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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....
Mormon voters
Polls show that the majority of Utahns are willing to pay higher taxes to support better education, yet the Utah Legislature, controlled by the Republican Party, has for two decades consistently voted to reduce funding for K-12. Vicki Rasely asks, “Who keeps voting for these people?”...
Mormon.org Wins Interactive Media Award
The Mormon.org website was selected as one of the Interactive Media Awards (IMA) “Top Ten Websites of the Year.” Mormon.org was first launched in 2001, then was redesigned in 2010 to focus on individual members of the...
Internet addiction harming marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — At first Ashley Yates just thought her husband of three weeks was excited about a new video game. Six hours a day in front of the computer, completely oblivious to the outside world as the flashing lights of simulated battle washed over his face, was excessive, perhaps, but he'd...
Time Out For Women launches new website
With more Latter-day Saint women dotting the earth, Time Out For Women (TOFW) has launched a new website that brings the events to women who are otherwise not able to attend. The site is designed to help women all around the world “connect, share and inspire” each other through blogs, videos,...
BYU research says teen novels packed with sex
Teen novels today can be fairly racy—with two-thirds of them making sexual references ranging from innuendo and "intimate touching" to intercourse, says a new study in a recent issue of the Journal of Sex Research. "Results show that adolescent novels are replete with sex-related information,...
Missionary mauled by lions returns to Utah
The LDS missionary who was mauled by lions in a Guatemalan zoo has been returned to Utah, his family says. Alan Oakey, the father of injured missionary Elder Paul Richard Oakey, issued the following statement Saturday: "The family of Elder Paul Oakey is asking for continued prayers and for a...
Huffington Post: Pawlenty video aimed at Mormon faith
Tim Pawlenty is talking about his evangelical faith. A new video shows Pawlenty and his wife discussing their belief in God, prayer, scripture study and Jesus Christ. At one point Pawlenty says, "When somebody is running for or holds high office, whether it's mayor, governor or president of the...
Camp Impeesa commemorates 100 years of LDS Scouting in Alberta
Approximately 3300 Church of Latter Day Saints Scouts, Venturers, Leaders, volunteers, and organizers attended Camp Impeesa during the first week of July, commemorating 100 years of Latter-day Saint (LDS) sponsored Scouting in Alberta. The first Mormon Scout troop was established January, 1911 in...
Family Search Adds 25 Million More Records
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is passionate about family history and genealogy work. And while some Mormon genealogy work does have its uniquely Mormon elements (such as the work done in Mormon temples), much of Mormon genealogy efforts go far beyond the bounds of our faith. Many...
The recipe for a Mormon entrepreneur
Take two cups of creativity, add a cup of practical thinking and season the mix with market savvy. That's the recipe for making a Mormon entrepreneur. And with the annual LDS Booksellers Association shindig fast approaching, dozens of new LDS entrepreneurs are emerging fresh from the oven....
More temple construction updates
Using the wonders of Internet searching, I uncovered even more temple construction updates from around the world. For instance in… Fort Collins, Colo.: You may have heard that just this week, the “Site of the Fort Collins Temple (was) announced,” and this blogger is so excited. He...
LDS missionary mauled by lions in Guatemala zoo
A local missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is alive after being attacked by two lions yesterday while visiting a zoo in Guatemala where he is serving a church mission. According to an email update by his family, Paul Oakey was at the zoo with fellow missionaries when he...
Mitt Romneys religion appeals to Jews
Mitt Romney's Jewish supporters find solace in the fact that, like them, Mitt Romney comes from a "religious minority." An "emphasis for Romney in his appeal to Jewish backers is the shared experience of being in a religious minority," the Jerusalem Post wrote Monday morning. "Romney, 64, is a...
Call for Applicants: Write for the Church History Department
Job Title: Web Content Strategy Manager Job Description: The Web Content Strategy Manager will hold a leadership position responsible for developing, planning and delivering all aspects of the written and visual content for the Church History Department website (history.lds.org). The website is a...
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