by Virginia Hinckley Pearce

Eight women tried an experiment. In so doing, they changed everything about their lives without adding one single “to-do” to their lists. They added an open heart to their daily experience and found tremendous peace and happiness. Their experiences, and advice on how every woman can find their own amazing open heart, is detailed in Virginia Hinckley Pearce’s new book A Heart Like His: Making Space to feel God’s Love in Your Life (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $15.95).

Continue Reading »

by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

It’s inescapable—in line at the grocery store, on every internet page, and in most TV commercials. It is found in every form of media: Women’s self-image is constantly linked to body-image.

Continue Reading »

by Jennifer Wellborn

Almost ten years ago our hearts were broken when my husband’s ex-wife defied court orders and disappeared with their daughter. There aren’t any words that really describe what it was like to worry about where she was every birthday, every Christmas, every day. When your child is gone, the only thing that fills that emptiness is having that child come back again.

Continue Reading »

William H. Stoddard, former regional church spokesman from Southern Nevada and former president of the Las Vegas Stake, has been called to serve as mission president for the Illinois Chicago North Mission. President Stoddard and his wife will serve for three years, beginning in July 2006.

The Main Street Billboard Committee made waves and headlines a few years ago when they successfully lobbied to get sexually explicit billboards removed from around Las Vegas.

They are working now on a new problem. A Nye County brothel wants to begin advertising in other counties and cities, even though prostitution is illegal there. The ACLU has filed suit in their behalf. Main Street’s goal is to prevent the brothel (and any future followers) from this sort of advertising.

If you are interested in joining in this effort, call Heidi Wixom at 437-1737 or email Shari Peterson at mainstreetgroupnv@yahoo.com.

The Coalition successfully rallied Nevadans to help pass a state constitutional amendment stating that marriage is between one man and one woman. The coalition is now focused on the Domestic Partnership issue and the Federal Marriage amendment. These two topics are discussed on the NCC website, www.nevadaconcernedcitizens.org.

If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Richard Ziser at 702-221-1613 or e-mail nccmail@earthlink.net.