As far as Scott Howell is concerned, the Republican Party doesn't have a corner on "Mormon moments." Despite the heavy influx of Mormonism during the final evening of last week's Republican National Convention, the former Utah State Senate minority leader and current U.S. Senate candidate says he has participated in a couple of similarly significant events that have spotlighted The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the ongoing Democratic National Convention.

Purpose: To teach children what they can do to help bring the Spirit to their home and help their family be happy.

Monthly Theme: The Holy Ghost Testifies of the Truth of All Things

Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under way.

We have been thinking a lot about this question recently. Last week, we brought up a similar debate (watching the Super Bowl and/or having a family party on Sunday), and we also ran a story about two LDS cheerleaders who, like many other LDS youth, chose not to compete on Sunday. Both stories generated passionate response, which made us realize how varied the opinions are on the topic of appropriate Sunday activities. So we wondered: how do you and your family handle extracurricular activities on Sunday? Most families have to face the question of Sunday competition and/or recitals at some point. Sports, music, dance, debate, and speech competitions all have the possibility to be held on Sunday. Some families have hard and fast rules for the children that no Sunday competition is allowed. Others leave the choice up to the children, sometimes while encouraging them one way or the other.

The footnotes for President Russell M. Nelson’s recent devotional for young adults might just take the footnote cake.

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3 Words Married People Should Stop Saying to Singles

As Latter-day Saints are to religion, homeschoolers are to education—a peculiar people. Yes? Not so much anymore. For Mormons' emergence into mainstream culture, we can thank Mitt Romney, David Archuleta, Napoleon Dynamite, and a host of others. But what about homeschoolers?

Check out this new, upbeat contemporary Christmas song written by Josh Wilson and performed by Bryce Romney. As a 3-year member of BYU Vocal Point, Romney has sung on stages across the nation and is featured on three Vocal Point albums, Lead Thou Me On, Spectrum, and He Is Born.