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FHE Lesson with Ice Cream

We do not have cable television in our home; we canceled cable a year ago. We only get local channels, so rarely do we watch the popular cable TV shows. Besides, it is a “waste of time.” As Elder Uchtdorf said, “The nonessential things that take up time should be discarded, bad habits changed.” After [...]

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The Spirit of Simplicity

Sister Julie B. Beck (Relief Society General President) at the General Relief Society meeting talked about eliminating the non-essentials from our life. Indeed this seems to be a theme over the course of the past year. Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf recently addressed BYU’s commencement ceremonies (April 23, 2009): Graduates should remember three principles as they [...]

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Church Leaders to Attend Obama Inauguration

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be represented at inaugural events for President-elect Barack Obama by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf (second counselor in the First Presidency), and Elder M. Russell Ballard (member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles). These two apostles were asked by President Thomas S. Monson to represent the [...]