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Mormon runs for president in Mali
Since my dad was actively involved in politics when I was young and even ran for office twice, I was smack dab in the middle. Some of my best memories involved attending political open houses with my parents, meeting prominent politicians, and going to the party’s headquarters. When I was 10, my sister and I campaigned for our dad every weekend for six months, going door-to-door or walking in parades handing out fliers. Though it was hard work, it certainly made a big impression on me!
BYU Education Week to Run August 18-22
Elder David A. Bednar to give Devotional address on Tuesday, August 19
Latter-day Saint Life
How Not to Feel Like a Failure on a Mission
One of my favorite Mormon books this year has been BYU historian Craig Harline’s funny and wise memoir Way Below the Angels: The Pretty Clearly Troubled but Not Even Close to Tragic Confessions of a Real Live Mormon Missionary.
Majority of Protestant pastors back Mormon candidate, but some undecided
A majority of Protestant pastors plan to vote for GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, according to a new survey, but nearly a quarter are still undecided less than a month from Election Day. Just 17 percent of Protestant pastors said they would vote to re-elect President Obama, with 57 percent favoring Romney and 22 percent undecided, according to a survey conducted by LifeWay Research.
Modern Archaeology Supports Book of Mormon Origins
In the late 1820s, when Joseph Smith announced that he’d recovered an ancient book that had been written on metal plates and concealed by one of its authors in a stone box, his claim was widely derided. It still is.
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Latter-day Saint Life
President Packer Honored on Floor of U.S. Senate
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, stood on the Senate floor Tuesday evening and delivered a tribute to President Boyd K. Packer, who died Friday at age 90 after serving more than half a century as a general authority of the LDS Church.
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Latter-day Saint Life
President Packer Was Working on Upcoming Conference Talk When He Died
Early last week, President Boyd K. Packer was preparing his talk for the upcoming October general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before his health began to fail and he died Friday at 90 years old of causes incident to old age.
LDS Parents of Eight Both Diagnosed with Cancer
While raising eight kids, Shane and Amy Haws have doctored more than their share of bumps and bruises. As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Haws’ have leaned on their testimonies for support.
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From the Church
Church Video: When Soldiers Locked All LDS Churches in Ghana for Over Year
In 1989 through 1990, the government of Ghana banned all Latter-day Saint Church activities throughout the country. This freeze came as a result of misinformation and fear and left many Church members wondering if they could ever worship openly again.
How LDS missionaries escaped death during Liberian civil war
The LDS Church was still in its infancy in Liberia when civil war erupted in the West African nation, threatening members and branches and devastating an entire country. When the war broke out in late 1989, eight native Liberian missionaries were serving in the country. By July 1990, conditions were so bad that those missionaries were shuttered inside their homes, unable to preach the gospel and forced to risk possible death just to meet with members. There was little food to eat, and it was difficult and very costly to obtain fuel for cars.