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Alex Boye and Al Fox Carraway Come Together for Incredible Music Video "Promised Land"

When in search of "the one," there's almost no place some wouldn't go—including the promised land.

According to Pew Research done in 2013, the average teen sends 3,339 texts a month and teens ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven hours a day using entertainment media, Mike Madsen, product manager of the youth.lds.org website, said at the LDSTech Conference on Oct. 17 at the Salt Lake Institute of Religion adjacent to the University of Utah campus. “The youth are plugged in,” he said. The way to reach them is with technology, and the Church has seven products that can help strengthen the youth:

NPR Covers Growing LDS Sister Missionary Force

There are 11,000 more female missionaries around the world now than there were a year ago. Women comprise 24 percent of all Mormon missionaries, up from 15 percent before the change.

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Watch: Violinist Lindsey Stirling Answers Questions from LDS Teens, Shares Faith

Lindsey Stirling, the accomplished LDS "dancing violinist" joined Young Women General President Bonnie L. Oscarson and Young Men General President David L. Beck to answer questions from youth around the world about her career, struggles with an eating disorder, and the role her faith plays in her music. Questions were submitted largely online and were moderated by Sister Oscarson and Brother Beck. Stirling performed a few songs and explained the background to one of her most recent favorites, "Shatter Me." Watch the complete Q&A event below.

How to Talk to Your Kids about Pornography

Why is it that we can tell our children things like, “Don’t hit your brother,” or “If you touch the stove, it will burn you,” or “Say no to drugs!” five million times, but when it comes to sex and/or pornography–eeek!–we think we can have one talk, pat ourselves on the back, and go on our merry way? A colleague once asked me this, and I thought … you know, he’s right!

'Ten Commandments' exhibit to commemorate Friberg's 100th birthday

Starting in 1953, artist Arnold Friberg spent three years in Hollywood as filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille's chief artist for the epic motion picture, "The Ten Commandments." Friberg would gain notoriety for 15 pre-visualization paintings which were used to promote the film worldwide. More than 50 years later, those scenes painted by Friberg are still known to those who traditionally watch the movie each Easter on network television.

Missionaries Safe After Harrowing Experience in Nepal

Elder Jim Valentine had gone to the church a little early to meet with some members. His wife, Sister Chris Valentine, stayed at their apartment on the seventh floor of an apartment building. They are serving in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Famed 'Mormon Panorama' to Be Put on Display in Utah

If Mormon pioneer artist C.C.A. Christensen were alive today, he would perhaps be a documentarian or a television journalist. He was a natural at telling stories through word and image.

Jabari Parker to speak at SLC devotional during BYU recruiting trip

One of the top high school basketball players in the nation and his family are hoping to reach out to the LDS Polynesian and African-American communities of Utah while he is on a Thanksgiving weekend recruiting trip to BYU. Jabari Parker, a senior basketball star at Chicago's Simeon High School and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to speak at the Salt Lake University LDS Institute of Religion, adjacent to the University of Utah, on the evening of Nov. 25, according to his brother, Christian Parker.

Famous Latter-day Saints

Mormon Entrepreneur Credits God with His Life's Success

Jim Yates of Flint Hill, Va., has fond memories of dirty laundry.