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A simple act leads to life-changing results on Mormon Times TV

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:32:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

It’s so easy now to “reach out and touch someone.” Whether you blog or use Facebook or Twitter to share your mormon.org profile or "Mormon Messages," there are very up-to-date ways to express your personal beliefs.

I smile when I remember our family’s first attempt at sharing about 25 years ago, long before social networking sites were even invented. We took a family picture when our two oldest children were very young, then glued it inside the front flap of a blue copy of the Book of Mormon, along with a short declaration of our faith. We gave several to the missionaries to hand out (they always welcome extra copies), never knowing where they’d end up. Well, you just never know.

Michelle King: Involve your family in compiling your family history, on Mormon Times TV

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:15:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

We all probably have that list of things we know we should do but just don’t see how we can. Maybe we don’t even really want to tackle that list. Sometimes, though, we’re moved — even compelled — to go forward and make the time for important things that otherwise might sit on the back burner.

That’s my story when it comes to compiling our family history.

Mormons in far-away places, on Mormon Times TV

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:16:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

If you’ve traveled at all, you know how easy it is now to find an LDS meetinghouse to attend church services. Just go online to mormon.org, click on “Visit Us” and “Worship with Us,” and you can see when and where members meet in any part of the world.

Some of my most memorable travels include attending church services in Scotland, Ireland and the former communist East Germany, when the Freiberg Germany Temple was dedicated.

Mormon Times TV: The 'Two Brothers' project captures the challenges of growing up

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:14:00 -0700

source: MormonTimes.com

Sometimes you wonder if your own children come from the same gene pool, with personalities, looks and mannerisms that are alike, yet so different from each other. Yes, they grow up in the same household under the same governing principles and rules, but it’s fun to see how they come into their own and become their own people. I won’t say parenting has been easy — in fact, there have been many times I wish I had an owner's manual. But I’m amazed at how much I’ve learned, even as our four kids continue to teach me lessons. And the struggles really help make us who we are, as we each learn the lessons we were meant to experience.

On our "Mormon Times" TV show this Sunday, Jan. 29, we’ll take a look at a film that has everyone talking. It’s called “The 5,000 Days Project: Two Brothers” — the story of two ordinary LDS siblings who struggle to love each other.

Unique Temple Square Mission featured on Mormon Times TV

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:17:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

As a newlywed, I volunteered as a hostess on Temple Square doing the “nail drop” demonstration, highlighting the amazing acoustics of the Tabernacle. It was a fun thing to do once a week, and I enjoyed meeting hundreds of tourists who came to see what The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had to offer.

Now — some 30-years later — I’m back on Temple Square meeting myriad amazing young sister missionaries who serve there every day, all day. But their schedule is much more intense and varied — and their mission is unlike any other in the church.

People who are making a difference on Mormon Times TV

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:20:00 -0700

source: deseretnews.com

Living to be 98 years old is an amazing thing. LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley did it and was incredibly active through his 90s, continuing to travel the world. He once told me in an interview that the “secret” is being able to “go to bed every evening and get up every morning!” Age never diminished his great sense of humor, either.