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Letters in the Jade Dragon Box: Finding the Church in China’s Past
Author Gale Sears did extensive research on China, and the Church in China, for her newest novel, Letters in the Jade Dragon Box. These are some of the discoveries she made as she researched that enigmatic country. There are countries cloaked in mystery. One such country is China: an enigma...
Remembering 9/11
We ran this powerful story last year, for the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, taking a look back at that day and the events that followed through the eyes of LDS Church members who lost loved ones, narrowly escaped death, and helped with relief efforts. Thinkstock. By all...
God Gifted Me My Race: Perspectives from an African American Latter-day Saint
The Church’s history regarding blacks is long and complicated. And while some people—members and nonmembers alike—may struggle to come to terms with past events, I am not one of them. These are some of my personal experiences as an African American Latter-day Saint, and why I believe the color of my skin is a gift from God.
How BYU-Hawaii Students are Changing the World
Students come to BYU–Hawaii from all across the globe. A university filled with promise and prophecy, those who study here often return to their homelands as a powerful influence for good. Here are some of the ways they are striving to change the world after choosing to move forward with the knowledge they have gained from this place.
Exclusive: Escape from Rwanda: The Impossible Story of John Bizimana
Bizimana escaped Rwanda, joined the LDS church, and founded a charity called Voice of Africa--all before age 24. People fill the tent and stand outside its edges to watch Voice of Africa perform. The members’ bright costumes, strong dancing, and energetic personalities enthrall the crowd. A young...
The Untouchables Video: Leprosy in India
LDS Living editor Jamie Lawson traveled to India to visit the "untouchables"--victims of leprosy who are shunned in the Indian culture. Read The Untouchables: Part I , Part II , and Part III...
The Untouchables: Part 3
The final article in a series in which LDS Living editor Jamie Lawson describes her experiences among leprosy victims in India. Click here to watch a video on Jamie Lawson's experience in India at the leprosy colony. In case you missed them, here are The Untouchables: Part I and Part II...
The Untouchables: Part 2
Part two in a series in which LDS Living editor Jamie Lawson describes her experiences among leprosy victims in India. In India, those suffering from leprosy are considered to be “untouchables.” Believed to be cursed by God, they have been cast out of society to live on the outskirts of...
The Untouchables: Part 1
Part one in a series in which LDS Living editor Jamie Lawson describes her experiences among leprosy victims in India. Leprosy is one of the most feared diseases in human history. Assumed by many people to have disappeared centuries ago, this devastating disease continues to destroy the lives of...
The One Place in England I Must Always Visit
I have been thinking of writing about England for some time now, but I love the country so deeply that it has been difficult to focus on a single place to begin, so I keep putting it off. I am sure in the future there will be time and space to express gratitude and respect for all this "sceptered...
Hope Rising
A family tragedy would lead this ordinary housewife down an unexpected path—one that would bring hope and healing to thousands of people half a world away. Ten years ago Becky Douglas's life changed forever. Her oldest daughter, Amber, lost her battle with bipolar disorder and took her own...
The Nourishing Place - The Cathedrals of Europe
People travel to Europe for many reasons. There is so much to experience and every country has its own cultural charms. I never tire of exploring the castles with their memory of knights, ladies, the codes of chivalry, jousts, and, of course, they are all haunted by ghosts. The villages and...
''Red Eggs'' of Romanian Christians Proved Stronger than the ''Red Stars'' of Communism
As World War II came to an end in 1946, Romania and many millions of people in the eastern European countries found that the Nazi boot of oppression was replaced with an intolerable Russian boot of brutality and loss of political and religious freedom. From 1946 until 1989 a Romanian generation was...
A Land as Old as Time Itself
No land fires the imagination quite like the land of the pharaohs. Like all of us, I watched The Ten Commandments with Yul Brenner and Charlton Heston clashing as Ramesses and Moses against the backdrop of Egypt’s monumental might. I ached to go to Egypt. It was the number one destination in the...
The Most Influential Jewish Man in Modern Mormon History
Had I not made the decision to travel abroad and to tour with Fun for Less Tours, I would never have met the most interesting man I had ever known, Dr. Joseph Ginat. His friends called him Jose (Yo-see), a nickname for Joseph in Hebrew. Jose was a very important person in the Israeli...
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