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Newtown Woman Says 'Thank You' with Mormon Tabernacle Choir CD
In the days and weeks following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a woman in Newtown, Conn., found peace in a CD of children's songs by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. When Robbie and Alissa Parker publicly spoke about the loss of their daughter, Emilie, in the Newton shootings and their faith as part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints, Christian congregations throughout the country and around the world sent letters of condolences and messages of hope to them and their ward.
'Mormonism, Islam and the Question of Other Religions'
As a product, on one level, of the early 19th century United States, the Prophet Joseph Smith "shared the idealism and passion for freedom and human rights that were the motivating principles" of the American Revolution, said Daniel C. Peterson Aug. 5 in the closing presentation of the FAIR Conference. FAIR, the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Apologetics, is a volunteer organization that seeks to counter criticisms against Mormonism, though it is not affiliated with and does not speak for the Church.
A Mormon reporter on the Romney bus
On the night of the South Carolina Republican primary in January, I sat near the front of a dark campaign press bus and listened to reporters talk about Mitt Romney's underwear. Earlier in the day, one of them had happened upon the candidate and his wife doing laundry in the basement of our Columbia, South Carolina, hotel, and a small cluster of colleagues had now gathered to listen to him relate the anecdote, lapping up every mundane detail of this rare interaction with the closed-off couple.
Priesthood Blessings Sustained Survivor of Horrific Crime
Kim Lingard Brown has no memory of the horrific crime that forever changed her life almost a decade ago.
Jimmer's experience at BYU had impact on top prospect Jabari Parker
There's a noteworthy piece on one of the Scout.com websites today about the recruitment of Jabari Parker, widely considered to be the No. 1 basketball prospect in the country from the class of 2013. Parker will be a junior this year, and is a BYU recruiting target because he is LDS. Parker told Brian Snow, a national recruiting analyst for Scout.com, that he isn't just considering BYU due to his LDS faith. It's a basketball-related decision, he said.
Roadshow unites more than 500 youth
Roadshows are not new to Latter-day Saint culture. Some say road shows started with Brigham Young's traveling shows where he encouraged the pioneers to sing, dance and perform for each other to lift their spirits in difficult times. In Orange County, the tradition continued on March 3-5 when more than 500 youth performed for standing-room-only crowds in the Santa Margarita California Stake Center. Performances on Thursday and Friday were open to the public and on Saturday the youth were able to watch each other perform.
Prayer and God helped hero avert a school shooting
Details are emerging that reveal how Antoinette Tuff relied on prayer and God while persuading a man armed with an AK-47 into surrendering to police before he could harm any students or staff Tuesday at an elementary school in Georgia. “The school bookkeeper is passing on the credit to God, revealing in a recent interview how she had been praying not only for herself but also for the gunman who had taken her hostage during the frightening ordeal,” Nicola Menzie reported for the Christian Post.
Mormon ranks growing – especially among minority groups
It's an old question, but Fred Bethel says he still gets asked: How can an African-American like himself be part of the Mormon Church, a religious group that waited until 1978 to allow blacks to become leaders? His response comes easily — because of what the church is today.
Utah Compact one-year anniversary marked by Utah community leaders
Utah community, business, political and faith leaders gathered today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Utah Compact, a document that lays out a responsible approach to the urgent challenge of immigration reform. Elder L. Whitney Clayton of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), who was one of nine speakers at the event, read the following statement in behalf of the Church:
Poll: Americans want religious presidents, but are vague on details
Americans want their presidents to be religious, but many have trouble identifying the faiths of President Barack Obama and leading GOP contenders Mitt Romney and Rep. Michele Bachmann, according to a poll released his week. A majority of Americans (56 percent) say it’s important for a candidate to have strong beliefs, even if those beliefs differ from their own, according to the poll conducted by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service.