The American Bus Association has named the Wise Men Still Seek Him Nativity Exhibit at Historic Kirtland, Ohio on its top 100 list of places to visit. Historic Kirtland is an important site in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members settled there from 1831 to 1838, built the Kirtland Temple and developed a thriving community.

Michelle Franzoni Thorley is a Mexican American visual artist, anti-racism consultant and plant lover. Her work and words are available on Instagram at @florafamiliar.

Omar Mateen, an American who pledged allegiance to ISIS, killed 50 people and wounded at least another 53 when he opened fire in an Orlando nightclub, making this attack the worst terror attack since 9/11 and the deadliest shooting in United States history, according to CNN.

When asked how Joe Lieberman's Jewish faith would affect his campaign, a U.S. senator from Louisiana said, "I don't think American voters care where a man goes to church on Sunday." The senator had forgot that Lieberman, a practicing Jew, worships at a synagogue, not a church, on Saturday, not Sunday. The comment was an example of an ignorance about religious minorities that can sometimes lead to religious bigotry at the polls. Mitt Romney's candidacy may be a sign things are changing.

There are nearly seven million Mormons in America. This is the number the Mormons themselves use. It's not huge. Seven million is barely 2 percent of the country's population. It is the number of people who subscribe to Better Homes and Gardens magazine. London boasts seven million people. So does San Francisco. It's a million more people than live in the state of Washington; a million less than in the state of Virginia. It's so few, it's the same number as were watching the January 24, 2012, Republican debate. In fact, worldwide, there are only about fourteen million Mormons. That's fourteen million among a global population just reaching seven billion. Fourteen million is the population of Cairo or Mali or Guatemala. It's approximately the number of people who tune in for the latest hit show on network television every week. Fourteen million Americans ate Thanksgiving dinner in a restaurant in 2011. That's how few fourteen million is.

Chenille Saunders, 38, took home two national awards for her performances at the North American Country Music Association International Competition, an event held every year in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to promote country, gospel, and bluegrass music.

The U.S. Mint recently revealed a special coin, the 2017 American Liberty Gold Coin, that celebrates its 225th anniversary. And that coin just so happens to be designed by an LDS artist.

Recently, my mother-in-law sent me a booklet in the mail entitled “Mothers Are Like…” by Hank Smith, a professor of religion at Brigham Young University. I found his ideas completely inspiring and spot-on that I couldn’t help myself and had to share with my readers.

In the hopes of building bipartisanship and communication, Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are coming together at this year's Romney Summit. "We are honored once again to gather leaders of business and industry, innovators from across the globe, and political representatives from both sides of the aisle to discuss the future of American leadership," conference executive director Matt Waldrip said.

What does a new TV series have to do with FamilySearch'sFreedmen's Bureau Project? A whole lot more than you may think.