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More on David Archuleta's new album release

Latter-day Saint and "American Idol" pop star David Archuleta will be releasing his newest album, "No Matter How Far," on March 26. Songs include "Don't Run Away," where Archuleta's message is to face your worries and remember you are never alone, that there are people who care about you. The song "Heart Falls Out" describes what it feels like when part of your heart seems to be lost or missing, such as when you lose someone or something you love.

The Best Job in All of Mormondom

I have the best job in all of Mormondom. I know this is quite a claim, and I’m sure I’ll have a few people disagree, but when I am asked what I do for a living, my answer is generally, “I get paid to read interesting stuff.” In my book, that’s pretty hard to beat. I am the editorial director for BYU Studies Quarterly, the original Mormon studies journal, founded in 1959 by English professor and poet Clinton F. Larson and published quarterly for almost 55 years now.

Bricks in Nauvoo: Symbols of Pioneer Industry

By necessity, early Mormons were builders. It’s easy to forget, retrospectively, how much sheer labor went into the communities that early Latter-day Saints, time and again, built from the ground up. Temple building is one of the more conspicuous form of construction activity, but with each relocation Latter-day Saints also faced anew the more mundane labors of improving land, building homes, outbuildings, ditches and canals, fences, roads—in other words, of generating a basic domestic and civic infrastructure. Not unlike many other roving families in early America, Mormons continually reconstructed their material world from the ground up.

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Watch: Adorable couples share 125+ years of marriage advice in 3 minutes

Three Latter-day Saint couples with over 125 years of marriage experience between them shared some of their best advice for building love that lasts. Check out what they have to say in this adorable three-minute video.

More Mormon missionaries means fewer college students

Jorgen Sumsion spent the fall semester studying biostatistics at Brigham Young University, but he's not enrolled this semester.Sumsion is still in Provo, but the 18-year-old is at the Missionary Training Center preparing for a Mormon mission in Taiwan. He plans to continue his studies at BYU -- after he returns from his two-year mission.

Manti Te'o's LDS bishop adds his perspective to saga

As much as Jim Carrier had dealt with the absurd in the past month, the Mormon bishop said he was still blind-sided by a recent interview request from People magazine. That he is Manti Te'o's bishop and spiritual adviser helps explain the improbable coupling.

Mormon 5:23 "Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Know ye not that he hath all power, and at his great command the earth shall be rolled together as a scroll?"

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16 Beautiful Book of Mormon Scriptures that Will Bring You Comfort

In times of trial, we search for sources of hope. For some, turning to religious books provides the solace they seek. In his epistle to the Romans, Paul wrote, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4).

Environmental Stewardship and Mormon Belief

So what are the fundamental principles of stewardship, according to LDS belief? This list of five principles is brief and incomplete—and for now I won’t bother including all of the scriptural references—but I intend this to provide at least a primer for how we might begin to define our own stewardship more clearly. Suffice it to say, Mormon belief contains powerful doctrines about stewardship laid out explicitly in modern and restored revelation, and we dishonor these revelations by ignoring their relevance to the problems we face and by belittling the concerns about the health and well-being of the environment.

HuffPost: BYU-bound Nick Emery among first Mormon athletes to go on mission at 18

Nick Emery – a three-time Utah state champion and two-time state high school player of the year – was courted by college basketball super-powers UCLA, Kansas and North Carolina. But the 6-foot-2-inch point guard spurned them all, and won't be playing basketball anytime soon. Emery is just weeks away from starting a two-year Mormon mission to Germany.