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Utah Valley residents talk about being Mormon and Democrat

In a state where four out of its five congressional representatives are Republican, 62.6 percent voted Republican in the last presidential election and roughly 60 percent of its population were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as of 2009, many Utahns automatically equate being Mormon with being a Republican.

Read the First Presidency Statement on Church Finances

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released the following statement on Tuesday afternoon in response to recent media inquiries:

From the Church

After 15 percent of Provo MTC missionaries test positive for COVID, new procedures implemented

By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church announced Thursday that a spike in COVID-19 cases has prompted MTC leaders to implement new protocols.

Latter-day Saint Life

2 Items President Uchtdorf Always Carries with Him—And You Should, Too

By LDS Living Staff

In several Facebook posts, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf shared the two items he carries with him every day in his pocket.

Latter-day Saint Life

How to Respond to Insults and Irritations in a Christlike Way

By Scott Livingston

This may sound familiar. It’s a Monday afternoon. Your teenager just walked in the door with a freight-train size chip on her shoulder because, apparently, “no one in the entire universe” likes her. Somehow this is your fault.

Fun

9 Books Every YSA Member Should Read

By Kensie Smith

Being a young, single member of the Church is both exciting and terrifying. On one hand, I have more freedom than I will have at any other time of my life. It's a time that I am completely focused on me—what I want to do. What I want to learn. Where I want to go. How I want to spend my money. But on the other hand, the limitless possibilities of the future is incredibly daunting.

Latter-day Saint Life

Howard W. Hunter: 5 Adorable Facts from His Childhood (+ Journal Entries and Photos)

By Danielle B. Wagner

As we have been learning about President Howard W. Hunter this year in Priesthood and Relief Society, we have mostly gotten to know about him as an adult—a leader of the Church with profound ideas and a strong testimony. But what was he like as a child? The journal he left as a 10-year-old gives some fun, unique insights into the boy who became a prophet. Here are just a few:

How to Host a Bucket List Party

By Ruthann Cunningham

We were somewhere in between Barstow, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, heading back from a long weekend in California. To me this was one of the least appealing parts of the drive, with only a sprawling, desolate brown desert and some random Alien Jerky billboards to look at. We had piled in a car for one of our many road trip adventures and had spent the weekend discussing everything from English literature to politics, fashion to humanitarian aid, and teaching to running biomechanics (I had to throw that topic in!).

12 Days of Christmas to Christ

By Erin Jones

Four calling birds? A partridge in a pear tree? No one is sure exactly what the twelve gifts in the “The Twelve Days of Christmas” represent, but there have been several theories. One interesting claim is that the song was written to help young Catholics learn their faith. In this interpretation, each Christmas gift represents something connected to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Looking at the song this way helps families focus on the true meaning of Christmas. We've taken this tradition and added a little bit of an LDS spin to it.

Videos

TV Host Runs into Missionaries During 'Only Say Yes' Experiment

By Kelsey Berteaux

In a new Flemish TV show entitled Ja Jan, a TV host commits to say "yes" to every question asked of him for 60 days.