If you thought Team Obama was having a rough time figuring out how best to handle Mitt Romney’s presidential run, consider the plight of the poor Latter-day Saints. Despite the growth and gradual mainstreaming of Mormonism in recent years, the church is still regarded by many as disconcertingly exotic. Now, with the very real possibility that one of its own could wind up in the Oval Office, the LDS finds itself scrambling to adjust to life in the global spotlight.

Voters are likely to know two things about Mitt Romney: that he’s rich and that he’s a Mormon. At the same time, more than one fifth of Americans tell pollsters they won’t vote for a Mormon for president. Yet if Americans understood Mormonism a little better, they might begin to think of Romney’s faith as a feature, not a bug, in the Romney candidacy. If anything, Romney’s religion may be the best offset to the isolation from ordinary people imposed by his wealth. It was Romney’s faith that sent him knocking on doors as a missionary—even as his governor father campaigned for the presidency of the United States. It was Romney’s position as a Mormon lay leader that had him sitting at kitchen tables doing family budgets during weekends away from Bain Capital. It was Romney’s faith that led him and his sons to do chores together at home while his colleagues in the firm were buying themselves ostentatious toys.

What an exciting announcement we heard this Sunday morning session!

A common mistake we might make as we go about our earthly experience is assuming someone struggling with a trial brought it on themselves through sinful living, but we need to take a deeper look at why trials happen.

The scrutiny on Mitt Romney during his run for president eliminated a lot of myths about Mormons and focused instead on their character and qualities, said Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch in an exclusive interview with Newsmax TV. Hatch’s new book, “An American, A Mormon and A Christian: What I Believe,” is meant to clarify misconceptions about Mormons, both as Christians and as members of society.

For your visiting teaching message this month, pick a talk from the October 2016 general conference to share, found on conference.lds.org. Here is one suggestion from "The Master Healer," by Sister Carole M. Stephens:

In his most recent music video, Alex Boyé teamed up with the Five Strings, a group of LDS siblings, to create this free and beautiful version of "Amazing Grace," with some of the text sung in Swahili.

"Eighty-two million people have watched you," Steve Harvey told Claire Ryann Crosby about her viral YouTube videos. "That's more than my entire 32-year career."

A brother and sister are home after leaving their Mormon missions to prepare for a funeral Friday to honor their parents and two younger brothers, who died together Saturday night from carbon monoxide poisoning.

We're all still chuckling over the #MormonMafia tweets that took Twitter by storm, but that's by no means the only time Latter-day Saints have taken to social media to express their unique sense of humor. Here are just a few other funny hashtags and the even more hilarious tweets that resulted.