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MR says: A Chicago newspaper features local Mormons. You probably won't find them at the bar downing shots of Patron or at Starbucks waiting for a double-shot espresso, but if you think the closest you've ever been to a Mormon is a Mitt Romney bumper sticker, you're probably wrong. As Romney, a member of...
Mormon welfare: A system that works
MR says: This author accurately describes the inspiration for the Church’s welfare and humanitarian aid programs, what the programs do, whom they serve and how Mormons fund these vast operations. When Reed Mellor was growing up, his father would pick up hitchhikers, bring them home for dinner, and invite...
Is America ready to elect the first Mormon president?
MR says: A great article (especially after the string of rhetorical questions at the beginning); talks about how the Media has failed to point out that electing the first Mormon would serve the country's ideals just as much as electing the first African American did. At the Democratic National Convention, I...
University of Virginia announces chair in Mormon studies
MR says: Exciting - this is the first university in the East to have such a program. The University of Virginia has announced a new endowed chair in Mormon studies, making it the first university in the East to have such a position. The chair will be named for Richard Lyman Bushman, a distinguished historian...
Mormon missionaries profiled in news articles
Missionaries have been in headlines this weekend for more than just President Thomas S. Monson announcing a change in the age young men and young women can go on Mormon missions. A trio of features about missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were published this weekend....
Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right
MR says: The Church Newsroom features news articles about the LDS Church that the media got "right." Today we feature stories that highlight the Church’s political neutrality (CNN), the importance of learning about the Church from actual Mormons (WCPO-TV in Cincinnati), the role of women in the Church (ABC...
A view from Mormon land
MR says: Not a member of the LDS Church, this Utah man has positive things to say about his Mormon neighbors and employees. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints -- the Mormons. Not being Mormon but having lived most of my 53 years in Utah, the seat...
'Dateline' to feature a rare look at LDS missionaries
MR says: Watch the full story on "Nightline" tonight (Friday) at 11:35 p.m. ET. The two-year mission is a rite of passage for most young Mormon men. "We get new missionaries every six weeks," said Baton Rouge Mission President Jim Wall, "and every six weeks, we have missionaries go home. And the contrast...
Revisiting the Mormon issue
MR says: Many Christians say they will sit this election out so they don't have to vote for a Democrat or Mormon. Why? The Mormon issue is rearing its head again in this campaign. An online article in the latest issue of US News (9/27/2012) notes that some political phone calls have raised the Mormon...
Time magazine explores 'The Mormon in Mitt'
MR says: Consider signing up for a temporary one-week subscription to TIME to read the article if you don't subscribe already. Time magazine takes an in-depth look at "The Mormon in Mitt" this week in a 2,800-word story that attempts to explore how growing up as an active, practicing, believing member of The...
Leap of faith: Skeptics aside, Mormonism is on the rise
MR says: This is a really thoughtful piece written about the LDS faith by a South Carolina newspaper. If Nathan Hale, a lifelong Mormon, received a blessing every time someone came up to him with, “My pastor said that Mormons ...” (Fill in the blank: are polygamists, don't really believe in Jesus,...
Russia's Mormons: Keeping the faith
MR says: A Russian newspaper features local members of the LDS faith. Today, the Church is still seen by Russian authority as a suspicious American religion. Rather than fantasizing about an ancestral American holy land or rallying behind high-profile Mormon Mitt Romney’s Republican bid for the U.S....
Church statement on false disciplinary actions, political views
MR says: Most of the media got it wrong, but a few papers actually did a little homework on got the true story on the blogger who posted questionable material about the Church. Several news reports contain claims that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is disciplining one of its members in...
Mormon Media Observer: Papers post robust defense of Latter-day Saints
MR says: The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal posted robust defenses of Latter-day Saints — and that's worth noting. Kudos to Bret Stephens for his defense of Latter-day Saints. Kudos to Simon Critchley for a similarly generous article. And kudos to the always terrific Laurie Goodstein at the New...
Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right
MR says: Handpicked stories by the Church Newsroom of articles that portray the LDS Church in a fair and balanced manner. Today’s “Getting It Right” features a video from PBS that includes comments that Mormons believe in Christ, the Bible and modern revelation; a brief primer on Mormon beliefs from...
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