Elder Perry honored at NBA game

Mormon Life says: He even got to speak after the game to the Church members who were there. Sounds like a fun night. The Houston Rockets defeated the visiting New Jersey Nets 116-108 on March 13 in a National Basketball Association matchup at Toyota Center. Luis Scola starred for Houston, scoring a career-high 44...

BYU's star Fredette on Mormon rap and playing with inmates

Jimmer Fredette came to the Ford Center on Thursday morning with more weight than anyone from a small town in upstate New York should be expected to carry. How much does the Mormon religion weigh? Every Mormon basketball fan pointed to Fredette to end Brigham Young's eight-game NCAA Tournament...

Update on Church members and efforts since the earthquake in Chile

Recovery from large-scale disasters such as the massive earthquake that rocked Chile on Feb. 27 is best measured in stages. Church officials in that quake-weary nation say stage one is behind them. "We're past that first stage where the emergency response has been handled," said Bruce Muir, the...

Residents petition against proposed LDS meetinghouse in Boston

More than 60 people are petitioning Brookline’s Zoning Board of Appeals to reject the design for a new meetinghouse proposed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In an open letter to the board obtained by the Globe, the residents said they do not dispute that the Mormons have the...

A call for Facebook civility

Mormon Life says: The dangers of a virtual world. While skimming Thursday's edition of The New York Times, one headline caught my eye: "I need to vent. Hello, Facebook." The article, written by Douglas Quenqua, focuses on couples who use Facebook...

BYU Wins! 99-92 in first NCAA March Madness game

Mormon Life says: Looks like the cougars are "one and done" no more. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Jimmer Fredette scored 37 points, including two 3-pointers in double overtime, to seal BYU's thrilling 99-92 win over 10th-seeded Florida on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA...

Lecturing about Race and Mormonism at Harvard College

Mormon Life says: An interesting approach to teaching about Mormonism. I want to briefly share my fresh experience having lectured this past week on Mormonism for a Harvard College undergrad course on American religious history (led by Prof. Marie Griffith, formerly of...

Deseret Book to open new flagship store in downtown SLC

The huge white sheets of butcher paper will soon come down at 45 W. South Temple as the flagship store for Deseret Book is unveiled on March 25. The current downtown location, at 20 E. South Temple, will close its doors for good when the store closes this Saturday night. Neither Deseret Book...

Mormon Messages: Becoming Provident Providers

Michelle Obama visits with LDS officials

For the second time in less than a year, Mormon church leaders have met with a President Barack Obama family member in the White House to present a volume of history. First lady Michelle Obama was presented with a volume of her family history Wednesday morning by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of The...

The three witnesses and the reality of the Book of Mormon

Serious critics of the Book of Mormon must neutralize the testimonies of the witnesses to the golden plates. This, however, is not easy. (It may be impossible.) Largely thanks to the meticulous research of Professor Richard Lloyd Anderson, we know a great deal about them and about the six...

Behind the Scenes of the LDS Miracle Story Featured on Today Show

Six weeks ago, 17-month old Bronson Staker was pronounced dead in a Utah hospital. He had drowned, when his mother Sara Staker was distracted briefly and left the room to attend to something, and returned to a nightmare--finding him face up and limp in the bathtub. “It was horrible. It was the...

Joseph Smith now even more Irish

Mormon Life says: Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr., was shown in 2008 to have descended from Irish royalty. Ugo Perego, director of operations at Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, said recent DNA tests show the...

No madness here: BYU cracks Final Four — for academics

Mormon Life says: This is a nice consolation, but I am still hoping for the team to be successful in the actual March Madness games. Looking for an upset in your March Madness bracket? How about 14th-seeded Ohio toppling powerhouse Georgetown? Or lowly Vermont taking down a top-ranked Syracuse squad? What about a BYU run to the...

A World War II, POW conversion story

Mormon Life says: This shows the power the Book of Mormon has. Alfred Young's conversion is the stuff of legend. ,p> He first picked up a copy of the Book of Mormon as a prisoner of war in Japan. Seeds of testimony germinated in his heart for more than a decade...