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Neon Trees: Meet the LDS Programmer Who Quit His Day Job to Chance It with the Band

When Neon Trees takes the stage Saturday night at Utah Valley University, it will be a homecoming for bass guitarist Branden Campbell. Not only did the Las Vegas product attend UVU, but he lives in Provo with wife Emilie and children Katie and Connor.

Sister missionary killed in Texas trailer fire

Ann Baker Jones, 69, of Taylorsville, a senior missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in the church's Texas San Antonio Mission, died Friday after suffering severe burns in a Thursday night fire caused by a gas leak in a kitchen stove. President John Jewkes of the Taylorsville Utah North Stake said he understood that Sister Jones and her husband, Steven K. Jones, were preparing for bed when the fire broke out. LDS Church spokesman Scott Trotter said Sister Jones "was immediately flown to the Brooks Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio after the accident, where she later passed away with her husband by her side."

Latter-day Saint Life

Ambushed Officer: Voice from God Told Me to Put On Vest

MR says: This goes to show that prayer and the Holy Ghost provide the best protection, even in the most dangerous of circumstances.

LDS Biologist Receives Top Young Faculty Distinction from White House

BYU professor Joel Griffitts rang in the New Year with some news straight from the President of the United States: He’s been named one of the brightest young researchers and educators in the country.

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Mormon Baby Names: Traditions & Trends

Maybe it’s because we’re kind of different to begin with that Mormons love oddball baby names. We’re taught from day one to be “in the world but not of the world” and that apparently applies to the way we name our kids as well. While this holds true to Mormons all over the U.S, you’ll find the most outlandish baby names in the intermountain West: Utah and southern Idaho in particular. I have met children named Wrangler, Smokey, Mersadie, Corporate (for a girl), Maverix, Jenedy, Silver, Xacian, Versailles, Rafter, and—I kid you not—R2.

Mormon church gets green light to build girls camp

Vashon’s Mormon church has received preliminary approval from King County to move forward with its plans to develop a teen girls camp at its 100-acre property on the southern tip of the Island. In a letter dated Nov. 21, the county’s Department of Permitting and Environmental Review (previously known as the Department of Development and Environmental Services) issued a conditional use permit to the Vashon church, noting the organization had met a number of concerns raised by neighboring residents as well as issues that came up during a state-mandated environmental review.

3 Common Questions About Prayer +How the Book of Mormon Answers Them

God loves His children, and He wants to communicate with us through prayer. The Book of Mormon, a book of holy scripture that teaches about God’s dealings with the people of the ancient Americas, answers the questions of how we should pray, what we should pray for, and what blessings God gives us when we pray.

From the Church

2 Apostles With Unexpected Connections to the New Cordoba Argentina Temple

The Cordoba Argentina temple became the 145th operating temple this weekend after being dedicated in three sessions by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf.

From the Church

President Monson Absent from Session of Conference to Conserve Energy

By Danielle B. Wagner

Many who have tuned into conference this weekend noticed that President Thomas S. Monson, who was present at the Saturday morning session, was absent from the Saturday afternoon session.

Ipad App Shares Photographic Journey of Joseph Smith

You all know that National Geographic does something spectacular to make the people and places of the world come alive and bring them right into your home though their online magazine. At a touch, you can see movies, browse stunning photos and interact with every page in ways that print just can’t make happen. Exploding on the screen are textures, people, unforgettable scenes. You are there in exotic locations all over the world.