Elders Tanner, Brandon, and Cole Ashworth all landed within twenty minutes of each other, flying home from the Arizona Tucson Mission, the Michigan Detroit Mission, and the Oregon Portland Mission.

Hundreds in Bountiful, Utah, fled their homes in the early morning hours of Friday as the Gun Range Fire caused mandatory evacuations between 1400 North and 900 East.

Super Bowl Sunday is a hot topic in the LDS community and we understand our readers choose to acknowlege it in many different ways.

Happy Independence Day from the Mailroom.It's been rather crazy around here for the holiday. We've gotten lots of summery packages, like this watermelon.

This week, Melinda Brown’s new book An Endowment of Love was dropped on Deseret Book shelves. In it, she offers a fresh and unique approach to the temple, helping us see the connection between our temple covenants and principles of eternal, loving relationships. So in this episode, Director of Content for Deseret Book Michelle Torsak sits down with Melinda to discuss how we can take a fresh look and see the temple with new lenses. They discuss how we can better understand covenantal relationships, and Mindy shares walks us through a few parts of her new book that will help us better see our covenants as manifestations of our love for God.

As a culture, that tongue-in-cheek statement is really quite accurate. Nearly every Mormon loves The Princess Bride, and if they don’t love it, they’ve at least seen it. And I openly confess: I love it more than most Mormons. I don’t even remember the first time I saw it, but I can guarantee that it was definitely before I graduated from Primary. I might not be able to quote the entire movie word for word—but I’m pretty darn close.

The first witness of the resurrected Savior was Mary Magdalene, and she gives us a powerful example of what discipleship means.

The Piano Guys has gone country recently with their latest release, “Bless the Broken Road.”

Author: In discussing temple matters, I have tried to follow the model of Hugh W. Nibley, who was, according to his biographer Boyd Jay Petersen, “respectful of the covenants of secrecy safeguarding specific portions of the LDS endowment, usually describing parallels from other cultures without talking specifically about the Mormon ceremony. This approach earned him a great deal of trust from both General Authorities and from Church members” (B. J. Petersen, Nibley, p. 354). For Nibley’s views on confidentiality as it relates to temple ordinances, see, e.g., H. W. Nibley, On the Sacred and the Symbolic, pp. 553-554, 569-572.] “The Elect of God”: What Does It Mean to Have One’s “Calling and Election Made Sure”? In previous articles, we have examined the significance of each of the phrases of D&C 84:34, a key verse in the passage describing the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood:

Yesterday was "Mormon Night" at Dodger Stadium--and this year, female Church leader Linda K. Burton threw the ceremonial first pitch. Check out the photos below: