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Mormons who use Medicaid
In a recently-publicized video, Mitt Romney criticizes people in the United States who rely on government programs such as Medicaid and argues that they don't "take personal responsibility and care for their lives." This group includes the elderly, the underemployed and a significant number of young Mormons like me. Last year the Salt Lake Tribune reported that "44 percent of births to parents who listed 'student' as their occupation" in Utah in 2008 were funded by Medicaid. About 39 percent of those births occurred in Utah County, home to a population that's about 80 percent Mormon and to LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University.
Pres. Eyring's New Biography Offers Personal View of His Life
When he was a small boy, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the LDS Church's First Presidency, had a dream in which he sensed the Savior Jesus Christ was gently leading and guiding him along with a light rope. The image and feelings associated with the dream have been a great source of strength throughout his life. Decades later, the dream has become a theme for the church leader's biography, "I Will Lead You Along: The Life of Henry B. Eyring."
From the Church
Church Announces First-Ever Official Email Newsletter
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will soon begin receiving an email message from the First Presidency for the first time. The first email is being sent this week to a small group of about 10,000 members in the United States as the system is tested. Emails will be sent to millions of Church members throughout the world in 10 languages on December 3 and 4, 2014.
From the Church
A Day at the Ghana MTC
It’s a Monday morning and President Stephen L. Graham and his wife, Sister Vanessa Jane S. Graham, are getting ready for “intake day,” when they will welcome 83 missionaries.
BYU students help uncover buried treasures from Provo's first tabernacle torn down in 1919
As the LDS Church finalizes plans to build a temple within the walls of the fire-ravaged Provo Tabernacle, history from an even earlier building at the site is being studied. Little by little, archaeologists and students from BYU are working in cooperation with the Church History and Temple departments of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to unearth Provo's first tabernacle, a building known as the "old meetinghouse."
From the Church
LDS Church's Provo MTC Will Expand South into BYU Campus
The expansion in the number of LDS missionaries over the past year will be met with an expansion of the church's flagship missionary training center in Provo. “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced plans to expand the Provo Missionary Training Center to the south of the existing MTC campus where the BYU Laundry Building and the Auxiliary Maintenance Building are currently located," church spokesman Cody Craynor said Wednesday night.
Churches changing bylaws after gay marriage ruling to try to avoid lawsuits
Worried they could be sued by gay couples, some churches are changing their bylaws to reflect their view that the Bible allows only marriage between one man and one woman. Although there have been suits against wedding industry businesses that refuse to serve gay couples, attorneys promoting the bylaw changes say they don't know of any lawsuits against churches.
12 myths about Mormons — From caffeine to the Bible to birth control
As Americans cast their ballots and the clock ticks toward midnight in Mitt Romney’s presidential quest, this much is clear: Americans didn’t know much about the candidate’s LDS faith when this "Mormon moment" began. Now, thousands of headlines, dozens of TV newscasts and one Tony-winning Broadway musical later, Americans still don’t know much about Latter-day Saints and their beliefs.
Mormon teen boys tell girls they're beautiful through One Direction music video covers
If you haven't seen the latest YouTube phenomenon, you're missing out. These videos include teenage boys and a One Direction song. It's a no-brainer why they’ve gone viral. But the best part is, the young men didn't make the video to achieve YouTube fame. In fact, the only audience they had in mind was the young women from their church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their mission was to make sure every young woman knew that she was beautiful.
LDS Church could see 80k missionaries
The reduction in age requirements has significantly impacted the Mormon missionary efforts states an article published yesterday in the Houston Chronicle. Applications to serve for the global church soared following the announcement. Previously, Church Headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, typically received 700 applications per week. Two weeks following the announcement, that number soared to over 4000. Although that number has since leveled off, Church leaders state that volume has not dipped below double the previous average since that time. New missionaries Hunstman and Ruiz are examples of what is happening in the nearly 15 million member church.