LDS Church News: The storms are here

President Gordon B. Hinckley highlighted the \"portent of stormy weather ahead to which we had better give heed\" in an October 1998 general priesthood meeting address. He called on members to put their homes in order.Now, more than a decade later, the storms are here.\"The economic clouds that have long threatened the world are now fully upon us,\" said Elder Robert D. Hales. \"The impact of this economic storm on our Heavenly Father's children requires a gospel vision of welfare today more than ever before.\"Speaking to priesthood and Relief Society leaders in a newly released DVD created by the Church, titled, \"Basic Principles of Welfare and Self-Reliance,\" Elder Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve begins the discussion by sharing \"a gospel vision of the priesthood principles of welfare.\"Priesthood-based welfare principles are both temporal and spiritual, he said. They are eternal, and apply in every circumstance, whether rich or poor.See the rest of this story at ldschurchnews.com