Near the end of her life, Malinda Conder was described as “steadfast and happy in the faith.†That faith had been tried by one of the most horrendous events in late 19th century church history. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
LDS Newsroom
- Mormon Leaders Discuss Helping Hands Efforts With Connecticut Governor May 18, 2012
- Church Honored in Spain for Blood Drive Promotion May 18, 2012
- British Singing Sensation Katherine Jenkins to Perform at Pioneer Day Concert May 17, 2012
- Like Jabari Parker, Thousands of Mormon Youth Attend Seminary May 17, 2012
- Manaus Brazil Temple Opens To the Public May 16, 2012
- Connecticut and Indiana Mormon Temple Renderings Released May 16, 2012
- Ground Broken for Provo, Utah’s Second Temple May 12, 2012
- Pacific Mormon Helping Hands Come to the Aid of Their Neighbors May 11, 2012
- Released for Mother's Day: Bible Video Depicts Mary, Mother of Jesus May 11, 2012
- Mormon Story: Journalist Describes It Well May 10, 2012
Posts Tagged ‘ Latter-day Saint ’
A Summer with Terryl Givens and Richard Bushman
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The Church’s Tax-Exempt Status, 1860s style
The Church today jealously guards its tax exempt status, and I suspect that there is a group of lawyers whose sole job it is to sit around worrying about the ways in which the IRS might assess taxes against the Church. It turns out that the feds have tried to tax Church properties and income in the past. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Blogging Reflections
As I end my two weeks of guest blogging, I would like to take a look back. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sunday School Lesson #45
Lesson 45: Daniel 1, 3, and 6; Esther 3-5, 7-8 Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Gohar Yeghiayan Davidian: A Latter-day Saint in Syria
For half a millennium, ending with World War I, the Ottoman Empire dominated eastern Europe, Asia Minor, and the Middle East. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sacred???? Santa
We could hardly we accused of being “Bah, humbug.†We have a holiday season filled with light, music, food, family, gifts and most important love. Also, as far as I can tell, we consistently pass the “grandkid test.†We are just not very traditional in our approach. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Mother’s Blessings
Last Saturday, I had lunch with my oldest daughter and her best friend, Adrea, who happens to be my best friend’s oldest daughter. My friend, Buffy, and I went through our first pregnancies laughing at ourselves and at each other, but also struggling in our new marriages. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »
A History Shall Be Kept
What are the most quoted scriptures in the Church? Check at the end of this post to see if you agree. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Ned Desaules and the United Order – 2 of 2
Ned also records the risks faced by children in that time and place: “Edwin King smallest boy accidentally fell in my well yesterday, & had a narrow escape at drowning. Bro. Hammond fished him out.†Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Welcome, Marjorie Conder
We are very pleased to have Marj Conder guest blogging for us for the next few weeks. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Annie Griffith Burbank: Amongst the Gentiles
Annie Griffith was born on August 27, 1837, in Georgetown, Essex Co., Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River near the New Hampshire state line. She lived in that county all her life. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Faith in the Shadow of Death
My sister-in-law, Lynda, is dying of cancer. It was in remission for eight years, but has now returned and is in her bones. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
LDS Sessions at the Society for Biblical Literature
Mormons make an appearance at the important SBL conference. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Murder in the Metropolis: Part the Fourth (Conclusion)
Hooper Young was arrested in Connecticut three days after the discovery of Mrs. Pulitzer’s body. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Charlotte Owens Sackett: Teaching the Sisters to Sing
Lottie Owens was born in 1877 in Willard, Box Elder County, Utah. Her mother’s family were early Church members in Nauvoo; her father had emigrated to Utah as a convert from Wales. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Sarah Day Hall: Southern Mother in Israel
American Southerners have been joining the Church since the 1830s. The Southern States Mission became the most successful mission field in the Church in the last generation of the 1800s. During those years when southern LDS meeting halls were burned and elders and even members were murdered, many thousands of Southerners responded to the gospel. Two elders knocked on a farmhouse door in Lowndes County, Alabama, on a spring day in 1896. The door was opened by Sarah Day Hall, holding her 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
The Seer at the Microscope
From time to time I’ve heard it delicately suggested that the Teachings of the Presidents of the Church curriculum is, not to put too fine a point on it, bland pablum, and stale, to boot. These pundits have not read last week’s lesson. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Frances Swan Clark: A Kindness Remembered
Many of Utah’s early pioneers did not remain long in the Valley. In defiance of counsel, some rushed to the California gold fields. A few went to California as missionaries, and the two apostles who founded a ranching colony in San Bernardino found no shortage of volunteers to accompany them there. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Catherine Garber Laine: The Role of Her Lifetime
This story and the other women’s stories to follow were written for my ward’s Relief Society newsletter, as a formal calling for which I was set apart. The assignment was to write about a faith-promoting incident involving a woman; I added the detail “… whom no one has ever heard about.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Dear U.S. Senators Bennett, Crapo, Hatch, Smith, and U.S. Representatives Bishop, Cannon, Doolittle, Flake, Gibbons, Herger, Istook, Matheson, McKeon, Simpson:
I can’t believe you people. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
MySpace Mormons
MySpace recently overtook Yahoo as the most-visited website in the US. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Cookbook Zion
I gave a talk yesterday; the text is pasted herein. It’s long, but easy reading, I promise. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Book Reviews: Juvenile Non-Fiction
If you are an adult, inevitability comes in the form of death and taxes. If you are a child, it comes as the middle school research project. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Book Review: Contemporary Mormonism: Latter-day Saints in Modern America
Today I abandon my personal policy of only writing book reviews that are, on balance, positive. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Oman on Rees on Oman
Eons ago in blog time, I did a post called “An Open Letter to the Dialogue Editorial Board.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Maria’s treasure
Maria, a seventy-five-year-old widow, member of our tiny Mormon branch, had asked me to meet her at a Notary’s office. She wanted me to be the executor of her will. I reluctantly agreed, remembering the council of a friend to avoid that kind of responsibility. But since I was the branch president… Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
From the Archives: Jello and the Saga of the Restoration
I don’t really believe in coincidences since my last visit to Palmyra, New York, where I learned of the deep relationship between jello and Mormonism Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Globalization and Ritual
Maybe we should spend more time thinking about how the ancient Romans dealt with the problem of globalization. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Apocrypha, Bible, and the Status of Scipture
Consider the following two scriptures about the scriptures: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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