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LDS "Jeopardy!" Star Ken Jennings Says In the Age of Google, There's Still Value in Obtaining Knowledge

In a 2013 TED Talk at Seattle University, Ken Jennings says it was always sort of his destiny to end up on the trivia game show Jeopardy!

Latter-day Saint Life

The Remarkable Story Behind the Book of Mormon in the Harvard Library

After a long day of working in Harvard's library, an LDS student decided to see what books the school had about his religion. What he found was a long forgotten treasure that is simply incredible.

Latter-day Saint Life

A Powerful Lesson This Book of Mormon Woman Taught Me for Moments When You Feel Like a Failure

By Alexandra Mortenson

Sometimes we feel like we’ve done everything right—tried to do good, tried to follow the Spirit—and still, everything falls to pieces. Sometimes we even feel that we’ve made circumstances worse, despite our honorable intentions. We stand looking at the disaster at our feet and we wonder, Is this my fault? Did I do something wrong? And what am I supposed to do now?

Romney's Mormonism is fair game, reporter writes

Reporters should ask Mitt Romney questions about his Mormon faith, argues religion writer Jeffrey Weiss. Romney, after all, served as an LDS bishop and stake president years ago while living in Massachusetts.

Modest does not equal frumpy, say organizers of Christian Fashion Week

The organizers of Christian Fashion Week have a message: Modest does not equal frumpy. "A lot of the designers we talked with looked at the challenge as a creative challenge," said Jose Gomez, who, along with his wife and another couple, is organizing the event. "How do we push the boundaries with boundaries?"

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19 Iconic Lord of the Rings Moments That Perfectly Sum Up Being a Mormon

By LDS Living Staff

Lord of the Rings and Latter-day Saints—the two go hand-in-hand more often than most of us care to admit. One does not simply sit through a three-hour block without hearing Middle-earth references in Sunday School on a regular basis.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Elizabeth Smart Shares How Her Faith Has Changed Since Her Captivity (+ How the Media Has Misrepresented That Faith)

By LDS Living Staff

Elizabeth Smart's captivity captured the attention of a nation. While the public nature of the darkest year of her life came with its own struggles, Elizabeth Smart has used her experience to become an advocate for change.

'Heavenly' Katherine Jenkins to join Mormon Tabernacle Choir for Pioneer Day concert

U.S. audiences primarily know her as a dancing queen, after she finished near the top of last season’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Although in the United Kingdom, and internationally, Katherine Jenkins is a “beautiful, prodigiously gifted” mezzo-soprano soloist and top-selling recording artist with a “heavenly voice.”

Putting Our Time and Talents to God’s Service

Early in this dispensation, the Lord declared: “… I, the Lord … make every man accountable, as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my creatures. … The earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the children of men to be agents unto themselves.” (D&C 104:13, 17)

Jimmer's experience at BYU had impact on top prospect Jabari Parker

There's a noteworthy piece on one of the Scout.com websites today about the recruitment of Jabari Parker, widely considered to be the No. 1 basketball prospect in the country from the class of 2013. Parker will be a junior this year, and is a BYU recruiting target because he is LDS. Parker told Brian Snow, a national recruiting analyst for Scout.com, that he isn't just considering BYU due to his LDS faith. It's a basketball-related decision, he said.