Many LDS people who've visited the Holy Land will tell you that it deepened their understanding of the the scriptures in a big way. Being able to walk the same places where Old and New Testament figures, including Christ himself, once walked, changes their perspective and appreciation for the culture, languages, traditions, and the events and people of those sacred books of scripture. For those of us who ha ...

If you're like me, perhaps you just forgot to look at the caller ID on our home phone or answered an 800 number on your mobile, thinking it was no big deal. But then you get blindsided with a request for a donation from the "International Charity for I'm-Talking-Too-Fast-and-Mumbling-So-You'll-Never-Know-What-I-Said." Before you can even ask "what? What organization again?" They tell you how easy it will be ...

About LDS guide, Rachel Woods, presents a great list of different scripture study techniques. Her list runs the gauntlet. She covers: color coding footnote referencing marginal notes spiritual journals post it notes Under each technique she gives a brief description on how to implement it. Check it out today. ...

Great power can come from memorizing scriptures. To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change. ... A memorized scripture becomes an enduring friend that is not weakened with the passage of time. —Elder Richard G. Scott ("The Power of Scripture," Fall 20 ...

In many households there's never a good time to clean up the family computer, because somebody's "always" on it. Except maybe late at night, and then perhaps it's shut down to save power or wear. So if you want to have something run automatically, it's hard to find a time when nobody will be using it. Well, there's a simple solution in most LDS households: during Church. It's as close to a perfect solution ...

Cease to be aidle; cease to be bunclean; cease to cfind fault one with another; cease to dsleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; ariseearly, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated. D&C 88: 124 This year, one of my goals is to become an early riser. The scriptures counsel us to do it and all the successful people I've known or read about seem to be ea ...

Ever planned a trip and wished you knew a local? Someone trustworthy and familiar with the area that could guide you to see the best the area has to offer. Or perhaps you'd just like a nice sit-down, non-restaurant meal with good people who share your values? Maybe you've just wished you had someone to show you where and when to go to Church, since sometimes LDS.org meeting times are not always accurate, an ...

MLH reader Blake Webster shares an excellent tip to easily remember passwords, while keeping them safe and secure, by not using the same one everywhere. The passwords that we create for email, Facebook, bank accounts, Twitter, etc. all need to have a certain amount of letters, one capitalized letter, and a number or two as well. In order to achieve an easy to remember password, as well as one that will not ...

No, this isn't the technical details of how to make your browser faster. There's a very easy way to do that: install and use Google Chrome, if you don't already. It's how to give yourself a great General Conference experience, by tweaking Chrome. Install a General Conference or LDS Theme To make your browser Conference or LDS themed, just use one of these excellent themes we've already created: The image fo ...

Want to know what's going on with the Church or members of the Church in the news? Head on over to Google Alerts. With Google Alerts you can enter in search terms that Google will use to scour news and blogs all over the world for articles relating to the Church. Just type in "LDS", "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints", or "Mormon." Google will give you news updates anytime something is posted with ...