Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess reflects on the dynamic presidency of LDS leader Russell Nelson, who recently died at age 101.

No trailblazer in his more than three decades as an apostle, Nelson, who died Saturday at 101, made many changes.

Russell M. Nelson, the Latter-day Saint prophet who preached the need for peacemakers in an angry world, died over the weekend. Then a gunman opened fire on a church in Michigan.

Authorities are no longer looking for victims in the shooting at a church in Grand Blanc Township with four dead and eight injured. The gunman is also dead.

President Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away just after 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. He departed peacefully in his Salt Lake City home.

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From the operating room to the pulpit, Russell M. Nelson lived a life of extraordinary impact. The former heart surgeon and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints passed away ...

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