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For those readers who have children or grandchildren who love to read, and go to libraries often, YOU MUST READ THIS ARTICLE! How Publishers and Librarians Are Pushing Gender Identity Politics on Your Children By  United Families International  · September 16, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE United Families International: Dedicated to informing you about the issues and forces impacting the family. Contributed by Tori Black When I was little, I loved to have my mother read to me. I had two favorite stories that I requested over and over:  The Little Red Hen  and  Little Black Sambo.  Poor  Little Black Sambo  has fallen out of favor among some people, but I admired the quick-witted little boy who out-smarted the dangerous tigers threatening to “eat [him] up,” and hoped that I could learn be just as smart as him. When I was about six years old, my mother took me to get my ow...

This touching article tells how much loving and kind caregiving for those who are disabled -- can do for the person being served, and those serving! The Mark of a Good Caregiver By Joni Hilton  · June 19, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE I’ll just say it: I think we need a National Caregivers’ Day. Not only should they receive boxes of chocolates and bouquets of flowers, but friends should step in and take the entire day for them, if they can. It’s hard to imagine any job more exhausting, more tedious, more without a moment’s relief, than constant caregiving. And with the rising numbers of elderly and disabled, caregiving is falling upon more and more shoulders. If you haven’t already experienced it, you may.  As a matter of fact, I feel such admiration for this unheralded group that I wrote a tribute song to caregivers for my upcoming musical about cancer. And this demanding task doesn’t compare to all the...

Today is President Russell M. Nelson's 95th birthday.  For those who haven't watched the inspiring program, with wonderful music, and telling about his life, it is now on YouTube.  You can find it at:  President Nelson’s 95th Birthday Celebration - September 6, 8:00 PM 95 Facts About President Nelson for His 95th Birthday by Jannalee Sandau  | Sep. 07, 2019 As we celebrate the 95th birthday of our beloved prophet, here are 95 fast facts about him, from the beginning of his life to today! Growing Up 1. He was 9 pounds and 11 ounces when he was born. 2. His family was not active in the Church while he was growing up.  3. Growing up, he didn’t like liver and would hide it in his pockets and throw it into a vacant lot on his way to school. 4. He learned about the Church by taking a streetcar to Deseret Book. 5. He once broke every bottle of his parent’s alcohol and poured it down the drain in the basement floor as a...

Watch President Russell M. Nelson's 95th birthday celebration here:  At 8 p.m. on Friday September 6, 2019. Watch Online The performance will be broadcast live in English on the Church satellite system,  ChurchofJesusChrist.org , and  Facebook , as well as on  thetabernaclechoir.org ,  youtube.com/thetabernaclechoirattemplesquare , and  facebook.com/thetabernaclechoir . The program will be broadcast in French, German, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and ASL on the Church satellite system,  ChurchofJesusChrist.org,  and t hetabernaclechoir.org . Watch On-Demand The broadcast will be available for on-demand viewing on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, tabchoir.org/95thcelebration, and  youtube.com/thetabernaclechoirattemplesquare  imediately following the live broadcast in English, French, German, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and ASL. BYUtv will rebroadcast the event on  byutv.org  at Sunday, September 8, 2019, at...

Do you ever feel that the Lord hasn't heard your prayers, or isn't answering them in the way you want?  This beautiful article helps us understand a lot! While We Search the Skies for Angels By  Ted Gibbons  · September 3, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please  CLICK HERE Editor’s Note: Beloved author Ted Gibbons recently passed away after a battle with cancer. We will continue to share his wonderful insights here periodically. Embedded in many of Paul’s letters are messages left, as it were, in tiny crystal containers, almost hidden in the shadows of the eternal doctrines that fill Paul’s epistles. For example, in Philippians 4, Paul encourages the saints to “stand fast in the Lord” and to be “in the same mind of the Lord,” and to “rejoice in the Lord” (Phil 4:1,4). But in the midst of this counsel to be Christ-like. Paul teaches a lesson we might miss if we are not watching. He suggests an approach to life that will ...