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Mike Wallace vs. President Hinckley? Dave Checketts needn't have worried

Deseret News - When Dave Checketts heard that his friend and neighbor Mike Wallace was going to interview Gordon B. Hinckley, he was worried. This was in 1995 and Wallace was famous for his tough interviewing skills on "60 Minutes." He didn't interview people, it was said; he interrogated them. It was also noted that the worst sentence you could hear in the English language was, "Mike Wallace is here to see you." He went one-on-one with hardened, tough politicians, crooks, business leaders and assorted battle-tested characters and turned them into oatmeal. And now he was about to interview the beloved president of The...

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Ancestry.com releases collection of Titanic Records

Deseret News - To mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Ancestry.com is releasing thousands of Titanic-related records. The records come from the ocean liner’s passenger lists, crew lists and lists of the more than 1,500 people who died at sea. ...

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Guarding the faith: The ups and downs of ministering to the incarcerated

Deseret News - There are errands to be run and a big stack of mail that needs his attention, but Lonn Buckley doesn't hesitate when the woman, short and stout with earnest brown eyes, asks to chat for a minute. "I've been sitting on this for a while, but it's been bugging me," she says, taking a seat in his office, a small room with cinder block walls, bare except for few crookedly hung pictures of Christ. "I just had to tell someone." She fiddles with a ballpoint pen as she tells him about her problems. A Bible rests in her lap, partially covering...

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Bloggernacle Back Bench: Introducing three new blogs, a travel site and a comedy web series

Deseret News - I love highlighting new blogs. And spotlighting new and fascinating blogs doubles the excitement. Here are four new, fascinating blogs for you to bookmark, ranging in subjects as being Mormon, being peculiar, traveling, provident living and more. ...

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Wright Words: You can judge a tattoo by the sound of the voice

Deseret News - The little girl’s voice dripped with optimism. I couldn't see her face, but I could hear her just around the corner on the next aisle at the grocery store. By her voice alone, I judged her to be 6 or 7 years old and she was engaged in a lively debate with her father about what she would be when she grew up. Her first two choices were "judo expert" or “the kind of astronaut that flies to Mars.” I laughed out loud. The voice continued, “What do you choose, Daddy?” ...

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Mission History, 1949: First Missions to “the Orient”

Keepapitchinin - A short lesson in the history of missionary work in the Far East, presented to the children of the Church in 1949: ...

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The “No Relief” Society?

Mormon Women - I just happened upon this article at LDS Living, written by a woman named Chrisy Ross who is not a member of our faith. I appreciated how she candidly explains what it has been like to live in a community surrounded by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“Mormons”). (If it’s any consolation, Chrisy, I grew up in a Mormon community and moved away for several years, and it was still a bit of culture shock for me when we moved to an area that was heavily populated by Mormons!) ...

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Washington Post poll on Romney's Mormon religion

Washington Post - Q: Is Romney's Mormon religion a major reason to (support) that candidate, a major reason to (oppose) that candidate, or not a major factor? ...

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Advice I'd Give My 21-Year-Old Self

LDS Living Readers - Only care about what the Lord thinks and not other people. Everything else just seems to fall into place when that is my focus. —Anne; Arizona Volunteer. Someone could use your help and you’ll get a better feeling that lasts longer. You’re poor, so act like it—that is, in terms of spending. Learn about every good thing you can; the more you learn about something, the more interesting it will become. —Danny McClure; Blacksburg, Virginia Don’t get a credit card in college. Listen to your parents and your friends. If they don’t like the person you’re dating, there’s probably a good reason....

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Dave Says: Teaching and Tough Love

Dave Ramsey - Dear Dave, My husband and I need to update our will, but we’re not sure how to divide the money. All of our children are grown, including my three stepsons. The problem is that two of my stepsons are irresponsible with money and are drug users. Do you have any advice? Colleen Dear Colleen, Typically, if you give money to a drug user they’ll use it for one thing: drugs. Your goal as a parent is to love them and teach them to the best of your ability. Buying their drugs upon your death doesn’t fall into either of those categories....