Search - LDS Living

There are 30,245 results that match your search. 30,245 results

Who Sits Where in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Ever wondered why your favorite alto is seated on the third row one week and in a different spot a few weeks later? Or why the tenor from down the street is always in the back row? It has a lot to do with height. Since 2006, Choir members have been assigned seats according to height as often as possible. This makes it easier for them to see the conductor and creates a more uniform appearance for the cameras.

Nearly 90 percent of Mormons tithe regularly, researchers confirm

Nearly 90 percent of Mormons reported tithing regularly, new research shows. Researchers who presented their findings on the charitable habits of members of the Church of Jesus Church of Latter-day Saints are confident in the reliability of the responses from Mormons surveyed. Ram Cnaan, director of the Program for Religion and Social Policy Research for the University of Pennsylvania, told The Christian Post that although his research did not verify the responses from Mormons surveyed, other studies indicated that the data could be trusted.

From the Church

Church Releases Statement on Florida Shooting

On February 15, the Church released the following statement regarding the Florida shooting that took the lives of 17 people, including an LDS teen Alaina Petty (read the family's statement here).

Panelists discuss leaving and returning to the LDS Church at FAIR conference

Religious scholars and historians gathered at the annual Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research conference on Aug. 1-2, giving presentations ranging from Book of Mormon geography to Joseph Smith's role in the Second Great Awakening to the original context of the First Vision. Additionally, faith and doubt were common themes at the conference, which addresses issues "that are sometimes challenging to testimonies and faith," according to the FAIR website.

LDS Portland Ensign Choir sings national anthem at Trail Blazer game

More than 115 members of the Portland Ensign Choir performed the national anthem at the Rose Garden Arena for the Portland Trail Blazers game against the Sacramento Kings on Jan. 23. The choir, many of whom are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was accompanied on trumpet by Brett Randolph and was one of the largest groups to have ever sung the anthem in Trail Blazer history.

Mormon dentists go to Dominican Republic to help, get mugged instead

Twenty American dentists were mugged Monday night by two men on a motorcycle near the busy corner of Maximo Gomez and Bolivar avenues. The foreigners, who are in the country providing free dental consultations, left their hotel around 9pm and when a first group walked near the Gomez, one of the assailants dismounted the motorcycle, gun in hand took what they had, while another group waling on the Bolivar, near the Mormon temple, where the same thugs also mugged them.

Vermont's connection to the Mormon Church

For Christians, the Christmas holiday is a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. In South Royalton, Vt., the birth of another man is memorialized year-round. "Joseph was born on this site, December 23rd, 1805," said Elder Brian Schuck, the memorial director.

Machine Translation and the LDS Church

"For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall hear the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own language..." - Doctrine and Covenants Section 90, Verse 11

How the Swiss founded a Mormon town

Ask just about anyone from Santa Clara, Utah, about “the call” and there’s no mistaking what you mean: The time the Swiss Mormons rolled in and changed everything.

Latter-day Saint Life

Stunningly Illustrated Video Tells Story of the Plates of Mormon

By LDS Living

Using only scriptures from the Book of Mormon as narration, a recent video from Book of Mormon Central shares the story of the plates of Mormon, including how they were preserved so they could enlighten us in the latter days. Stunningly illustrated by artist Katie Payne, this video brings to life Moroni's promise and other sacred scriptures.