the...
Dying woman's plea leads to adoption, bittersweet Mother's Day
MR says: Awesome, beautiful story related by LDS author Jason Wright. On Sunday, May 2, 2004, Gael and Steve Shaffer of Woodstock, Va., walked into New Hope Church ready to worship. When they walked out an hour later, they’d taken an unexpected call from God. With permission from the pastor, a local...
LDS Relief Society general president invites women to learn more about the priesthood
MR says: Did you know that Women's Conference, where this speech was given, is co-sponsored by BYU and the Relief Society? The priesthood of God is a sacred trust given to bless men, women and children so they can return as families to live eternally together in God's presence, said the Relief Society...
Pres. Eyring speaks at Women's Conference on 'divine protection'
The Lord protects, guides and watches over those who are his trusted friends in his work, said President Henry B. Eyring on Friday afternoon. "His work and that of his Father and our Father is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of the children of God," said the first counselor in...
LDS Primary general presidency addresses women at BYU conference
MR says: Women's Conference at BYU wrapped up recently, and many LDS leaders made an appearance (including the new YW General Presidency). "It is the small things we do...
Car rolls into Mormon chapel at Joseph Smith Memorial Site
MR says: The accident was unintentional; estimates as to damage have not been released yet. A parked car rolled into the chapel at the Joseph Smith historical site early Thursday evening after its emergency brake apparently failed, according to Vermont State Police. Police said the 1997 Nissan Pathfinder...
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