Mormon church reassigns volunteers serving in Turkey due to political unrest
The LDS Church on Sunday said it has temporarily reassigned volunteers serving in Turkey “due to a prolonged period of heightened political tensions.”
Ghana’s Singer Lilkidayo Undeterred By Lack Of Manager And Producer
“My personal life has been a motivational story which I sometimes share musically with anyone who cares to listen. I just want to encourage everyone to not give up, that is why I released the single ‘My Life’ on August 17, 2017.” These are the words of Lilkidayo, an upcoming singer whose genre is Ghanaian Hiplife and Afrobeats.
Mormon art left behind after Summerlin car burglary
It’s a random act of kindness that begins with the discovery of a brown box outside a Summerlin home.
Salt Lake City planning $27M upgrade to historical cemetery
Salt Lake City is looking to spend $27 million to rebuild roads, repair walls and make other upgrades to its 170-year-old bucolic city cemetery.
Mormon author sues PCC over gender and religious discrimination
Marianne Monson, a Mormon author and former Portland Community College writing instructor, is suing the higher education institution in federal court for what she says is a long saga that resulted in differential treatment — and ultimately termination — based on her gender and religious affiliation.
5 Famous Actors Who Became Mormon
From Academy Award-winning actors to those with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, learn more about the famous actors and actresses who converted to the LDS faith.
Utah parents planned murder-suicide that killed kids
A couple who recently moved from Switzerland to Utah planned a murder-suicide that left their family of four dead, buying sleeping pills and researching shootings, according to a police report on the investigation into the deaths that was released this week.
‘My Little Life’ Star Lee Pushed Bailey Away Because He Acted Like a Total Creep
Are things really over for Lee and Bailey from My Little Life? Lee joined the cast of Season 1 of TLC’s newest reality TV series that documents the lives of young little people as they navigate their own personal journeys, and in Lee’s case, his journey to find love came to a screeching halt on this week’s episode. Lee, a Mormon little person from Provo, Utah had a crush on his friend Bailey for a while and he wanted it to be more than just friends — but Bailey wasn’t interested in having a romantic relationship so she cut ties with Lee and it seems like it’s for good.
“I’m Going to Wake Up and This Will Be a Dream” LDS Woman Takes Second in Boston Marathon with “Improbable” Finish
After her incredible finish in the Boston Marathon, LDS runner Sarah Sellers’s finish on Monday has been deemed “improbable.” In fact, she still can’t believe it. “I mean, I still can’t believe I finished second,” Sellers, 26, told msn.com. “I’m going to wake up and this will be a dream.”
How a 34-year-old turned $200 into a company he sold for over $10 million in a matter of months
Thirteen years ago as a broke college student, Trevor Chapman took a job selling pest control door-to-door to make extra money. Eventually, he launched his own sales operation — a solar panel installation company that quickly expanded across three states. But two years in, something was missing — and it wasn’t a shortage of time spent in the office.
LDS Family Loses Both Parents, Newborn in Crash After Driving Home from Temple
While traveling home from the Lubbock Texas Temple on April 7, an LDS family of seven lost both parents and a 2-month-old baby.
LDS Mom with 6 Kids Under 5 Shares How a Dream Prepared Her for Unexpectedly Having Triplets and Twins a Year Apart
When I was 15 weeks pregnant with the triplets, my husband woke me up in the middle of the night and said, “I thought you were having a bad dream—you were yelling, ‘No! No! No!’” I started laughing, and I said, “David, I was dreaming that we had just found out we were pregnant with twin girls and the boys were 15 months old.” And he goes, “Honey, that is not a dream, that is a nightmare.”
New website launched to recruit senior LDS Church missionaries
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that it had launched a website designed to recruit senior missionaries.
Mormon Temple Closes for Two-Year Renovation Project
The Mormon temple in Kensington, a landmark for Beltway drivers, has closed for a two-year renovation project.
The Surprising Geology of Joseph Smith’s Brown Seer Stone
There have been a flurry of articles over the last 2 1/2 years regarding the translation process of the Book of Mormon, and in particular the use of “seer stones”.
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