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From Agnostic to Believer: A Mormon woman’s story (+video)
MR says: This is just a great, inspirational story to listen to. She's very well spoken; she's created four installments that are great for sharing. Karen, a “Mormon” woman (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) has created a podcast series to both share her personal story of...
Opinion: Praying for Pope Francis?
MR says: One LDS man's resolution to pray for the Catholic pope. My friend Patricia isn't just happy. She's joyful. And with good reason. She is a faithful, believing Catholic from Argentina. So the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church — the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop...
Mormon missionaries and Martin Luther
MR says: A great story of one missionary's effort to find something in common with a combatant contact. Some hymns on occasion seem almost to compel the congregation to rise to their feet. Some hymns seem to demand the sonorous peeling of the organ. And some hymns (and you'll have your own preferences here),...
Missionary Moment: Smiles in Uganda
MR says: This is a great story of charity work one California dentist and two Utah hygienists did in Africa. Great pictures with some of the missionaries! After a long week of work at my dental office in Modesto, California, it was time to pack for a whirlwind trip of unknown adventures to Uganda, Africa....
Habits, mannerisms and cultural quirks that return home with missionaries
MR says: Did you or anyone you know bring home interesting habits from the mission? Each New Year’s Eve, Josh Ferrin and his family stay up late making “pelmeni,” or dumplings — a delicious delicacy he was introduced to as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in...
6 ways we dumb down our children — and how to stop
MR says: This is a great list of ways we can improve our children's education. I’m convinced that children are born brilliant. Spend time with toddlers, and you see all the trappings of genius at work: problem solving, connections, creativity, manipulation and enthusiasm for learning. Yet it seems the...
Mormon with rare skin disease paints, sings and reachs out to others
MR says: Wow. A seriously incredible woman. It puts things in perspective to see how happily people live and serve despite extreme trials. Imagine being a child with a condition where you are as fragile as a butterfly's wings. On the outside, physical wounds prevent you from normal daily activities enjoyed...
Mormon Parenting: Our good intentions with music lessons
MR says: Mormon households certainly tend to have a high proportion of musicians (reluctant or not). Have you ever struggled to get your kids to practice their instruments? We actually had a family orchestra once. I, Linda, was giving violin and piano lessons to several of our kids as well as carting them...
The Book of Mormon and New World DNA
MR says: The full article includes audio from a DVD about this topic, stating that detractors don't use all the facts when referencing native DNA. Very interesting - particularly noting past and present church leaders and scholars on the Book of Mormon people being part of an already existing population in the Americas.
Old Catholic missions and modern LDS temples are touchstones for travelers
MR says: A cool perspective. Have you ever traveled the California coast and seen all the temples it has to offer? The old Catholic missions along the California coast are as lovely as astring of pearls. Early Franciscan missionaries built them “one day’s walk apart” from each other. That way, weary...
Uintah woman recalls life making paper dolls for LDS publication
MR says: A cool human interest story about a talented Mormon woman and the sacrifices she made for her family. Adversity was the impetus for Leola Farr Jensen to become a well-known paper doll artist among longtime readers of “The Children’s Friend,” a publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Defending the faith: A shallow Joseph Smith wouldn't have been up to the task
MR says: Sholars discuss the influence of Joseph Smith on world religion. Those who reject the claims of Joseph Smith often dismiss him as merely a shallow fraud who lurched from one crisis or opportunity for exploitation to another, improvising as he went. His unbelieving 1945 biographer, Fawn Brodie, set...
Opposing team member makes one disabled student's dreams come true
MR says: This isn't specifically LDS, but we love it anyways. EL PASO, Texas — Would you give the ball to a player on the opposite team during the final seconds of a basketball game? If your name is Jonathon Montanez, you might. Mitchell Marcus loves basketball. So much, in fact, that even with a...
Tackling grief: Former BYU football player gives young boy a lift
MR says: What an inspiring story of how members strengthen one another. HERRIMAN — The journey of a young boy with a failing heart captured the heart of a former BYU football player who asked if the two could meet. That visit lifted Mitchell Jones’ spirits during a time when he needed encouragement....
Fighting cancer with faith: 12-year-old LDS girl with leukemia strengthened by strangers' prayers (+video)
MR says: This remarkable young girl stays positive with faith as she fights leukemia. When Suzanne Poulsen received a call from her daughter’s elementary school informing her Ashtyn was sick, she knew something was seriously wrong. Ashtyn had been sick with flu symptoms for about a week-and-a-half and...
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