Recently, Glamour magazine featured Lindsey Stirling, and she shared some deeply personal experiences about overcoming depression and her initial rejection as an artist. Check out these brutally honest videos that share her struggles and how she was able to ultimately overcome them to become the highest-earning female YouTube star.

Deseret Book recently conducted a scholarship competition for aspiring, new LDS artists. The money was raised from prominent LDS artists auctioning off custom pieces of artwork. These artists included Annie Henrie, Del Parson, J. Kirk Richards, James Christensen, and Liz Lemon Swindle. From thirty applicants, they chose four winners and three honorable mentions. Each of the four winners received $3,000 towards their education in their chosen art medium. These are definitely some artists to watch for in the upcoming months!

There are lots of obscure, or forgotten tidbits in LDS Church history and policy. Here’s just a sampling of 8 things you probably didn’t know, gathered from a variety of sources:

The following is an excerpt from Anthony Sweat's recently released book, Christ in Every Hour.

When Eng Bunhuoch joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1990s, there were just a handful of families practicing Mormonism in Cambodia.

MR says: A recent article posted on Yahoo Parenting asked, "what's the right age for teens to start dating?" They looked at the average age teens usually start dating, talked to experts, and even consulted parents. Their results were pretty interesting, detailing many of the negative effects that can come from steadily dating at a yound age. Here's a small excerpt from the article:

LDS Blogger Jill Nystul gained a lot of attention recently for her simple cleaning tip, one the Daily Mail called genius. The concoction—a combination of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide—is one she typically uses for most cleaning jobs. She recently used it to experiment with her grimy, rusted baking sheets and found it doesn't require any hard work.

Last Christmas, the Farnes family received a surprise package that inspired them to write a book and encourage others to spend time with their families.

The growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a fledgling band of frontier Americans to a global faith that blesses the lives of millions is one of the great religious success stories of the 19th and 20th centuries. From the very beginning, members of the Church displayed a remarkable ability to set aside material things for spiritual goals. One of the earliest Church members, Martin Harris, mortgaged his farm to pay for the publication of the Book of Mormon. Other examples of self-sacrifice among the early Latter-day Saints abound.

Whether or not Jon Huntsman will face off against President Obama in the 2012 presidential race remains to be seen, but if all had gone according to plan, the 51-year-old GOP candidate would've actually been rocking a much different type of arena. As NPR is reporting, Huntsman -- a former Utah governor and Obama-appointed U.S. ambassador to China -- originally dropped out of high school to be a rock 'n' roll star with a garage band called Wizard. The man who's been described as “a conservative technocrat-optimist with moderate positions” has certainly made no secret of his adolescent passion ("My initial passion in life was to be a rock 'n' roll musician," Huntsman is quoted by The Los Angeles Times as having told graduates at the University of South Carolina). But now, his former bandmates are coming forward, telling NPR that Huntsman, a devout Mormon, found ways of adapting his passion for rock music with the guidelines of his religion.