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Watch: LDS Singer's Spanish and English Mashup of "How Great Thou Art" Is Phenomenal

"How Great Thou Art" is a well-beloved hymn many draw inspiration from. And Nadia Khristean's Spanish and English mashup music video of it is absolutely stunning.

The Mormon Bachelor finishes series of dates tonight

In a pair of vintage-inspired frames from the 1950s, a young, athletically built man steps into the camera view and launches into the reasons he’s the ideal Mormon bachelor, why he, Rick Buck, should be a woman’s next date. “I have many sides to me,” he says. “I have so many layers that you can just peel away, one after one. For instance, how about this side?”

Wall Street Journal: The Mormon missionary revolution

It has been quite a year for Mormonism in America. Outside the faith, the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney sparked unprecedented levels of interest and attention. Meanwhile, church leaders have transformed how young Mormons start their adulthood, affecting everything from education to dating and marriage. Though you might not know it from Broadway's "The Book of Mormon," 12% of Mormon missionaries are women—a number that is about to skyrocket thanks to an unexpected change in official Latter-day Saint policy. The church announced last month that Mormon women are now eligible to begin serving missions at age 19 instead of 21, and that Mormon men may serve at 18 instead of 19.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Keys to Making Repentance Easier Yet More Meaningful

By David Fisler, Author of "His Redeeming Power: Cleansed on Conditions of Repentance"

As a former bishop and now a YSA branch president, many members have asked me, “How long will it take me to repent?” And I usually answer, “Well, that depends—it depends on you and on the Lord.” Some people are able to repent rather quickly, while others take a long time.

Videos

4 Beautiful, Award-Winning Videos on Faith From People of All Faiths

Faith Counts, a nonprofit made up of many religious communities, recently held a Film Your Faith video contest. Since April, the contest has had more than 140 entries from faiths across the nation. The winners of the contest were announced Friday, August 28.

New booklet targets LDS families of homosexual youth

In what is being referred to as "the first research-based educational resource to help Mormon families support their LGBT children," the Family Acceptance Project at San Francisco State University has published a 26-page pamphlet called, "Supportive Families, Healthy Children: Helping Latter-day Saint Families with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Children." Co-authored by Dr. Caitlin Ryan, director of the Family Acceptance Project, and Dr. Robert Rees, an educator and former LDS bishop, the pamphlet is intended to "prevent serious negative outcomes like suicide, HIV and homelessness and to promote well-being" among LGBT youth while "helping families balance deeply held values and beliefs with love for their LGBT children," Ryan said.

Famous Latter-day Saints

LDS 14-Year-Old Set to Perform at Trump Inauguration

By LDS Living Staff

A recent news release from the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that another LDS artist will be joining The Piano Guys and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the inauguration.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why Mormons Were Mentioned in a Presidential Inaugural Address

By LDS Living Staff

When James A. Garfield took the oath of office as the new president of the United States of America in 1881, Mormonism was a heavily contested topic in much of the nation. As one of the largest territories in the nation at the time, Utah kept pushing for acceptance as a state, but many Americans feared the "peculiar" Mormons and their practices—including polygamy.

Latter-day Saint Life

27 Dazzling pictures of temples in spring

What better way to celebrate the coming light and warmth of summer than reflecting on the places where we can feel Christ's light?

Racism and the Church: Do we demand change?

A friend mentioned recently that he met his first black Mormon and that he didn't know they existed. Of course they do. I was one. He was shocked and asked, "How could you be a member of a racist church?" I explained the Church's teaching, then turned to my own question about race and religion: why don't we challenge racism in all faiths?