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Trump Picks Mormon for Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors

Randal Quarles, the former home teaching companion to Harry Reid, could become the second LDS member to serve on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, according to the Deseret News.

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BYUtv's "Relative Race" Reunites Family Members with a Flip Phone, Maps, and DNA

Using ancestry.com, four couples are racing to trace their family history to find their long-lost ancestors.

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Why I "Force" My Beliefs on My Kids

By Jenny Evans

If you visit a Mormon sacrament meeting on Sunday, the first thing you'll probably notice is the mid-level roar of all the child noise going on in the pews.

The politics of race and religion — in two pie charts

Republicans are the party of white evangelicals. Democrats are the party of minorities and those without any traditional religious affiliation. Stereotypes? Absolutely. But, according to a study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life of all of the organization’s polling so far in 2012, at least partially accurate — if not entirely illustrative of the full face of either party.

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One Book That May Change How You See Women in the Church (and Helps Their Voices Be Heard)

By Danielle B. Wagner

The Church Historian's Press recentlyreleased a new book just in time for the 175th anniversary of the Relief Society—but it's not one geared only toward women. It's a book that gives men and women access to powerful speeches given by women in the Church, one that might make you rethink stereotypes about female Church leaders and the power and authority they carry.

A Hilarious Yet Insightful Look at What Happens When We Don't Rescue 'The One'

By Danielle B. Wagner

It's time to tell you the story of a little sheep named Shrek. He was an ordinary sheep, one among many in a flock living in New Zealand.

Rethinking Mormons & Pornography: Utah Rated Lower in Recent Study

Statistics tell stories, and this is something that Mormons know well. While many demographic indicators speak to the social health of Mormon culture, there are some that do not.

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Watch: Lindsey Stirling's Enchanting "Beauty and the Beast" Medley Is Magical

By LDS Living

You have never seen a Beauty and the Beast medley quite like this one.

Commentary: Yale professor warns of Mormon theocracy in <i>NY Times</i>

Mormons are somewhat fond of quoting Yale professor Harold Bloom when he refers to the founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an "authentic religious genius." He even repeated this in a recent interview with the Deseret News where he not only said Joseph Smith was a religious genius, but that "Had I been a nineteenth-century American and not Jewish I would probably have become a Mormon . . . "

Young Women Lesson 18: Temple Marriage – Requirement for Eternal Life

Manual 1; Supplement from "The Eternal Blessings of Marriage," by Elder Richard G. Scott