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4-Time All-American Wrestler Serves Mission Despite Wishes of Family, Throws First Pitch

Elder Dusty Hone threw the first pitch at the Round Rock Express vs. the Omaha Storm Chasers minor league baseball game, but the missionary and All-American wrestler had never intended to serve a mission. Then something happened in Dusty Hone's life that changed his mind and made him want to serve a mission, despite the wishes of his family.

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How Do Americans Feel About Mormons and the Church? A New Pew Study Reveals

By Danielle B. Wagner

Americans are warming up to Mormons, at least according to a recent Pew Research study "Americans Express Increasingly Warm Feelings Toward Religious Groups."

Defending the Family Means Defending Women and Rooting Out Misogyny

By Adam S. Miller

As “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” warns, if we fail to defend the family, “the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.”

Alex Boye's American dream comes true with U.S. citizenship

By Emily McClure

The American dream—it’s an evolving concept that covers anything from the Leave It to Beaver house on 211 Pine Street to a vision of driving the classic 1966 Ford Mustang. Many American dreams never become reality, but on February 22, Alex Boyé, the famous pop singer and member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, watched his dream of becoming an American citizen come true.

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BYU Professor Helps Create New Civil Rights American Girl Doll

BYU history professor Rebecca de Schweinitz helped create the newest addition to the American Girl BeForever doll series, which pays tribute to young girls throughout American history. A board of experts, including de Schweinitz, created Melody and her story to represent "a 1964 Detroit civil rights character" to share important, yet difficult, elements of history with children.

Latter-day Saint Mom Competes on American Ninja Warrior

By Jeff Hampton

Despite having aired for six seasons, no contestant of the hit NBC show American Ninja Warrior has ever won the grand prize. This year, though, a Mormon mother of three hopes to change that.

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Latter-day Saint Nurse Advances to "American Ninja Warrior" National Finals

Mady Howard had a secret.

Thurl Bailey: The Impact of Seeing Potential

When someone sees our potential it can make all the difference in what we become. But what has that looked like in the life of former NBA player Thurl Bailey? It meant his mother believing that she was not raising average kids, and therefore Cs were not acceptable. It meant not making the middle school basketball team again and again until a coach finally offered to put in some extra work with the 6'10" 9th grader. And it meant overcoming obstacles in marrying his wife when the odds were against them. But perhaps most important, it has looked like Heavenly Father knowing Thurl's potential as a disciple of Jesus Christ. On this week's episode, we talk with Thurl about potential in all its forms and what we can learn from it.

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Tolstoy's Surprising Opinion of Mormons and 'The American Religion'

In his diary, Leo Tolstoy wrote: “God is that infinite All of which man knows himself to be a finite part.”