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Church leaders share more info on missionary age change

With the opening of the 182nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Thomas S. Monson surprised members with an announcement that, effective immediately, men may now begin serving missions at age 18 and women at age 19.

Hunger Games romp leaves newly returned missionary paralyzed

She scampered up the tree, lithe, fit and healthy one day in early June, part of a mock "Hunger Games," romp among a group of friends in Provo Canyon. Tere Parra admits she's no monkey, but she's climbed many a tree before, dangling in the leaves, balancing on branches, reaching toward the sky.

Why This Year’s Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert Isn't Broadcast on TV or YouTube

This is a great question that we hear quite often. We are thrilled at the amazing response to the Christmas concert and blessed that we have the Conference Center where nearly 85,000 people can attend...

First Presidency attends City Creek opening

The First Presidency participated in Thursday's ceremonial ribbon cutting at City Creek Center, signaling the long-awaited opening of Salt Lake City's newest mall.President Thomas S. Monson and his two counselors, President Henry B. Eyring and President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, also greeted and shook hands with several shoppers anxious to look about and enjoy the only regional shopping center opening this year in North America.

New guide advises Evangelicals on how to talk to Mormons

Richard Mouw never intended to start a riot within the Evangelical community by saying his fellow believers had "sinned against Mormonism." But that’s exactly what happened. Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., had been meeting regularly with LDS scholars before he gave a seven-minute introduction of Ravi Zacharias, an Evangelical speaker who addressed a packed audience in the Mormon Tabernacle in November 2004.

ESPN video: LDS athlete Manti Te'o relies on faith to overcome tragedy

Manti Te'o's name has been making the news circuit lately as a contender for the 2012 Heisman Trophy. While most articles and interviews focus on his skills as a Notre Dame linebacker, Te'o has been outspoken about the important role of faith in his life.

BYU's Harry Potter parody video is a YouTube hit

Magic is a hot topic as fans of Harry Potter await the final installment of the movie series. Capitalizing on the arrival of the final Harry Potter movie, the Divine Comedy troupe at BYU has released "Firebolt," a Harry Potter-inspired music video parody of Katy Perry's "Firework." On YouTube, the video is giving the group national attention and tapping into nearly 100,000 hearts of Potter enthusiasts.

A Testimony and a Latter-day Saint Temple Built from Legos

When Amy Bergner, the Primary president of the University Park Ward in the Newport Beach California Stake, asked Samuel Mirejovsky to build her a temple out of Legos for sharing time, she was expecting a structure that would fit inside a shoebox.

From the Church

'Meet the Mormons' Reaches Top in Box Office Numbers Opening Weekend

"Meet the Mormons," a new documentary-style movie from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ranked No. 10 in box office sales nationwide in his first day of release.

'Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam' not a Mormon song

I was minding my own business, listening to Elvis Costello on my headphones, (which I am wont to do) when he sang the following line in his unique voice: "Maybe Jesus wants you for a sunbeam."