When I got out my camera, a Mormon security guard made it clear that he didn’t like what I was doing. “Excuse me sir,” he said. “Please don’t feed the trolls.” The “trolls” were the anti-Mormon protesters carrying anti-Mormon signs and yelling anti-Mormon slurs—some of them using bullhorns. They amass at dusk on the seven nights in July when the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts on its annual Hill Cumorah Pageant. It’s here, on a tree-lined hill that rises above the flat farmland of western New York state, that the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, claimed to have unearthed metal plates from which he translated the Book of Mormon. And for each of the last 75 years—except during World War II—Mormons have staged an elaborate production dramatizing the Book of Mormon’s sacred history of a Pre-Columbian Christian civilization.

Do you ever feel like your not good enough? That no matter what you do, you just don't measure up to be the best parent, coworker, sibling, or daughter or son you can be?

Since we all begin reading the Book of Mormon with 1 Nephi 1:1, it's only natural to think that is one of the first passages Joseph Smith translated. But, surprisingly, research suggests 1 Nephi and the rest of the Small Plates of Nephi (1 Nephi through Words of Mormon) were the last scriptures to be translated. But why should the order of this sacred record's translation make a difference?

Similar in melody to ‘If You Could Hie to Kolob,’ this moving piece is one everybody needs to hear.

Lunch and Learn Series with Deseret Book Artists and Authors

Mom, Dad, Laman’s tied up Nephi... again...

Older single persons often find themselves the center of great attention and affection as loving and caring relatives seek to cajole, humor, goad, and provoke them toward marital union, not realizing the lack of available compatible mates. These efforts are made out of genuine love and concern, but often they only increase our sensitivity to our single condition.

Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Steve Harvey, Conan O'Brien—when these celebrities and Mormons get together, magic happens. And often, laughter soon follows.

Current high fashion trends and modest apparel don't always go hand in hand. But, occasionally, you will find those rare moments when fashion embodies both style and modesty, creating a level of class that is unique and breathtaking.

I was fresh out of U.S. Air Force pilot training, struggling to find my place as the new guy in my first fighter squadron. All the other squadron members seemed so sure of themselves, full of energy and confidence. I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be part of the gang, a member of the club. I wanted my career to flourish. The last thing I wanted to do was make waves or highlight myself as a troublemaker. But it seemed that I couldn't escape it if I wanted to live my beliefs.