Former BYU stars look forward to Y Quarterback Weekend

Editor's note: Eight former BYU All-American quarterbacks — Virgil Carter, Gifford Nielsen, Marc Wilson, Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Robbie Bosco, Ty Detmer and Steve Sarkisian — return to Provo on Friday and Saturday for Y Quarterback Weekend, a fundraising event to endow future quarterback...

Mormons have mixed views of Beck's rise

Like conservative commentator Glenn Beck, Stephen Owens is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His in-laws traveled from Utah to Washington last weekend to join Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial. Owens, however, said he has always "kind of rolled my eyes" at Beck's...

Movie Review: Rescued (C)

Released direct-to-DVD in 2008, Rescued (IMDB) intends for its title to have a double meaning: referring to both a ‘stranded on a desert island’ story and a take on one young woman’s spiritual progression. Does either half of this dual theme have anything to recommend to discriminating LDS...

'Book of Mormon' musical is "sure to offend and succeed"

Mormon Life says: This is the Broadway musical being created by the guys that do 'South Park'. Hilarious, audacious -- and guaranteed to offend just about everybody. That's how theater insiders are describing "The Book of Mormon," the much-anticipated new Broadway musical from "South Park"...

On these three things hangs my testimony

Mormon Life says: Like this blog's perspective on bearing a more specific testimony. Mormon testimonies tend to be small-t trinitarian: 1. I know that God lives. 2. I know that Jesus is the Christ. 3. I know that the Church is true. You will hear this formula every week in...

Elder Cook responds to bishop slaying

Mormon Life says: Love how he says "all that is unfair about life can be made right through the Atonement." Our hearts go out to Bishop Sannar's family and we mourn with and pray for them, together with their friends and ward members. It is a tragic event. We are confident that the extended family,...

What Motivated BYU to Go Independent? The BCS or the LDS Church?

Why should Brigham Young University go independent in football? BYU football with Bronco Mendenhall at the helm has rekindled the fire left smoldering with the retirement of LaVell Edwards. Mendenhall in his first five years has won 19 more games than Edwards had in his first five years at BYU,...

Wash Post: Obama, Beck: Who is Christian? Who decides?

Is President Obama a Christian? Is Glenn Beck? That's the question that has been swirling in the media this week. The answer may lie in how "Christian" is defined and whether the Mormon church, to which Beck belongs, considers Protestants to be Christians. The Church of Latter Day Saints...

Mormon Missionaries Blog about Kyiv Ukraine Temple Dedication

This past Sunday's dedication of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by President Thomas S. Monson was a historic day for the Church. Not only does the Kyiv Ukraine Temple provide a shorter commute to the nearest temple for 31,000 Church members in Eastern...

Celebrating Kyiv Ukraine Temple

Afternoons of Nothing

I have just done my most radical act of parenting so far in my fifteen-year career of raising six children: I have pulled my children out of all extra-curricular activities. Even piano lessons. Last year I spent just about every afternoon driving little people to various lessons, games,...

Former BYU QBs to face off in NFL preseason game

Former BYU quarterbacks Max Hall and John Beck will likely play head-to-head in tonight’s sellout preseason matchup between Hall’s Arizona Cardinals and Beck’s Washington Redskins at University of Phoenix Stadium. The two Cougar greats, and good friends, will meet privately before the game either...

Official LDS Church Pages on Facebook

Below is an updated list of all the official Facebook pages for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We invite you to click through and “like” each one if you want to get important information about each topic delivered to your Facebook account. We encourage you to comment and share...

Mormons and mental illness

My mother was diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder when I was 17. Because of her illness, there were many times when her actions were hurtful, even abusive. As a teenager, I couldn't understand my mother, and I hated her because of her actions. Later, with the help of a loving mission...

Separating facts from fiction about Joseph Smith's death

The size of the bullet hole in John Taylor's pocket watch that was with him in Carthage Jail was the last detail Joseph Lynn Lyon needed in his research about the 1816 muskets that were likely used by the mob. The pocket watch had been damaged during the shootings that resulted in the deaths of...