Al Fox Carraway

"I was sitting in a lesson at church and the teacher said that all people with tattoos are bad people." Unfortunately, this is the kind of email Latter-day Saint author Al Fox Carraway receives too often. But it also opens up room for discussion on how we should include all members, ink or no.

Al was told in a priesthood blessing, right when we got married, that the temple should be our centerpiece. A centerpiece is pretty self-explanatory: it is placed in the center and everything else is placed and works around it. In that same blessing, we were told that we should have a picture of a temple in every room of our house, even the bathrooms, to help us be mindful of the temple when we weren’t inside its walls. With the help of Deseret Book and pass-along cards, we listened.

"An email I recently received said, 'I was sitting in a lesson at church and the teacher said that all people with tattoos are bad people.' I receive way too many emails like this—why?" Al Fox Carraway says in her latest vlog post.

"I hate that nickname, it's actually the worst," Al Fox Carraway a.k.a "The Tattooed Mormon" says in her recent interview with Apple News.

Al Fox Carraway recently uploaded a video with Todd Reynolds, the designer of the Gospel Library app, to share five tips for enhancing your scripture study through the app. In the video, they address frequently asked questions and share quick tricks that will help improve your scripture study experience.

Many who are born within a Mormon family wonder what their life might be like without the Church. But Al Fox Carraway knows. After all, she spent most of her life thinking she didn't need or want religion. But then, everything changed.

Several famous Latter-day Saints have shared touching tributes to their fathers on social media.

It's easy to tease our dads or make them the butt end of a joke. After all, that's what we see the media doing on a daily basis. But recently, Al Fox Carraway noted on Facebook how this tendency completely misses the point of fatherhood:

Stuart Edge and Al Fox Carraway teamed up to play a prank on people near Temple Square, one that involved a creepy baby and giving people flowers to help make their day.

As Easter fades away, Al Fox Carraway shares the most beautiful message about what life would be like without Christ and why we need to remember Him and look to Him throughout the year.

General conference is well on its way and members all over the world are preparing to hear counsel from a living prophet and general authorities of the Church—but are you prepared?

As a famous LDS blogger, YouTuber, and public speaker, Al Fox Carraway has inspired many people with her powerful messages. But unfortunately, she has also seen the horrible online backlash and comments about everything from the way her eyebrows look to how everything she believes in is fake.

How well do you know your family history? With ancestry.com, anyone can find out what their heritage is, thanks to a DNA test.

Most of us have had those encounters with other members that leave us feeling miffed, to put it lightly.

As members of the Church, we are pretty much the experts when it comes to journals.

"I joined the Church, so I got baptized, and I lost everyone. And man, that hurt," Al Fox Carraway shares in a new video with LDS video blogger Robby Talbot.

When in search of "the one," there's almost no place some wouldn't go—including the promised land.

With Christmas just around the corner, some members have probably participated in a real-life Nativity or two this year.

At one point in her life, Al Fox Carraway lost all of her friends because she decided to join the LDS Church. Then later, when she had a marriage date set for the temple, her fiance told her he "knew he could find someone much better."

Everyone loves a good wedding photo, especially when it's backdropped by a beautiful temple. Check out these 10 wedding photos from famous Mormons:

Al Fox (now Al Fox Carraway) wasn’t looking for religion. In fact, when the missionaries tracted in to her while she was living in New York, she told them she would let them teach her only if they brought her a steak dinner, sure they wouldn’t follow through and she wouldn’t have to see them again.

No matter what is making you feel inadequate, small, and ugly, Al Fox Carraway shares one powerful piece of advice to help us overcome these feelings. In addition, she shares this sweet reminder:

Election day and the days that follow are always full of emotion.

Greg Trimble, a popular LDS blogger, recently wrote about his experience with James Curran, more popularly known as JamestheMormon.

My mom made me wear a dress to the middle school spelling bee. It had pink flowers all over, a bow in the back, and puffy sleeves. I consented because—truth be told—I was totally psyched for this day. One of my favorite movies back then was a made-for-TV Disney film called The Girl Who Spelled Freedom, about a Cambodian refugee who overcame a lot to become a spelling champion (in a dressy outfit).

I don’t tell anyone this, but I was engaged to a boy that I didn’t end up marrying. We had a date set in the temple and everything. He broke it off. He told me that he usually dates, “really skinny brunettes,” and that he, “knew he could find someone much better.”

We’re expecting our second child any day now! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t counting down the days looking forward to this pregnancy being over. I can’t count all the different parts of my body that ache so badly . . .

Recently the Instagram account @BofM365 extended the #PhotoBofM challenge to their 95K followers. The goal for this challenge is to flood Instagram with touching testimonies of the Book of Mormon. Al Fox Carraway and hundreds of other Instagrammers have already joined in sharing their testimonies. If you'd like to join in, just follow these three simple steps:

Al Fox Carraway recently shared these nine simple ways we can get the most out of our general conference weekend, and we need to start now!

You want to follow God's will, but what is that exactly? How can we tell our thoughts from the Spirit's promptings? How do we know what's best, not just good? Al Fox Carraway, known as the "Tattooed Mormon," answered all of these questions in her latest blog post.

Yesterday on Facebook, Al Fox Carraway posted a picture of herself wearing a t-shirt with "I'm so pregnant" written in bold letters across the front.

We love Al Fox Carraway and her amazing conversion story. Read here for a glimpse of what life was like for her as a young, new convert, and check out her new book More Than the Tattooed Mormon for more.

While in Utah for a book tour for her autobiography More than the Tattooed Mormon: The Story of Al Carraway, Al Fox Carraway got together with her good friend James the Mormon to create this fun video about Thanksgiving traditions.

I absolutely do not like the nickname “the Tattooed Mormon.” I would never call myself that and prefer that others would not refer to me as that either. (But I promise I won't get mad at you, either haha). I think talking about what is on my skin is completely irrelevant to where I am now in life and what I want the focus of my efforts to on—how real and incredible the gospel is and how to use it in our lives. (And also the small detail that I got them when I was not a member).

Saying "I'm not judging, but..." IS judging and is SO hurtful and destructive to even the "strongest" of people. Never will there be a single reason that justifies negativity towards anyone, especially those you don't know, even if you are “ just saying." Please, think before commenting, and if this is something you struggle with, please help by not commenting at all. The adversary is on all of us enough as it is, let’s not add any more weight to someone’s day and self-worth.

Several LDS celebrities are among the first contributors to a new faith-based publishing company: Dreamling Books.

It was a long and incredibly lonely time before I would even be considered for a date, mostly because guys couldn’t get past my appearance. And that was really hard, just barely moving to Utah against my will (but following God’s), being in a new place, not knowing what I was supposed to do there and feeling absolutely and completely alone. (No, not just because of the lack of boys, but in general and in every way you could probably think of). Guys my age were looking for temple worthy girls, however, I didn’t exactly look temple worthy, that they didn’t even speak to me.

Exactly two years ago to the day, I went to the Provo Temple and got endowed. It wasn't because I was going on a mission, and it wasn't because I was getting married, (not saying those aren't awesome and just as important reasons, just as long as you're going for you and for the right reasons) I went because I wanted to go on my own, I went because it was individually really important to me. I went because I wanted to be closer to God and strengthen my relationship with Him. Two weeks later, I became an ordinance worker. Since then, and aside from the nights I worked there, I have been to the temple at least every week since this day two years ago. I honestly don't know what I'd do without it. But there are plenty of those who have not yet been and have questions about it. Here are my responses.

For the past few years I felt I had a great relationship with God and finally had a pretty good idea of who He is. But, it wasn't until my wife got pregnant, and mainly it wasn't until my wife was in labor that I really started to understand who God really is. Seeing my beautiful baby be born I have a better idea who God is then I have ever before. . . .

Al Fox wasn’t looking for religion. In fact, when the missionaries tracted in to her while she was living in New York, she told them she would let them teach her only if they brought her a steak dinner, sure they wouldn’t follow through and she wouldn’t have to see them again.