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Mormon in the Running to Become President Trump's Deputy Secretary of State

The Hill - Former presidential candidate, ambassador to China, and Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. is in the running to become the next deputy secretary of state. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) has entered discussions about becoming the State Department’s second-highest official, according to a new report. Huntsman emerged as a contender before a scheduled Monday-afternoon meeting between President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the Wall Street Journal said. U.S. officials told the Journal that a decision on the deputy secretary of State role remains unfinished and that other candidates besides Huntsman may be under consideration. Lead image from The Hill...

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President Monson Shares Story of LDS Mom Who Died Leaving Her Kids a Key That Unlocked a Priceless Treasure

LDS Living Staff - Recently, President Thomas S. Monson shared a story on Facebook and in the First Presidency message , one that involves mysterious keys and unknown treasures. But the most interesting part of the story comes in the surprising way it can teach us how to love as the Savior loves. Some years ago a friend named Louis related to me a tender account about his gentle, soft-spoken mother. When she passed away, she left to her sons and daughters no fortune of finance but rather a heritage of wealth in example, in sacrifice, in obedience. After the funeral eulogies had been spoken...

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Podcast: How Have the Attitudes of LDS Women Changed Since the Early Days of the Church?

LDS Living Staff - LDS Perspectives podcast hosted editors Jenny Reeder and Kate Holbrook, historians of 19th- and 20th-century women, to review their unprecedented project of compiling LDS women’s speeches within the LDS Church in the book  At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women . The book brings together perspectives and discourses of many LDS women from earlier years of the Church helping us see how some attitudes of women in the Church have changed and some have stayed the same over time. The authors share they feel many of the things the women talked about back then relate very much...

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"They Called It Hell, and We Called It Heaven": The Story of Exiled Mormons in Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement

Professor Fred E. Woods, Brigham Young University - To most of us, leprosy is a disease that only existed in Biblical times and meant misery and exile. But to Latter-day Saints in a small Hawaiian leprosy settlement known as Kalaupapa, the disease meant a community of unity, coupled with a faith in God that neither they nor their neighbors would trade for anything. One Catholic priest, while reflecting on his life’s experiences, remarked that the two holiest places on earth were Jerusalem and Kalaupapa. This bold statement resonates with the thousands of people from a variety of faiths who have been deeply touched by Kalaupapa—a peaceful settlement lying quietly...

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Ellen DeGeneres Shares Precious Video of LDS 4-Year-Old Singing with Disney Star That's Absolutely Magical

LDS Living Staff - Little children often dream of meeting the real-life characters of their favorite Disney shows.  And LDS 4-year-old Claire Ryann just had that dream come true—by meeting a real-life Disney princess.  The video featured on EllenTube and shared by Ellen DeGeneres shows Claire's reaction at meeting Auli'i Cravalho, the star of the Disney film Moana . But the video doesn't end there. The two sit down to sing the most precious version of "How Far I'll Go" you've ever seen.  ...

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BYU-Hawaii Announces Plan to Officially End Athletic Program

Deseret News - "The efforts of all who have contributed to the tradition of the athletics program are greatly appreciated," a 2014 statement from BYU-Hawaii reads. "The board, executive committee and university administration feel that the top priority is to serve more students, especially those from the Pacific and Asia." Following Brigham Young University-Hawaii's final men's and women's basketball games Feb. 20, coaches, players, cheerleaders, students and members of the community put arms around shoulders and swayed together while singing a tender version of " Aloha 'Oe ," a song traditionally sung whenever an honored guest or friend leaves the Hawaiian Islands. In this...

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Historic BYU Win Over No. 1 Team Sparks Hilarious Tweets and Oscar-esque Mix Up

LDS Living Staff - If you are like me, you weren't betting on BYU beating the No.1 team in the nation in basketball. Personally, I was way more excited for the Oscars this weekend . That was a mistake. As it turns out, BYU made college basketball history by upsetting Gonzaga's perfect season. ICYMI: @BYUbasketball fans swarmed Provo Airport last night around 2 a.m. to greet the team after the Cougars upset No. 1 Gonzaga @byuROC pic.twitter.com/8TPHoDhXzF — Brandon Judd (@brandonljudd) February 26, 2017 But I wasn't the only one who underestimated BYU. The Spokesman-Review , Gonzaga's hometown newspaper, was so confident in their team's...

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Church Releases Revolutionary New Book Showcasing 54 Historical Speeches—All by LDS Women

Newsroom - Church historians Jennifer Reeder and Kate Holbrook have compiled more than 185 years of discourses from LDS women into the revolutionary book, At the Pulpit . Comprising more than 50 discourses from LDS women, the book spans from the Church's founding to present and includes speeches from LDS women around the world.  “We have selected a couple of talks from every decade from 1831 to 2016,” Reeder elaborated. “As early as Emma Smith, as early as Lucy Mack Smith as she led the Saints from Colesville, New York, to Kirtland, Ohio, to Elizabeth Ann Whitney in Kirtland, to Eliza R. Snow traveling throughout...

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Searchers Find Missing Plane Carrying LDS Bishop and 2 Children

KSL - Our prayers are with the Wells family after such a tragedy.  The bodies of a Sandy man and his two children were found Monday after a search located the wreckage of  a plane that was reported missing Sunday morning , police said. Garfield County officials said there were no survivors in the crash.  Iron County Sheriff Mark O. Gower said the plane was located near lower Bear Valley area northwest of Panguitch by a police helicopter shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. Gower said the plane was not intact. A ground crew was moving in on the location to access the plane....

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Disney Movie "Moana" Comes to Life with This Music Video Filmed at the Polynesian Cultural Center

LDS Living Staff - The Moana  movie had everything from action to adventure to beautiful animation and incredible scenery, some of which is inspired by a Mormon ghost town . But the film's popular hit song "How Far I'll Go" has something else to add. Recently, a music video starring Angeline Madriaga as Moana was filmed at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu, Hawaii.  Produced by Working with Lemons, the music video brings the animated scenes of Moana to life, though the chicken and pig from the movie are not included.  Check out the stunning similarities this music video has to the Disney movie.  ...