We Seek After These Things — Finding Uplifting Art
-by Janelle Every year a scripture is chosen by the General Young Men and Women Presidencies as a theme for youth ages 12-18 to focus on. This year’s theme is taken from our Articles of Faith. “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything...
Read MoreMormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Music Stream
Looking for some great Christmas music to listen to while going about your day? The Mormon Channel (radio.lds.org) has a Christmas music stream featuring Christmas carols performed by the Mormon Tabernacle...
Read MoreChristmas Caroling (and an mp3 of "We Three Kings")
-by Susan Caroling is a favorite tradition in our family. [Don't miss the mp3 below of Susan's family singing an arrangement of "We Three Kings of Orient Are" -- arrangement and engineering done by Susan's son, Weston. They have a tradition of doing a song together at this time of year. **Edited to add "Carol of the Bells" from last year.] As you can see by the picture below, there are some definite perks to singing to your friends and neighbors! But beyond the generous goodies we seem to...
Read MoreSinging in General Conference
~by Michelle “Go try out for the choir.” The unexpected phone call came the first day of the semester. My friend knew I had wanted to audition for one of the choirs that would end up singing in General Conference later that year. She also knew I didn’t have the money to spend on a choir dress. A check came in the mail a couple of days later. Because of her kindness and generosity, I had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of singing in General Conference. I cannot hear Mack...
Read MoreFinding Inspiration in General Conference Music
Thanks to Marsha for this post, where she shares some of the musical messages that inspired her in the recent October 2010 General Conference sessions. All of this music can be heard on the General Conference music page. You can also find the full text and sheet music for each song at the lds.org music site. ~by Marsha Many, many things in General Conference inspired me. There were so many hallmark talks that I notated at least a half dozen to study further. What I did this morning however,...
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