The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced an update to guidelines regarding communication between full-time missionaries and their families.

Too often today’s political discourse reduces politics to partisanship, whether one affiliates with this or that political party. It’s a much broader topic, however, encompassing big notions about citizenship in a society, how we as a group of people make decisions, how we navigate our responsibilities to each other, to our government, and to our consciences and deepest religious convictions. When we weave in a particular group of people, such as Mormonism, it becomes even more clear that the political sphere is ever evolving—that even as certain themes maintain some influence in how each period of history unfolded, change concerning what Mormons wanted both for and from government was and is always the norm. Mormonism has a wonderful history of thinking fresh about government, about economic forms such as cooperative economies versus free-market capitalism, in wondering about how heaven is governed and if the way it is governed here on earth is truly the ideal. For any who think today’s super-conservatism or uber-Republicanism is built deep in the fabric of Mormon theology or thought is deeply mistaken—yet even as our history tells tales of great latitude, Mormonism really hasn’t yet articulated a clear sense of what it means to approach the political sphere as a Mormon, to live in community, to live in peace. It’s a much needed project!

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) has released renderings of the Hartford Connecticut and Indianapolis Indiana Temples, as well as the site location of the Hartford Temple. The proposed plans call for the Hartford Connecticut Temple to be built at 1024 Farmington Avenue in Farmington, Connecticut. The Indianapolis Indiana Temple site (in the city of Carmel on the southwest corner of the intersection of W116th and Spring Mill Road) was announced in January 2011

The following is an essay by Robert L. Millet, professor of religion and emeritus dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University. The issue of whether Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are Christian is not a new one, but the current media climate has caused the question to be revisited in both private and public conversations. No matter the circumstances, the underlying question is an important one and a matter whose implications reach well beyond the momentary news cycle.

Imagine this: You’re sitting at home, discouraged, with your phone in one hand and a consoling carton of ice cream in the other when a video headline on your newsfeed catches your attention. It says, “Watch This: Amputee Defeats All Odds and Rock Climbs Again!” Fascinated, you press play, and a story of strength, loss, and victory flashes before your eyes as this person overcomes all odds to reach his goal.

Last Saturday, mid running errands and playing with my dog, I started thinking about the upcoming general conference. I thought of the female leaders who might be released and wondered if I had taken full advantage of everything they had to offer during their relatively brief calls. Since auxiliary leadership changes roughly every five years, I wanted more opportunities to hear from these wonderful women. I longed to know more about these chosen disciples of Christ.

With 12 undercover celebrities singing dressed as peacocks, rabbits, poodles, and more, Fox's The Masked Singer has caught the public's attention with its mix of bizarre, fame, and mystery. And several rumors have connected Latter-day Saints with the show. But none have been more convincing than a recent clue that appeared on Twitter on February 13—an angel Moroni:

This week's FHE lesson topic comes from the Come, Follow Me reading in Matthew 16-17, Mark 9, andLuke 9. Check out this week's Come, Follow Me study ideas on LDS Living for additional resources and suggestions.