Haley Moreno is a full-time working mom of two kids (and Ralph the dog). She was born and raised in Salt Lake City and obtained a business degree from the best school in Utah, The University of Utah. She met her husband during her first couple weeks of college. After they dated, Haley and her husband were married in 2014 and sealed as a family of four in 2017. Haley is a mortgage loan officer and loves people and numbers. Her family loves traveling, especially to Puerto Rico to visit family where they enjoy the culture (and beach). Haley doesn't love to read so podcasts are her jam!

Kaylen Walton Nelson, originally from eastern Utah, graduated from Uintah High School in 2008. She earned her degree in Family History and Genealogy from BYU. One of the most memorable experiences during her education was a semester abroad in Jerusalem, which ignited her passion for scripture and the Holy Land. Kaylen followed in her father’s footsteps and was hired to teach seminary full-time in 2013. Kaylen earned a master’s degree from the University of Utah in Teacher Leadership and Policy. She taught seminary for nine years at Brighton, Olympus, and Corner Canyon High Schools before taking a position on the BYU Religion Faculty as a visiting instructor. Kaylen and her husband Graden reside in American Fork Utah. They recently welcomed their first child, Louis, in early 2023.

In early August 1831, Joseph Smith and other elders of the Church were preparing to return to Kirtland after a short visit to Missouri. The Lord wanted these men to preach the gospel during their trip. Some of the men had no problem with that, but others were hesitant. Doctrine and Covenants 60–63 set the Lord’s expectations and desires for the Saints on their journey home, whether on the road to Ohio or our eventual home with God again.

Mormon reality TV show contestants father Jim and son Austin Vach of Maple Valley, Washington, think they have what it takes to win on NBC’s new survival show, Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls. The show, hosted by renowned survivalist Bear Grylls, follows ten teams of two people through an arduous group expedition littered with orchestrated challenges across the wilds of New Zealand. It aired its pilot last week on July 8th.

Pair of Lazuli Buntings with Iris, 1983 (pg. 152)

Conference Talk: For more information on this topic, read “Sustaining the Prophets," by Russell M. Nelson, October 2014.

Books, articles, and numerous Internet websites work to undermine faith in Joseph Smith’s first vision, but historically there have been just three main arguments against it. The minister to whom Joseph reported the event responded that there were no such things these days. More than a century later and in a literary style that masked her weakness in following the historical method, Fawn Brodie wrote that Joseph invented the vision years after he said it happened. A generation later, Wesley Walters charged Joseph with inventing revivalism when, Walters claimed, a lack of historical evidence proved that there was none and therefore there was no subsequent vision as a result. By now it has become a foregone conclusion for some that there are no such things as visions, that Joseph failed to mention his experience for years, and that he then gave conflicting accounts that failed to match historical facts. 1 But these three claims assume much more than they prove.

While once we viewed the world only through our two round eyes, now we examine it through thousands of tiny squares, perfectly cropped and curated, through which we look, scroll, admire, and double-tap. I mean, if you did not put it on your Instagram story, did it really happen? If you don’t have a “K” attached to the number beside your name, are you really an influencer? In our society of travel bloggers and “momfluencers,” where anyone and everyone can be a star (as long as the algorithm says you are), are we truly being #authentic?

Manual 3; Supplement from "The Blessing of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy" by H. Aldridge Gillespie

Dear Dave,