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Mitt Romney's Son Considering Running for Utah Governor, Mom Says "Go for It"

One of Mitt Romney's sons is considering running for Utah governor in the upcoming years.

5 Ways You Can Follow Elder Kearon's Challenge to Aid Refugees

They come to Utah after being forced to flee from Iraq, Burma, Somalia and Syria. Mostly women and children, they’ve been persecuted for their religion, race or nationality. In our state alone, there are 60,000 refugees from more than 20 countries. And according to top LDS Church leaders, they need our help.

Latter-day Saint Life

How My Testimony Helped Me Overcome Paralysis Twice

MR Says: What an inspiring example of relying on the Savior to overcome life's toughest trials.

Latter-day Saint Life

Cultures Unite to Remember Slain LDS Girl

MR says: With purple balloons and candlelight, this community came together to honor a 12-year-old girl who was enticed out of her home by a teenage boy and killed.

Perry Camp's Anti-Mormon Message

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has publicly distanced himself from the anti-Mormon rhetoric of a prominent Baptist minister who has endorsed his presidential campaign. But new evidence suggests that Perry’s team may be quietly advancing the notion that Mitt Romney’s faith should disqualify him from the White House. The Daily Beast has obtained a series of emails that show an influential evangelical activist with close ties to the Perry campaign stressing the political importance of “juxtaposing traditional Christianity to the false God of Mormonism,” and calling for a “clarion call to Evangelical pastors and pews” that will be “the key to the primary” for Perry.

From the Church

Missionary handbook updated to include clarification and FAQs

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Changes to the missionary handbook address commonly asked questions clarify existing standards for missionaries, prospective missionaries, mission leaders, and families.

Lesson Helps

New Testament Lesson 11: He Spake Many Things unto Them in Parables

By Ted L. Gibbons

Matthew 13

Latter-day Saint Life

When general conference was canceled + other conference firsts

By Jannalee Sandau

Did you know that general conference was once held outside the US, and April 2020 was not the first time the public was not invited to attend?

Mother and daughter at MTC together, serve missions at the same time

Many young sisters are having the chance to serve a mission at a younger age since President Thomas S. Monson’s announcement in the October 2012 general conference, but not many can say they are going at the same time as their mother. Andraya Salcido, 20, the youngest of seven children, is serving in the Texas Houston East Mission, Spanish-speaking, and her mother, Sister Yvonne Salcido, is serving in the Illinois Nauvoo Mission.

'ABC World News' airs special two-part series 'Inside the Mormon Church'

On Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 “World News with Diane Sawyer” aired a two-part report “Inside the Mormon Church” from ABC’s Dan Harris. In introducing the series Diane Sawyer said — “It’s a time of change in America. In the last 12 years alone we have seen the election of the first black President, the first Jewish candidate on a major ticket — Senator Joe Lieberman, and next week, another breakthrough – the first Mormon nominee for President, a profound and historic moment for the Mormon faith, which is a still a mystery to a lot of people. So tonight, Dan Harris begins a two-part series, answering questions about this uniquely American religion.”