“The Book of Mormon” on Broadway

A new play is set to open on Broadway in a few weeks, written by the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Broadway musician Robert Lopez has also contributed. Some Mormons will probably be upset by this play, but it’s not the first time — nor will it be the last — [...]

Forward with Faith: Forgiveness Invites Christ’s Healing Power

This is a powerful video about Chris Williams who lost his wife, an unborn child, an 11-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter in a car accident. They were killed by a drunk driver. Chris talks about the power of prayer, of brotherly love, of letting go of anger and forgiving. He beautifully expresses how God [...]

Mormon Motherhood: Lessons Learned at a Pottery Wheel

Even though my hands never touched the clay, I learned an important lesson watching someone learn to work on a pottery wheel. In the beginning, the instructor explained that, in order to get it situated, the student needed to shape it into a ball, slam it onto the wheel, and keep it centered. Then she [...]

Elder Dallin H. Oaks Speaks on Religious Freedom at Chapman

Religious freedom is a Constitutional right that must be protected, LDS Apostle Dallin H. Oaks says Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke today to law professors and students at Chapman University on the topic of religious freedom, a [...]

The LDS Church and Politics

The LDS Newsroom notes that a recent decision by Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to resign as U.S. ambassador to China has people speculating about whether Huntsman, a Mormon, will run for United States president in 2012. There are many who think Mitt Romney, also a Mormon, may be giving a presidential run another try. We [...]

The Spirit’s Influence in the Process of Self-Improvement

~by Jeanette Green You can read a bit more about Jeanette, the mother of a daughter with microcephaly and another daughter who is adopted, here. Now that it’s February, perhaps many of us are, sadly, done talking about our resolutions. Perhaps our ideas and plans for the year, our goals for self-improvement and personal progression, have faded — [...]

Ask a Mormon Woman: Do Mormons Dance?

We often share a lot of the more serious side of our lives as Mormon women here on our website, so today we’ll share some lighter, fun content in answer to the question: “Do Mormons dance?” The answer? Yes, Mormons dance! Dancing is very common for Mormon youth and young adults, but Mormons of all [...]