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From Donny and Marie Osmond, to HBO's "Big Love," to Proposition 8 in California, to persistent -- and inaccurate -- Beltway legends about how half of the CIA is staffed by members of the LDS Church, America's Mormons have a way of episodically popping into the national consciousness. The recent ascent of Mitt Romney to the status of presumptive Republican nominee is no exception to this rule. It is yet another "Mormon moment" in a long string of such moments dating back to the 19th century.

From the Church

Church Discontinuing More Garment Styles to Accommodate Improved Products, Fabrics

"Following the introduction of women’s Stretch Cotton garments, the product line will be extended to include men’s Stretch Cotton styles," store.lds.org states. In order to accommodate these new garment styles, the Church will be discontinuing certain garment styles. Find out more about these changes here.

Latter-day Saint Life

Church Explains Baptism for the Dead, Prophets in New Videos

By LDS Living

Not many LDS Church beliefs or practices get a curious look or eyebrow raise quite like the ones you receive when you mention baptisms for the dead to someone for the first time. But how can you explain this cherished belief without perpetuating strange ideas of what happens inside of LDS temples? A new church video shared as part of the Mormon Channel's "Now You Know" series offers the perfect explanation:

Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 30 May 2013

Associated Press and the Christian Post: Church Supports BSA Decision, Teaches Members to Adhere to Moral Standards Several reports about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ response to the Boy Scouts of America’s vote last week on its membership policy correctly reflect the Church’s views. Two of note come from Associated Press reporter Brady McCombs and Christian Post journalist Michael Gryboski.

Lesson Helps

Relief Society Lesson 34: Developing Our Talents

While preparing and teaching this lesson I would suggest doing whatever you can to keep the discussion from revolving around a notion of “talents” befitting a talent show. As a teacher, I would make this explicit at the start of the class, by creating a working definition of the word “talent” which does not necessarily denote a skill (musical, artistic or otherwise) generally thought of as something to entertain others. As this topic has the potential to help us truly “evaluate ourselves to find our strengths and abilities,” as the manual states, keeping the discussion relevant to every member of the class, not just those with a recognizable talent that entertains others is essential. Perhaps emphasizing the words from the manual of “gifts and abilities” rather than “talent” will further drive home this point.

LDS Church Set to Become Florida's Largest Private Landowner

The Mormon church is poised to become the largest private landowner in Florida as a result of a deal to buy nearly 400,000 acres in the state's Panhandle region. The property is mostly timberland, and the church "intends to maintain timber and agricultural uses of the lands," according to a statement released by St. Joe Company, a Florida real estate firm.

From the Church

Mormonism in Pictures: Chapels Dot the Globe

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than 15 million members worldwide, the majority of whom live outside the United States. Church congregations exist in over 150 countries and territories. In this Mormonism in Pictures, Mormon Newsroom provides a sampling of the Church's meetinghouses that dot the globe where more than 29,000 congregations meet each week for worship services.

From the Church

Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Tom Brokaw to remember 9/11 in special performance

Celebrated news anchor Tom Brokaw joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square for a special Music and the Spoken Word which commemorates the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. The special, entitled “9/11: Rising Above,” will air on radio, television, cable networks and Internet channels around the country.Choir music director Mack Wilberg said the program will focus on how Americans have risen above the grief and loss of that September day. “The message of this show is that—as individuals and as a nation—we can find healing and strength in adversity and literally rise above all the negatives.”

Ready to serve a mission: Responses from around the world

When President Thomas S. Monson announced the changes in ages for missionaries as 18 years old for young men and 19 years old for young women at general conference last October, it changed the plans of many young men and young women. The number of applications for prospective missionaries initially increased by nearly five times in the weeks after general conference. Mormon Times asked how the announcement changed the plans and preparations for these prospective missionaries. Here are a few of their responses.

Fun

Watch: "God Bless America" Like You've Never Heard It Before

By LDS Living

This stirring rendition of "God Bless America" sung by Tyler Perry and created by Book of Mormon Central will fill you with awe as it portrays the beauty of the United States and reflects on the freedoms its constitution grants. As Book of Mormon Central posted on YouTube: "As we celebrate the 4th of July, let us remember and be grateful for the founding of the United States of America, which allowed for the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ."