Latter-day Saint Orin Duffin is suing Idaho State University (ISU), claiming he was persistently harassed as a member of the ISU tennis team because of his faith.

In an era of rapidly vanishing values, it is increasingly difficult to find righteous examples for the young women of today. Integrity, virtue, and good works seem to have lost their meaning within society, and our youth are pressured to follow a path leading far from truth and all that is righteous. For this reason, author-artist CaMary Wynne chose eight women from the past to represent the Young Women’s sacred values of Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity, and Virtue. Through Sister Wynne’s colorful allegorical paintings, Eliza R. Snow, Mary, Joan of Arc, Sacajawea, Eve, Florence Nightingale, Esther, and Ruth come forward in time with a message for the young women of today.

There are those rare moments when a sports photograph becomes a transcendent image. Consider the iconic black-and-white shot of a young Mohammed Ali towering over a fallen Sonny Liston, the photo of a terminally ill Lou Gehrig bidding a graceful farewell inside a crowded Yankee Stadium, or, perhaps, the image of an airborne Michael Jordan hurdling himself toward the basket

You may have heard of companies like Uptown Cheapskate or 3DplusMe, but did you know that these companies were started by Mormon women?

Photo from ldschurchtemples.com, courtesy of Steve Crandall

I remember being in a professional development course and how the instructor emphasized not using too much jargon with the families we worked with because it could be intimidating and give the families a sense of isolation. Similarly, there is much jargon that is well known to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but that is not understood by everyone. It is important to be aware of the words we use and how others might interpret them. Due to popularity of the original list (found here), I have created a new list of 10 more words.

Religious freedom experts gathered together on the campus of Brigham Young University for the 22nd annual conference of the LDS International Society. The theme was “The Erosion of Religious Liberties: Impact on the International Church.” As a matter of basic human dignity and social good, these experts defended religious freedom against gradually encroaching erosions. Michael K. Young, president of the University of Utah and former chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, concentrated his remarks on the state of religious freedom in the United States, calling it a “bellwether” for the rest of the world. The extent of religious freedom erosion in the United States, he argued, significantly impacts the development of this issue in other countries. He warned about the subtle deterioration of religion’s once foundational place in society. An accumulation of “adverse” court decisions along with worsening social attitudes toward religion have produced gradual erosions that are “more worrying” than obvious, abrupt changes.

"I don't like a lot of attention with it. I don't really want to relive those emotions," says Richard Norby, a senior missionary injured in a terrorist attack last year. "But it's important to remember the blessings we had that day and the tender mercies that happened."

I gave away a Book of Mormon for the first time in between science and history when I was in eighth grade. I’d like to say I did this just because I wanted to, but it was actually a requirement for Personal Progress. I chose to give the book to Heidi, my kindest and most religious friend (she went to church and a youth group every week). The creators of the Personal Progress program must have intended for me to make this a memorable, edifying experience, but, instead, I wrote a few lines in the cover of the book and handed it to Heidi during our passing period. I didn’t explain anything about the book, just said a few awkward words and went on to class. It wasn’t that I didn’t care, it was simply that sharing the gospel seemed scary to me.

A New York dealer in antique maps and rare books claims to have found the first map of Salt Lake City.