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Normally ranging from 70 to 80 a day to over 100 to 120, except Sunday, not including Tweets. I have not been tracking any Posting sources I found offensive or antagonizing to my faith, especially internet trolls. By experience, I … Continue reading →

– LDS Tweets – contains this postings content and Updates starting at 17 – LDS Tweets – Jump to Links    jump to Links After a couple of hours of reading Tweets, 1. They are a mix of the best … Continue reading →

Update 4. American Idol Star David Archuleta Is Back From Mormon Missions With A ‘Glorious’ New Single Update 3. Fans of David Archuleta Meet The Mormons – In Theaters 10/10/14 Download “Glorious” Update 1, 2. David Archuleta (American troops in … Continue reading →

The definitions of discern, descry, espy, decrypt Descriptors Each definition is different, each aiding me in pondering my sensing of the Holy Spirit. Link to Example of Spiritual Wonders I use these: today’s word of the day is decry    … Continue reading →

Church Hosts Second General Women’s Meeting for Women and Girls Text & Video from LDS General Women’s Meeting | LDS Media Talk Photos, I enjoy photos More photos Timeline Photos Facebook photos In a half hour, the individual’s rebroadcast video … Continue reading →

6 Mormon sisters share uplifting music with millions on YouTube | Deseret News YouTube Channel Website Facebook All My Life    Behind The Scenes

This song helped me through some tough times: Take it home – Jennifer Blosil I have been watching for her, I found out today that she has been on a mission. Mormon musicians work to find their post-mission musical groove … Continue reading →

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This will be amazing fun. 1. Selected Articles Long and deep 2. Review Magazine Gorgeous PDFs 3. RSC Newsletters 4. Church History Symposium Example: 2013 BYU Church History Symposium Play via Arrows in Red Boxes 5. Easter Conferences PREVIOUS: Update … Continue reading →

This is an update because Professor Grant Hardy initiated my interest in Sacred Texts. We will one day be in the spirit world with these ancient peoples and those of differing religious beliefs, trying to unite together and it is … Continue reading →

The lady at the pump next to mine, had a tattoo on the front of her right shoulder; I asked what it said: She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future. I thanks … Continue reading →

My Tweets often include a photo, which a lot of times is the moment the Holy Spirit hit me the strongest, peek spike of sacred emotion. I Tweeted a photo of a prayer which touched me. I have found from … Continue reading →

BYU Hawaii Devotionals David O. McKay Lecture Series     Lecture by Year    Started here on BYUtv this morning, then to the above archives: Today’s Thanks: Benson Misalucha, “A Foundation of Faith in Christ” BYU Hawaii Devotional Here is an example … Continue reading →

Ordering home delivery Homepage Facebook Twitter @allen_updates Facebook RSS Feed: http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=rss20&id=372716426119254 SPORTS: Allen Eagles Allen Americans Professional Hockey Official Website    Facebook    Twitter     PREVIOUS Praise Worthy: Allen Parks, Allen Texas Of Good Report: Allen High and Collin College

CPMS: Facebook    Twitter Five years of lectures are available now. BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences – Previous Summerhays Lectures Plus the description of this year’s Lecture, it will be posted eventually. BYU chemist to speak on science and religion … Continue reading →

I have not been providing Previous links and I think that this article in Forbes shows way, I have been amazed over and over for the last year and a half at what the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is providing me … Continue reading →

BYU’s new President Kevin J Worthen’s Inauguration click to watch again Update 1. Where to read BYU Speech Reference links: “American Gothic or: Why Am I Dressed Like This?” by Robert B. Pippin 453rd Convocation Address, December 10, 1998 8. … Continue reading →

LDS Living – Sharing the Gospel as an Olympian: The Noelle Pikus-Pace Story LDS Living – Standing for Modesty at an Olympics Photo Shoot PREVIOUS Update 3. OLYMPICS Noelle Pikus-Pace

I keep enjoying her progress and finally an I starting this to collect these for me. I call these acts of self kindness. LDS Living – LDS International Opera Singer Debuts at Metropolitan Opera Rachel Willis-Sørensen website Videos Audio Just … Continue reading →

Note Laaaa, sorry about the pun        Facebook        Twitter Noteworthy now officially sanNoteworthy now officially sanctioned BYU performing ensemble – U N I V E R S Ectioned BYU performing ensemble – U N I V E R S E Already on YouTube … Continue reading →

Update 25. Reflections of Christ – Jesus Christ Update 24. Bust of Jesus Christ at New BYU Exhibit Depicts Christ’s Words and Deeds – Church News and Events Update 23. Easter: The Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection are remembered on the Easter … Continue reading →

LDS Living – Lindsey Stirling in New LDS Kid History Video Lindsey Stirling shares photo with Mormon missionaries, talks LDS faith | Deseret News Four Mormons Recognized at 4th Annual Streamy Awards – LDS.net: Mormon Social News Network Lindsey Stirling … Continue reading →

LDS Missions — Free LDS Mission Prep Videos and Resources Example: Asombro me da I do not speak Spanish; listening to them removes my understanding of the words, filtering my experience to my pure feeling from the Holy Ghost and … Continue reading →

Update 1. Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson Update 2. Preloading a manual for the initial read-through, I studied Chapter 2. “Pray Always” before the preload because I believe this will help the read-through. Using a process … Continue reading →

Update 63. Persecution of Christians reached historic levels in 2014. Will 2015 be worse? | Deseret News National Update 62. Update 62 A. Muslim man hailed for life-saving courage during Paris siege Do not go looking for Charlie Hebro cartoons … Continue reading →

Mormon Tabernacle Choir 24/7 Music Player May require turn it off and back on to start. How To Use the Mormon Tabernacle Choir General Conference Archive Listen to Choir Music Online – Mormon Tabernacle Choir    How To Use the … Continue reading →

Update 8. Interview with Brooke White – October 03, 2014 – Mormon Channel Daily Update 7. A. I admire how Broke White keeps promoting family values, here modesty. B. How faith is making modest fashion trendy | Deseret News Skirts … Continue reading →

Read the full talk, “Be a Light to the World,” given at a BYU devotional on Nov. 1, 2011 (LDS Living – 6 Stories from President Monson (That He’s Never Told At General Conference)) (I love the joke that begins … Continue reading →

Know your most common mistakes! Mine follows: Surname such as Smith, Given Name such as Joseph Mousegrid  1 8 1 1 Mouse DOUBLE Click for top Batch, Mouse Double Click, OK 582 Mousegrid  8 2 2 8 Mouse Click for Close, Mouse Click Mousegrid  7 … Continue reading →

Finding this large archive of devotionals and speeches is amazing to me because I advanced my count of posts and there are 369 posts since I started my blog, and I am still finding pearls of great price like this. … Continue reading →

Watch here: Elder David A. Bednar—2014 Education Week The BYUtv has the prayers and performance. I can’t watch this opening prayer enough. Update 1. He invites you to read, does not duplicate the devotional talk but instead the devotional talk … Continue reading →

My favorite example: Creating Stress Resilience: Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount as a Map Why the Sermon? Matthew 7:24-27: The Sermon is about creating resilience. 2014 Education Week Handouts video restrictions BYUtv – BYU Education Week”>

I am a fan. The more I study the Joseph Smith Papers the stronger my testimony gets. New Content on Joseph Smith Papers Website | LDS Media Talk Follow the Footnotes, here is an example of how deep they go, … Continue reading →

Be careful when YouTube sometimes lists negative videos attached to good ones. BYU basketball star Tyler Haws shares favorite Book of Mormon scripture | Deseret News PREVIOUS Update 42. Religious Freedom: Hannah Smith at the FairMormon Conference

S&I August Satellite Broadcast 2014 Parents and Teachers Can Expect More from Youth, Leaders Say – Church News and Events Start video at 55:24      ADDENDUM CES DEVOTIONALS ARCHIVE 2014 CES Devotionals

The purpose of this posting is to show the value in following the footnotes, there are some that go excellently deep in research quality. This example follows a footnote that contains a link to a free PDF, that otherwise requires … Continue reading →

LDS attorney lists what Mormons need to know about religious freedom today | Deseret News PREVIOUS Update 41. Religious Freedom    ADDENDUM: Also from the Fair Mormon conferences: See Podcast link at Mormon Fair cast 257: Hannah Smith and religious … Continue reading →

When I started this blog these speeches took months and sometimes months and months before being posted and now they’re posted almost immediately which I consider to be greater inclusivity to people who are not at BYU. BYU Speeches Webpage … Continue reading →

Conference Videos | BYU New Testament Commentary

Update 2. David Archuleta Sings at 9/11 Memorial Service – LDS.net: Mormon Social News Network Update 1. David Archuleta sings ‘Bring Him Home’ for American troops in Afghanistan PREVIOUS David Archuleta thanks fans for watching live LDS video chat, announces … Continue reading →

Update 25 through 53. Good Clean Comedy Update 53. Things That Only a Mormon Parent Would Understand – LDS SMILE Update 52. 12 People With More Thanksgiving Spirit than You – LDS SMILE Update 51. You Know It’s Cold in … Continue reading →

LDS Living – 4 Stunning New Pieces of LDS Art Will Change How You See the Plan of Salvation PREVIOUS Update 6. Art of My Savior

Why wait? click here      2014 Women’s Volleyball Schedule | The Official Site of BYU Athletics BYU Women’s Volleyball Home | The Official Site of BYU Athletics Sept 5 first broadcast    I use Alarmed and set an alarm … Continue reading →

Update1. BYU soccer tops WCC preseason poll; Two Cougars named Preseason All-WCC – U N I V E R S E Why wait? click here      BYUtv Sports Blog | Women’s Soccer Is Back for Another Season on BYUtv … Continue reading →

First, I think of this as planting seeds, God’s Harvest – Liahona August 2014 – liahona This morning’s RSS feeds, shows how much my usage has grown. Also, shows how wide the distribution of posting of LDS content is on … Continue reading →

Update 1. Mindy Gledhill – Anchor (Official Video) Mindy Gledhill: Mom by day, pop star by night

Millions displaced by religious violence in 2013 PREVIOUS Religious Freedom, June 2014: Update 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

Searchers locate missing family of Olympian Noelle Pikus-Pace | Deseret News PREVIOUS Update 2. OLYMPICS Noelle Pikus-Pace | Bad Comma

Lexi Walker stars in new skit on BYUtv’s sketch comedy ‘Studio C’ | Deseret News

I remember this photo. A Home of Our Own New Online Exhibit Shares History of Relief Society Building – Church News and Events    On the iPhone some of the photos need to be double and even triple clicked to … Continue reading →

UPDATE: 2014 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts Available | Mormon Women – About LDS Life and Belief PREVIOUS: 2014 BYU Women’s Conference (content found)

The praise for this should also go to those who got the records ready for downloading and the skill of the LDS Tech team in having a flawless execution. My second post on my blog was October 2012 on Family … Continue reading →

Sandra Turley: There Will Never Be A Day When I Won’t Think Of You Homepage Facebook (see the photos) YouTube LDS Living – LDS Broadway Star Sandra Turley & Kurt Bestor Team Up For New Album

Update 6. A photographic look at how Days of ’47 floats have changed — or not — from 1897 to 2013 | Deseret News Update 5. Utahns gather Saturday to celebrate the state’s heritage in the Days of ’47 Youth … Continue reading →

I bought this!!! The Missionary Collection [Box set] Mormon Tabernacle Choir   

I bought American Grace CD | Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick    Singing After TWO Double-Lung Transplants Both of these articles have links to the same video. LDS Living Seth Adam Smith TedMed talk Charity Tillemann-Dick: After a lung transplant, an aria … Continue reading →

What’s new: ‘The Missionary Collection’ by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square | Deseret News    Ordered this:    Found quickly via these two apps: Newsify      LDS News

LDS Scripture: The Book of Abraham Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: Some Questions and Answers | BYU Religious Studies Center BYU Professor defends the book of Abraham

Watch this LDS Living – LDS Pianist Josh Wright On ‘America’s Got Talent’

I really enjoyed these last year. I have been looking forward to them. Update 1. Annual Auxiliary Training: Learning and Teaching in the Home and the Church | LDS Media Talk 2014 Online Auxiliary Training Focuses on Learning, Teaching – … Continue reading →

Aggieland Mormons: 8 Beliefs Mormons Share with Other Christians Student View

2014 BYU Women’s Conference Transcripts Available | Mormon Women – About LDS Life and Belief Watch. Watch Rachelle Rasband Chase: “What is Grace?” Listen. BYU Women’s Conference Presentation: Come Unto Christ and Be Perfected in Him | Diapers and Divinity … Continue reading →

Update 19 LDS Living – 7 Funniest Studio C Sketches: Season 4 Update 20 Matt Meese: Living a life of laughter – U N I V E R S E Update 21 LDS Living – 10 #TrekProbs Tweets That Would … Continue reading →

MORMON SOPRANO | Making A Joyful Noise Homepage Lord of The Sea – Video Stories of Jesus CD Also play Gethsemane video Facebook page Twitter page ADDENDUM Jesus Love is Like a River Mountain Blue Harmony – Home

Update 1: Alternative source Archives of Relief Society Magazine issues, page 1 Archives of Relief Society Magazine issues, page 2 Relief Society Magazine – Poetry | Bad Comma

Challenges to write a prayer. And share it with you loved ones. I wrote poems in junior and senior high, and published them on my mimeograph machine. Four books that I then shared with my loved ones. Draper youth’s prayer … Continue reading →

Youth Polls | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

C. S. Lewis – Wikiquote LDS Living – Top 3 Reasons Mormons Love C.S. Lewis SEARCH of LDS.org the Screwtape Letters SEARCH more PDFs C. S. Lewis – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lecture Library – The Tanner Lectures on Human Values – The University of Utah Mormon history enthusiasts gather for conference in San Antonio | Deseret News I started listening at, high speed:    Newsletters 2014-apr-newsletter.pdf I am a Texan and … Continue reading →

Due to the number of religious freedom updates I’m going to start posting them in a single posting each month. Update 40 13 times religious freedom has reached the Supreme Court | Deseret News Update 39 Nigeria’s violence puts it … Continue reading →

Baptist-Catholic university partnership forges religious liberty alliance | Deseret News National ADDENDUM Official LDS Statement: Religious Freedom – LDS Newsroom PREVIOUS Update 19 , 20, 21, 30, 33. Religious Freedom (Elder Dallin H. Oaks)

Simon Dewey | Altus Fine Art See Print Types: Do not let the framed art in the right panel convince you that you can not own art, follow the left panel down to Print Types. PREVIOUS Update 5b of Update … Continue reading →

UPDATE 1 To get to the second page of a category, here’s a workaround: Daily Messages Going to page two dropped the topic Example &topic=Atonement https://www.lds.org/daily-messages?lang=eng&start=11&end=20 By adding it back in the URL it worked: https://www.lds.org/daily-messages?lang=eng&start=11&end=20&topic=Atonement Sorry but this bug … Continue reading →

Blood Runs Blue – Webcomic that follows BYU Cougars and other sports-related subjects Interview PREVIOUS Update 17. Good Clean Comedy (LDS Smiles)

LDS SMILE – Spiritually Minded is Life Eternal Humor: Mormon Parenting Problems RELATED 5 Things Mormons Should Stop Doing | Sistas in Zion PREVIOUS Updating Update 16. Good Clean Comedy (The BYU Digital Universe)

Music and the Spoken Word: A Week In The Life [VIDEO] Best video on the making of the Spoken Word broadcast that I have seen.

Noelle Pikus-Pace Discusses MoTab, Music, and More Also, notice her Blog link at the bottom. PREVIOUS UPDATE. OLYMPICS Noelle Pikus-Pace wears LDS Young Women necklace throughout Olympics

The Good Word Podcast | Mormon Authors and Mormon Writers are interviewed about their lives and their titles. Website:    Podcast:       PREVIOUS The Good Word blog

Caution wondering off this page, this is not an endorsed LDS site. A Mother Here: Contest This contest celebrates the wondrous doctrine of the Restoration that we have a Heavenly Mother that oversees our spiritual development, in addition to a … Continue reading →

Mormon Youth Discuss Religious Freedom at Queensland’s Parliament – LDS Newsroom See video at end of article.    PREVIOUS Update 31: Religious Freedom (Freedom’s banner waves on high)

The difference between seniors and freshmen at BYU – U N I V E R S E Top 10 best/cheesiest graduation songs – BYU Digital Universe    PREVIOUS Update 15. Good Clean Comedy

Caution wondering off this page, this is not an endorsed LDS site. Parley’s poem shows how early the intention was to provide Religious Freedom to more than just themselves. Literary OTGD (Old Testament Gospel Doctrine) # 17: The Mountain Standard … Continue reading →

I am really excited about finding these, really high-quality in full-length, a pearl, and an excellent example of why I keep doing this search after fifteen months. Click on a lecture’s Date heading to see if its presentation is available … Continue reading →

This post is intended to grow through Updates as I find interesting articles in the BYU Magazine: Update. Proceed with Caution When I Am Weak Keeping the Faith Related: Practical Apologetics: Keeping the Faith | Times & Seasons

Supreme Court ruling favors prayer at council meeting | Deseret News National Supreme Court ruling favors prayer at council meeting | Deseret News National The ruling PDF is 80 pages, by using vBookz PDF app I can listen fast, and … Continue reading →

Mormon Channel Daily YouTube MORMON CHANNEL — American Idol’s Carmen Rasmusen Herbert teams up… Carmen Rasmusen – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Update. Make technology your servant, not master, Elder Ballard says Update. Watch. CES Devotional – May 2014 M. Russell Ballard to Speak at May 4th, CES Devotional – Church News and Events I learned: 1. Airplane mode at Church, at … Continue reading →

GOD’S NOT DEAD movie was very moving and definitely fit on this list of Religious Freedom postings. GOD’S NOT DEAD – Official Movie Website PREVIOUS Update 27. Religious Freedom (Q&A: Heritage Foundation scholar argues for marriage between a man and … Continue reading →

And so the hunt for 2014 content begins. Carefully reviewed content starts to trickle online, for example look at links at end: BYU Women’s Conference attracts 11,000 from around world | Deseret News “Dew, who is the CEO of Deseret … Continue reading →

Mormon and Seventh-day Adventist Leaders Discuss Faith, Family and Religious Freedom Update News: Adventist News Network Newsroom Blog for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ORIGINAL LDS Newsroom Apr 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT “On Thursday, 24 April, … Continue reading →

Update 5: Dedicatory Prayer for Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple – Church News and Events Bless the youth of Thy Church that they will receive an understanding of the eternity and divinity of Thy work. May they be true and faithful … Continue reading →

If you only have time to read one I recommend this one but it is not the only one: Protecting Religious Liberty in the State Marriage Debate    Q&A: Heritage Foundation scholar argues for marriage between a man and a … Continue reading →

Heritage, Study, and Blessings Find the video (20 minutes): Click these:    Our gratitude:    For us now:

“BYU Museum of Art’s: Artwork lenders agree to extend BYU’s ‘Sacred Gifts’ exhibit 7? Join me in praying that they will put more of this art online.    1. Prayer answered: Gallery | Sacred Gifts and 3 Family Home Evening … Continue reading →

Kyle North is not your average 8th grader. Along with being hard of hearing and close to being deaf, Kyle, 14, jumps at any opportunity to share the gospel — including dressing up as a missionary on character dress-up days … Continue reading →

I am starting research into Secondhand Stress (announced as a topic for next week’s ABC news). I am retired. I read my share of managing work related stress books, I expect this to build on that research and experience. Background … Continue reading →

Construction is beginning on the new Museum of the American Revolution (MoAR) in the historic heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, due in part to a gift from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The $1.5 million donation from the … Continue reading →

‘Under God’ in court: Pledge of Allegiance draws new lawsuits | Deseret News National   

I am thankful for how the choir added to our Easter; Messiah, Because of Him, Easter favorites, and this. “The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s new album “He is Risen” reached No. 1 on two Billboard music charts this week. The album … Continue reading →