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Belief Is a Choice, One We Have to Make Every Day

MR says: Where do you stand? Would you rather choose to believe or choose to doubt?

Imagine Dragons Honors Memory of Mormon Teen with Special Foundation

When Tyler Robinson was diagnosed with cancer, he knew it would change his life. When he attended an Imagine Dragons concert at a small Utah venue, he probably didn't know it would change his life — and the lives of many other people — as well.

Church makes technological changes

The Church recently made several technological developments to instantaneously distribute media including Mormon Channel radio, redesigns of LDS.org and Mormon.org, and a strong presence on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Another innovation is the recent launch of the Church's own Roku Channel. The Mormon Channel on Roku gives anyone with high-speed Internet access and a Roku Box the ability to stream Latter-day Saint content straight to a television. A Roku Player is a 1-by-5-inch box that enables instant play of various entertainment channels to stream movies, shows, news, radio and other entertainment through televisions.

Blog: Will Mormons stop bristling at beards?

To some Jews, Muslims and Amish, a beard connotes piety and religious compliance. It can signal a man's identity and sign of affiliation. For Mormons, though, it has another meaning entirely. With Jews, the practice was suggested by scripture, as in Leviticus 19:27, which says, "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard."

Mormon voters, immigration help recall Russell Pearce

Last night, Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce--author of the controversial and now infamous anti-immigration bill SB 1070--became the first sitting lawmaker in Arizona history to lose his seat in a recall election, in a closely fought contest that divided Mesa, Arizona's strong LDS community between Pearce, who is Mormon, and his challenger Jerry Lewis, who is also a Mormon Republican. Lewis beat Pearce 53% to 46%.

Arise and shine forth: 2012 Mutual theme is 'a call to leadership'

The 2012 Mutual theme is a call to leadership, said Sister Elaine S. Dalton, Young Women general president. The theme — "Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations" (Doctrine and Covenants 115:5) — comes from a revelation given through the Prophet Joseph Smith at Far West, Mo., in 1838.

Young LDS woman to be high school Grammy correspondent

Allison Spice tries things that are hard for her. She may not pull them off perfectly, sometimes she may even fail, but in the end, she has accomplished much because she had the courage to go for a high degree of difficulty. Allison Spice is a 15-year-old from Trabuco Canyon, Calif., and she has been chosen as the first-ever high school media correspondent for the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Brandon Davies reinstated on BYU basketball team

Junior forward Brandon Davies has been readmitted to BYU and reinstated on the Cougar basketball team, university spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said Friday afternoon. Davies, who was suspended last March for an honor code violation, withdrew from school last April. Since that time, he has been working with the school's dean of students as part of the process of re-enrolling and rejoining the Cougars. Fall semester classes at BYU start Monday.

LDS 'Survivor' contestants reflect on their days on the island

Dawn Meehan doesn't go many places where she doesn't get recognized as a contestant on "Survivor: South Pacific." "Everyone has been so supportive," the South Jordan adoptive mother and Brigham Young University English professor said in a phone interview just after the episode aired where she was eliminated from the game. "It is a tiny taste of what it may be like to be famous."

Sneak Peek at the Payson Temple Construction

Photo taken August 29, 2014, courtesy of Joseph Malbica