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BYU Noteworthy and Cougarettes Team Up for Mind-Blowing Music Video: "Unsteady"

LDS Living Staff - BYU's Noteworthy recently released a new video for their new single, a cover of X Ambassadors' "Unsteady."  The video was created together with the BYU Cougarettes to more effectively relay the meaning of the song. Member and beatboxer of Noteworthy, Sarah Cunha, told The Daily Universe ,  “It’s such a different emotion and message. It’s very much a message of real pain and reaching out when you need to and being okay with it.” And the end result was stunning and emotional. “It was so cool to collaborate with the Cougarettes because they brought so much energy to it,” Bent said. “It...

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Watch: Emotional Haka Honors Māori Graduates from BYU-Hawaii

LDS Living Staff - At the end of February, a graduation ceremony and celebration was held for 2017 BYU-Hawaii graduates. Among the diverse mixture of students from over 70 countries at BYU-Hawaii are many Māori students, and recently a haka was performed on campus to honor these new graduates. Another highlight from the graduation weekend was when Elder Dallin H. Oaks came to address the students at commencement. He told students to push back against the world by standing "clear from the current atmosphere of hate and to refrain from participating in the contentious communications that are so common today. . . . I am not...

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People: Mormon Family That Sold Everything to Live on the Road Announce Next Big Adventure: "It Won’t Be Easy"

People - “Living away from home for another year won’t be easy,” Michael Johnson admits, “but it’s important to focus on others, and not just ourselves. That’s the lesson we hope our kids will take away from this: We’re all in this world together.” After selling practically everything they owned to live on the road for a year in a fifth-wheel trailer, a Utah family of six has decided since returning home that a quiet life in the suburbs is not for them. So Michael and Marisa Johnson and their four children are once again leaving their hometown of Eagle Mountain — this...

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Donny Osmond Plays Terrorist in Comedy Playing at LDS Film Festival

LDS Living - Most directors don’t land an international superstar in their first movie. But CTU: Provo was hardly an average film shoot, and that’s just scratching the surface. The 24 -inspired local film was selected to 10th-anniversary screening at this year’s LDS Film Festival. BYU alum Alan Seawright directed and starred in the feature-length comedy, a loving parody of TV’s 24 , back in 2007. The story follows a pair of Jack Bauer fanboys fighting actual terrorists when Provo comes under attack. Donny Osmond gamely agreed to appear as the main villain as a favor to the cast. The film has been selected for...

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Gorgeous Piano Solo of "Joseph Smith's First Prayer" Will Bring Peace to Your Day

LDS Living Staff - In preparation for the upcoming LDS Face to Face event with President Henry B. Eyring and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland in Palmyra, New York, Jerald Simon created this beautiful piano solo arrangement of "Joseph Smith's First Prayer." He hopes to help others get in the mood and be ready for the event happening Saturday at 11:00 a.m. MST (1:00 p.m. EST). ...

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Watch: Elizabeth Smart Meets with Woman Who Was Kidnapped and Sexually Abused for 10 Years in Emotional Interview

Danielle B. Wagner - Elizabeth Smart shares how her harrowing experiences led her to become an advocate, found a non-profit, and inspire others. "I would like to think that I would have done it regardless, but if I really think about it, I mean I would have felt terrible, but would I have spoken out? Probably not. And even if I did, who would listen? So it has definitely changed my life for the better," she says. Two women abducted from their homes and families, raped, abused, and then rescued from their captors. Two women who have experienced heartbreak and fear as they struggled to...

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Mitt Romney on How Keeping the Sabbath, Faith Made Him More Successful

Danielle B. Wagner - After graduating in the top five percent of his business school class at Harvard, no one can argue that Mitt Romney went on to achieve incredible success in the world of business.  But, as a father, bishop, and husband, how did he manage to balance it all? How did he find success? Recently, in a video posted by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mitt Romney shared some tips for how he achieved success—and few of them had to do with business. Instead, Romney shared the advice to hold onto those values and things in your life that matter most. In...

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Surgeons Save Baby's Life with Help of 3-D Printed Heart, LDS Family Shares Miracle

KSL - After struggling with infertility, the Knoell's received the heartbreaking news that one of their soon-to-be-born twins would not survive without extensive surgery. But the family soon witnessed many miracles through the life of their two little girls. Two babies, one 3-D printed model, and a broken heart. What you're about to witness as the future of medicine. "She's Ella 2.0. She's a new baby. She's so happy," said Katie Knoell, Ella's mom. Getting Ella and her twin sister, Livi, here in the first place was tough. Struggling with infertility, Jason, Katie Knoell's husband, had surgery and she underwent in vitro fertilization to...

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Church Creates 5 New Stakes, Calls 32 New Stake Presidents in February

LDS.org - From Utah to Zimbabwe and Brazil to Samoa, learn more about the 32 new stake presidents called by the Church in February. New Stakes A new stake has been created from the Des Moines Iowa and Ames Iowa Stakes. The Des Moines Iowa Mount Pisgah Stake, which consists of the Centerville, Indianola, Lenox, and Perry Branches and the Easter Lake, Osceola, Roccoon River, Walnut Hills, and Waukee Wards, was created by Elder Weatherford T. Clayton, a General Authority Seventy, and Elder Rulon F. Stacey, an Area Seventy. DES MOINES IOWA MOUNT PISGAH STAKE (November 20, 2016): President—Gary Lee Pence, 61, retired,...

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President Uchtdorf Gives Rose and Sweetest Birthday Message to 102-Year-Old: "I Want to Be Just Like Her"

LDS Living Staff - At 102 years old, Erma Rosenhan still works hard preparing family history names for temple work. Over the past century, Rosenhan has prepared more than 400,000 of her German ancestors' names, according to the Deseret News. Because of her diligent work and uplifting spirit, Rosenhan received a special surprise on her birthday on March 1, 2017—a visit from President Uchtdorf, who brought her a rose. About this tender encounter, President Uchtdorf wrote on Facebook: "Yesterday I attended the birthday party of 102-year-old Erma Rosenhan, a dear sister who served a mission in Germany two years before I was even born—and I’m...