~by Michelle Even thought I am an insomniac and probably could have, I didn’t watch the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton early yesterday morning. But as I was trying to take it easy (I’ve been sick), and after seeing that several of my friends had watched it, I thought I would view [...]
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~by Michelle There’s nothing quite like the annual BYU Women’s Conference. To gather with thousands of women who are eager to learn, serve, and build their faith is a wonderful experience. BYU Women’s Conference is co-sponsored by the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is held every spring. This [...]
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Are you interested in family history or genealogy, but aren’t quite sure where or how to start? There are new — and free — family history training videos available online. The Church’s FamilySearch program has partnered with other experts in the field to provide excellent training. There are dozens of courses available, including research courses [...]
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~by Ariane I recently attended the viewing of a sweet newborn baby. As I watched the parents of this infant shed tears of sorrow for the unexpected and untimely loss of their baby girl, I tried to comprehend what they might be feeling. I thought of the various challenges that they would continue to face [...]
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~by Michelle On this Easter Sunday, I’m reminded of an Easter experience a couple of years ago. I came to our church meetings feeling weary and worn from the struggles of chronic illness. In addition, our congregation boundaries had just changed, and so I was missing the association of people who knew about my health, [...]
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Today is a day of Easter links. Please feel free to share, in the comments section, any Easter content you have from your blog, or a link to something that you have found inspirational this week. (p.s. We’ll not be using Linky after all.) First, here is more poetry from our Mormon Women contributor, Sue: [...]
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~by Sue The Women ©1993 by Susan Noyes Anderson Reprinted with permission. They came to do Him honor, weary-faced, and stonily, their footsteps traced the path to where He lay. The day of His entombment still played starkly in their minds. Memory paraded through, poignant, uninvited, yet too new, too real it’s trespass to deny. [...]
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“Because He Lives” was written by Sally DeFord to testify of the Savior, Jesus Christ. She freely shares a large library of music for people to enjoy. You can find SATB sheet music for this song (as well as three different ranges for duet (high, medium, and low). See more Christian/religious music at http://www.defordmusic.com
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~by Michelle Meet Zack, a young Mormon boy who was able to raise money last year for people in need of wheelchairs — by selling lemonade and homemade cookies at his lemonade stand, “Zack’s Shack.” This year, at the age of seven, “Zack’s back”! With his mom’s help, the word was spread on Facebook, and [...]
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Editor’s note: Apologies for not getting this up yesterday…. There are several different Easter activities going on at various places in the country as well as one we found in Canada (with a hat tip to the Mormon Times). Find a list of events below. Be sure to look at the videos at the bottom [...]
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