Instead of sleeping in tents and sleeping bags, hammock enthusiasts slept under the stars strung between trees at the Utah Summer Hammock Festival in Provo, Utah, on Friday, September 9.

Look at how the prayer of a teenage boy has transformed the world we live in today. Check out these great insights from John Bytheway about what the world would look like if Joseph Smith had never been born.

LDS comedian Ryan Hamilton recently posted something most comedians can only dream of—opening a show for the legendary Jerry Seinfeld.

Elder D. Todd Christofferson recently returned from a historic trip to the Pacific. While visiting the Solomon Islands (the first apostle to do so since 1987) he met with Prime Minister Sogavare, who told Elder Christofferson he had read James E. Talmage's Church classic Jesus the Christ and had been so impressed, he read it a second time. Learn more about this incredible visit below:

Did you know early Mormon women often worked outside of the home, even at the request of Church leaders? In fact, the first female mayor and all-woman city council were LDS women elected in Kanab, Utah.

The world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square has announced the dates for their 2018 tour. The musicians are headed west for their 2018 tour, performing in five cities on the West Coast. The Classic Coast Tour begins on June 18, 2018 in Costa Mesa, California, and will conclude 16 days later on July 3 in Seattle, Washington.

Check out these 10 incredible athletes who also served missions for the Church.

MR says: Key Church artwork painted by a famous 19th-century painter, who even did portraits for presidents, vanished early in Church history. Find out how this important art was recently rediscovered.

A Calif. Saint has proven that you don’t have to choose between athletic prowess, academic success and serving the Lord.

The Joseph Smith Papers Project is a collection of primary Joseph Smith documents that is invaluable to American history scholars, Mormon history scholars, and of importance to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The latest volume, Histories, Volume 1: Joseph Smith Histories, 1832–1844 (Church Historian’s Press, $54.95), contains a number of highly readable and compelling historical narratives, some familiar to Latter-day Saints and historians, and some not well-known. The much-anticipated volume will be available March 19 at Deseret Book and select other retailers. Highlights from the volume include accounts of Joseph Smith’s earliest heavenly manifestations, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the organization of the church, the conferral of priesthood authority, the events leading up to Joseph Smith’s imprisonment in Missouri, and other events from early Latter-day Saint history.