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Some hymns on occasion seem almost to compel the congregation to rise to their feet. Some hymns seem to demand the sonorous peeling of the organ. And some hymns (and you'll have your own preferences here), like Martin Luther's powerful "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" ("Hymns," No. 68), seem to me to call for punctuation, at the end of each line, by a 21-gun cannonade. Whether in English or in German (where we sing three verses), the lines worship God in simple, straightforward, forceful sentences:

In Book of Mormon musical, a Mormon finds something to love

Last Thursday night I zipped up my going-out boots and drove through fat snowflakes to the Fox theater. The touring production of the 2011 Tony-award-winning musical The Book of Mormon was in town. I love musical theater and I’ve attended many performances at the Fox, but that evening was different. I was about to see a show that famously satirizes Mormonism, and I was probably the only Mormon in the sold-out house.

The Joys and Pains of Gift Giving

I surprised an 84-year-old sister in our ward the other night when my little girl was singing with a group in the living room of her care facility. Her door was unlocked and I found her wrapped tightly in a blue fleece blanket — one that we had secretly given her the year before as a nightly surprise on the 12 days before Christmas.

From the Church

Church Releases Easter Video: Prince of Peace

By LDS Living Staff

Just in time for general conference the Church released their 2017 Easter video and a new initiative to celebrate the life, love, and resurrection of the Savior—"Prince of Peace."

Mormon scholars: Internet spotlights LDS taboos

Online exploration of formerly taboo subjects is changing how Mormons talk about their faith, both officially and socially. What this means to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members was the subject of a UVU conference which launched on Thursday. Joanna Brooks, an award-winning religious scholar and writer, gave the keynote address of the "Mormonism and the Internet" gathering on Thursday morning.

New Joseph Smith Papers volume highlights early published revelations

A new volume aimed at making the formative, 19th century revelations of Mormonism "more accessible than ever before" for both scholars and Church members has been published. "Revelations and Translations, Volume Two: Published Revelations" is the latest publication in the ambitious Joseph Smith Papers project undertaken by the Church History Department.

LDS veterans share inspiring stories of courage, valor

The Saints at War project started in 2000 with the purpose of gathering stories of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving their country during wartime. Since then, hundreds of accounts have been submitted and published in a series of books or recounted in video documentaries. These stories not only honor the veterans' memory and legacy of service, they have also been a source of inspiration and strength to many Latter-day Saints, said Robert Freeman, author and director of the Saints at War project.

How Many Ways to be Mormon and Gay?

Gay. Lesbian. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Same-sex attracted. Same-gender attracted. LDS. Mormon. Active. Less active. Unorthodox. Open. Ex. Mixed-orientation married. Same-sex married. Partnered. Single. Divorced. Pick any two or three of these adjectives. Link them with a conjunction like “but” or “and.” As many combinations as you can imagine: that’s how many ways there are to negotiate being gay in the Mormon tradition.

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS Artists Create Breathtaking A Cappela Arrangement of "You Will Be Found"

By LDS Living

LDS artists Scott and Ryceejo Shattuck, a husband and wife a cappella duo based in Orem, Utah, combined with LDS artists Trevor Johnson and Janae Klumpp to perform this beautiful a cappella arrangement of "You Will Be Found" from the Broadway Musical "Dear Evan Hansen."

Prayer and God helped hero avert a school shooting

Details are emerging that reveal how Antoinette Tuff relied on prayer and God while persuading a man armed with an AK-47 into surrendering to police before he could harm any students or staff Tuesday at an elementary school in Georgia. “The school bookkeeper is passing on the credit to God, revealing in a recent interview how she had been praying not only for herself but also for the gunman who had taken her hostage during the frightening ordeal,” Nicola Menzie reported for the Christian Post.