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Faith in Politics: Latter-day Saint Politicians on Religion and Public Service

Mormon politicians have long influenced the political landscape in the United States and abroad. But in their efforts to serve their countries, they are often faced with a number of challenges ranging from defending their religion to potential voters, to balancing their personal beliefs with the will of the people they represent, to defending their political views to fellow Church members. Here is what some past and present LDS elected officials are saying about their experience in public service and how their faith has shaped their political careers.

Members Rise to Occasion, Help Refugees After Violence Escalates in South Africa

The country of South Africa has recently experienced a variety of attacks on foreigners living within its borders. Termed as “xenophobia”, the violence escalated in KwaZulu-Natal, which quickly spread to the Johannesburg area of Gauteng and the East Rand suburb of Primrose, amongst others.

From the Church

First Presidency Announces New Primary General Presidency

Follow the link to learn more about each of these new Primary General leaders.

JRNL.com Announces New Sharing Feature with Friends and Family

By JRNL.com (SPONSORED)

JRNL.com, an online app that merges technology and journaling, providing users with the ability to record meaningful content quickly and easily, is pleased to announce their newest feature; Sharing. JRNL’s Sharing, part of their Free Basic package, allows users to tell a more complete story by obtaining contributions from friends and family.

"All In" Podcast: Are Rainbows a Sign of the Second Coming? Gerald Lund Answers

By LDS Living

Elder Gerald Lund, emeritus General Authority Seventy, began writing his book The Coming of the Lord nearly 50 years ago. In the years since his book was published in 1971, Elder Lund has learned many more things about the Second Coming and has even seen some of the prophesied signs of the Savior’s Second Coming fulfilled. In this week’s episode of All In, Elder Lund sits down with host Morgan Jones to answer questions from Twitter users on the topic that he has studied for nearly half a century.

Events: Ladies' Night

Ladies Night events, including author signings and giveaways, will be at all of Deseret Book’s 37 retail locations.

Podcasts

Latter-day Saint artist Eva Timothy on why she doesn’t usually include faces in her Christ-centered art

One thing that immediately becomes apparent as you look at Eva Timothy’s “The Lord Is My Light”collection is that there are hands to lift and feet to wash but very few faces. It is without a doubt an interesting creative decision—so what caused Timothy, a fine art photographer who grew up behind the Iron Curtain, to omit faces in many of her pieces? And after years of photographing more secular collections that have been displayed in places like the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, what has it meant to Timothy to share the light of Christ in her most recent collection?

Watch: Morgan Jones: 5 Lessons Hosting the "All In" Podcast Has Taught Me About Faith

By Morgan Pearson

When I was asked by Brooke Walker, host of KSL’s Studio 5, to come on her show and share five things I’ve learned about faith from hosting All In, I tried to really think, “What do I know about faith that I didn’t know a year ago?” Unfortunately, I’m pretty long-winded and am not used to having a really strict time limit, so I am to blame for not having time to hit all five points on the show. However, I still wanted to share the lessons I’ve learned, because I think they’re valuable and I was grateful for the exercise.

Bishop Gérald Caussé and Nicolas Giusti: Why the Presiding Bishop and His Friend Recorded An Album of Piano Duets

In his spare time (that we doubt exists) the Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gerald Caussé, recently practiced and recorded piano duets with his Latter-day Saint friend, Nicolas Giusti, an acclaimed Italian composer and opera conductor from Rome. We spoke with the duo about their European heritage, how their families found the gospel and why Primary pianist is one of the best callings in the Church.

Podcasts

Project Runway season 19 contestant explains how mother's influence made her feel capable of achieving dreams

Katie Kortman is a designer on season 19 of Project Runway, Relief Society president, and a mother of four children. She was also taught that being different is good.