I was reminded last week, upon reading Simon Critchley’s opinion piece in the New York Times, what a unique stretch of time we’re in. Much has been written about the Mormon Moment. As a columnist, I’ve been watching this moment snowball for more than a decade, from the rustlings that came during the 2002 Winter Olympics up until now. A lot has changed in that period of time. The number of famous Mormon faces has grown, thanks to reality shows, business success, blogging, politics and some best-selling books. The way we’re scrutinized has changed. A decade ago, the media often deferred to non-Mormon experts on Mormonism. Now they reach more from within the faith to source their stories.

Though Latter-day Saints recognize its priceless truths, it appears the public recognizes the Book of Mormon as a significant part of American history.

Author Steve Lemmon was inspired to write a series that combines his love for the Savior with his love for travel and fun and he’s done it just in time to whisk your family on a grand adventure.

In the third grade, Jill Fernald shocked her family when she arrived home with blisters covering her hands. She had failed a swinging exercise on the monkey bars in gym class, then practiced for hours on the bars after school until she earned the teacher’s certificate of achievement.

Recently on Facebook, Elder Dallin H. Oaks gave members a glimpse inside his office and showed off a very unique piece of art: a world map with tiny names and tags pinned all over it. Here’s what he had to say about it:

The stats are staggering.

In his recent address at a national meeting of Scout leaders, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland shared how our duty to God is a way of life.

Björn Bauerfeind has vivid memories of being a Latter-day Saint in East Germany, where his “faithful parents far behind the Iron Curtain” were serious about serving the Lord in an area where government officials closely watched the Church. Every Sunday, his parents, Dieter and Ilse Bauerfeind, took him, his sister, and two brothers to attend church, about 40 miles (64km) from their home in Stendal. “The Rathenow Branch consisted of 10 Church members, including our family,” said Brother Bauerfeind. “Branch President Ferenz, a 91-year-old man, never missed a single meeting either. Contact with other Church members was very limited due to long distances to other Church units. As a little child, sometimes the thought, ‘What a lonely bunch of Mormons,’ crossed my mind. What I did not realize back then was how many blessings the Lord had in store for us for the future. We would live to see many of the promises made by servants of the Lord become reality.

One of the characteristics of modern life seems to be that we are moving at an ever-increasing rate, regardless of turbulence or obstacles.

Have you ever wondered what Napoleon and Pedro might look and act like when they're grown adults?