March 2007
The increasing diversity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was manifested in the callings Saturday morning of new leadership in the Relief Society and Young Women organizations of the LDS Church.
Display gives inside story of Tabernacle (3-31)
Latter-day
Saints who want the historical lowdown on the newly restored Tabernacle
on Temple Square, which will be rededicated today as part of the 177th
Annual General Conference, can learn the details of how the unique
structure was conceived and built at a new exhibit that opens today.
Mormon church membership on the rise (3-31)
Mormons
returned to their roots Saturday, holding the afternoon session of
their 177th biannual conference in the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle
that has been closed since 2005 for renovations and seismic upgrades.
LDS leaders find acceptance in Israel (3-31)
When
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland visited Jerusalem in 1987, he was besieged by
thousands of Orthodox Jewish protesters who feared the church's new
educational center here would be a base for missionary work.
Mormon Tabernacle reopens after renovations, seismic upgrade (3-31)
The
Mormon Tabernacle is famous for its "you can hear a pin drop"
acoustics, which missionaries show off on visitor tours by literally
dropping a pin.
Changes in church leadership (3-31)
Five
new general authorities were called to full-time service and other
changes among Area Authority Seventies were announced Saturday during
the 177th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
LDS and single (3-31)
So
you're single. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Age twenty-something, a college graduate with a
successful career.
Young Women presidency makes 3 changes (3-31)
A
leadership change during the Saturday morning session of the LDS
Church's 177th Annual General Conference included the release of two
members of the general Young Women presidency and the calling of a new
counselor.
Protests not new at Y. (3-31)
Student
protests at Brigham Young University happen only sporadically, but the
history of student activism dates back about a century and includes
some colorful stories.
Osmond is divorcing her 2nd husband (3-31)
Marie
Osmond is calling it quits on her second marriage. Osmond announced
Thursday she is divorcing Brian Blosil, her husband of 20 years.
Peruvian airs plans to aid country (3-31)
During
a weekend visit to Utah, the first lady of Peru shared her vision to
lift Peruvian children out of sickness and poverty with leaders of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and students at Brigham
Young University.
WorldNetDaily: Patrol confronts students over Christian literature (3-30)
An
officer with a state police force has confronted a team of college
students on a spring break missions trip, telling them that handing out
Christian literature is "shameful." In Pakistan? India? Perhaps Syria?
Nope. In Utah.
Mormon Coffee: The Mormon double standard when it comes to evangelism (3-30)
The Salt Lake Tabernacle exhibit (3-30)
The LDS Church Museum has a new exhibit entitled The Salt Lake Tabernacle.
LDS Church fires back at criticism over Cheney (3-30)
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints fired back Thursday at
criticism of the choice of Vice President Dick Cheney as Brigham Young
University's commencement speaker.
LDS singles are delaying marriage (3-30)
After all the bad dates, and some heartache, loneliness and despair, Amy Bonella finally did it.
Jazz artist Larson switches styles with a spiritual CD (3-30)
Over
the course of his 35-year career as a jazz artist, Craig Larson has
played in a lot of nursing homes. Quite often, he says, "people sit
there with their heads drooping and their eyes shut. But we begin to
play a waltz, and the heads come up and soon they are mouthing the
words.
Rare-book collectors gather at BYU (3-30)
Wondering what to do with Grandpa's book collection? Want to start collecting rare or antique books yourself?
Gay LDS men detail challenges (3-30)
A
group of Latter-day Saint counselors and therapists got some up-close
insight Thursday during a panel discussion at the Joseph Smith Memorial
Building into the challenges faced by gay LDS men who marry.
Mormon DVD sparks controversy (3-29)
It
has been sent to a half million Mormons across the country and the
movie, which some are calling anti-Mormon, was produced in Canandaigua.
The film lays out Christian concerns about the Mormon faith.
LDS Church "Response to DVD" (3-29)
Several
news reports have appeared over the past few days in Utah and Arizona
about a Christian activist group that has been distributing anti-Mormon
DVDs throughout Utah and in some other states.
LDS Church statement concerning Cheney visit to BYU (3-29)
Trial of Jeffs to stay in Dixie (3-28)
Looking
skeletal and frail, Warren Jeffs stood and raised his hand. "May I
approach the bench?" the Fundamentalist LDS Church leader asked the
judge at the end of a long day of hearings here in 5th District Court
Tuesday. "I need to just take care of one matter."
Utahns receiving anti-Mormon DVDs (3-28)
Utah
residents are being targeted in a strategically timed national campaign
against Mormonism that was launched Sunday--one week before the
semi-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
Anti-Mormon group gives away DVDs in pre-LDS Conference campaign (3-28)
PHOENIX - An anti-Mormon group distributed in Arizona 18,000 copies of a film designed to sway church members to quit.
LDS a cult? 350,000 DVDs try to shake Mormons' faith (3-28)
Evangelical
Christians claimed they distributed 350,000 anti-Mormon DVDs in Utah on
Sunday, hoping to convince members of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints that the church is a non-Christian cult.
Text and Video: Anti-Mormon DVD Being Distributed in Utah (3-28)
Hundreds of thousands of copies of an anti-Mormon DVD are being distributed across Utah and the nation.
Weber man accused of sex abuse (3-28)
A
former LDS bishop police say frequently visited the home of three young
girls while their parents were away was charged Monday with three
first-degree felonies stemming from allegations he sexually abused them.
LDS movies getting too safe? Genre founder criticizes films (3-27)
Richard
Dutcher, the so-called "godfather of modern LDS cinema," has lately
become one of the genre's harshest critics. And his criticisms even
extend to his own work.
What's changed at Tabernacle? (3-27)
As
Latter-day Saints get their first peek into the newly restored Salt
Lake Tabernacle later this week, questions about what has changed and
what remains the same are inevitable.
Y. scholars target 'Jesus Tomb' claims (3-27)
Several
professors at Brigham Young University are joining a chorus of
scholarly voices debunking the claim in a new book that Jesus was
buried with his family in a tomb outside early Jerusalem--rather than
resurrected, as the New Testament gospels say.
Church out of debt, faithful told in 1907 (3-27)
"Church
now out of debt. Last cent of million dollar bond issue paid, says
President Smith." That April 5, 1907, headline in the Deseret News was
likely the biggest announcement to come out of General Conference a
century ago.
Another revolution in genealogy (3-27)
When Derek Dobson speaks to LDS seminary classes, he talks revolution.
BYU sets date for expo focusing on the family (3-26)
Brigham
Young University's annual Family Expo, a two-day event designed to
strengthen families and address common family problems, will be April
2-3 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the BYU Conference Center.
Young LDS women are urged to pursue virtue, education (3-25)
Living
with virtue will help Latter-day Saint young women navigate their lives
and draw closer to the Lord, church leaders told 12- to 18-year-old
young women Saturday in the annual General Young Women's Meeting.
Walter Martin Ministries Blog: Response to Greg Johnson, President, Standing Together Ministries (3-24)
Miss Idaho targets bad behavior (3-24)
An
Idaho beauty queen who doesn't drink, smoke or sip coffee or tea came
to Hollywood this month on a personal mission to try to save the image
of America's young women.
Harris' wallet is donated to LDS Church (3-24)
Descendants
of a man who provided funding for the first printing of the Book of
Mormon presented his wallet to the LDS Church on Friday, noting the
$3,000 he donated in 1830 would be the equivalent of a $1.6 million
gift in 2007.
Make voices heard, LDS women urged (3-24)
At
the LDS Church's visitors center in Nauvoo, Ill., is a collection of
sculptures showing pioneering women in different stages of
life--including a woman courting a man, a woman caring for young
children, and an elderly woman, alone, in a rocking chair making a
blanket.
Teacher who made BYU joke is ejected for 'initiating a riot' (3-24)
A
science teacher who has been suspended since January, apparently for a
derogatory crack about LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University, was
carried out of a Washington high school after "initiating a riot"
officials said.
Coffee shop pulling Moroni advertisements (3-23)
The
two men making lattes and cappuccinos at Just Add Coffee simply smile
and shrug when patrons ask about the official-looking letter displayed
on the counter.
Y. cites 2 gay-rights activists (3-23)
Brigham
Young University police cited a mother and her son for trespassing
Thursday during a staged demonstration by a gay activist group that
drew a lot of media but no interest from BYU students.
Book of Mormon sells for $180,000 (3-23)
Some
person or organization in Salt Lake City purchased a rare LDS hymnal at
auction on Thursday for $180,000--several times the expected price, and
the same price was paid by another buyer in the northeastern United
States for a first edition Book of Mormon at a rare documents auction
in New York City.
Father sues LDS Church over the ordination of his 2 sons (3-23)
An
attorney for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the
church was forced to make a choice between the wishes of two feuding
parents, one in the United States and one in Japan, regarding the
ordination of their two sons into the LDS priesthood.
Downtown Rising: Vision of what S.L. might become is unveiled (3-21)
Six community districts, eight "signature projects" and one big vision.
Soulforce is asked to stay off LDS land (3-20)
Soulforce
Equality Riders planned to visit Temple Square and volunteer at the LDS
Church's Welfare Square Cannery in Salt Lake City today before taking
their message about gay and lesbian issues to Utah Valley State College
on Wednesday and Brigham Young University on Thursday.
Family war zones: Research shows increasing physical and psychological impacts on kids (3-18)
Mary
Davis is wide-eyed as she opens the door for a police officer one
Saturday night. Her fiance is gone, she explains to the officer. He
left after the fight but tried to take one last punch at her as he
stepped out the door.
Meridian Magazine: Book Review: A Mormon in the White House? by Hugh Hewitt
Y. students weigh pros and cons of spring break (3-18)
Wild
spring break adventures are part of the American popular culture. But
for students at Brigham Young University, watching college kids blow
off steam on MTV is about as close as they'll get to a spring break of
their own.
Generations come together to celebrate family (3-17)
Generations
of experience and family-minded wisdom were resources Amy Krzymowski
wanted to tap into when she became a new mother.
Hearing about skybridge Tuesday (3-17)
The Salt Lake City Council will hear public input Tuesday on plans for a pedestrian skybridge over Main Street.
LDS faith makes him better, Romney says (3-16)
Presidential
hopeful and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney said faith is
important to him, but voters should look at a person's entire character
when choosing a president and not focus on just one area.
Mormon Handicraft leaving heritage park (3-16)
New development plans for This Is the Place Heritage Park are forcing the popular Mormon Handicraft store to move.
Intolerance leaves no room for interpretation (3-15)
I
am very concerned when a presidential candidate proclaims during his
church's ritual that his is the only true church on the face of the
earth.
Forum set on faith, race (3-15)
SANDY--Two
black members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will
speak at a public forum on Friday to answer questions about the
church's 1978 revelation allowing people of all races to hold the
faith's priesthood.
Internet tuning in to Jeffs--as a rock star (3-11)
He's
gone from polygamy to pop culture. Warren Jeffs merchandise is popping
up on the Internet, from T-shirts featuring the Fundamentalist LDS
Church leader dressed in stereotypical "pimp" garb, to Jeffs' voice
fronting a song for an experimental rock group's latest album.
LDS Church now ranks 4th largest in U.S. (3-10)
The
Roman Catholic, Southern Baptist and Methodist churches remain the
largest three denominations in the country, with The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints ranking fourth in size, according to the
latest edition of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches.
Bishop Wester looks forward to Utah post (3-8)
As
a boy, John Wester's first introduction to the LDS Church came during
adolescent philosophizing about the meaning of life as God intended it
to be--his own views grounded in his Catholic faith and his friend's
take based on Mormonism.
Filmmakers draw from life for movies (3-8)
The winning short films at the 2007 LDS Film Festival were created from real life and actual history.
New BYU station to broadcast in Spanish, Portuguese, English (3-6)
BYU
Broadcasting has launched a TV station that will provide audiences in
the Americas, Spain and Portugal with multilingual television
programming from Brigham Young University and The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
HICKMAN: 'Banner of Heaven' shakes church book club (3-5)
"This is scary stuff going on here." "I couldn't bear to go back to it."
'Extreme' genealogy dazzles (3-5)
Lee Drew had a chat with some cousins the other day.
Romney, Clinton favored (3-4)
Democratic
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have emerged as
the leading presidential favorites among party insiders, according to a
new Los Angeles Times poll, which found deep partisan divisions over
the country's direction and top issues in the 2008 campaign.
Opinions are diverse on 'those Mormons' (3-3)
Americans identify polygamy with the LDS Church more than anything else, including Donny and Marie.
Evangelical college faces criticism over Romney invite (3-3)
Some
students and alumni at an evangelical Christian university founded by
Pat Robertson are upset with the commencement choice of Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Mormon.
LDS urged to reject moral relativism (3-3)
As
followers of Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints have a responsibility to
behave with integrity and reject the moral relativism that pervades
modern society.
Romneys highlight their 'family values' (3-3)
Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday showcased his "family
values" before an influential audience of conservative Republicans by
pointedly introducing his wife of 37 years just hours after
thrice-married Rudolph Giuliani made a pitch for support from the same
audience.
Gallup gives views on LDS (3-2)
The
Gallup News Service has released a story and poll detailing America's
view of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Rare find on the block: 1st edition Book of Mormon lay in box of books for years (3-2)
The
story behind the latest copy of a first edition Book of Mormon to be
sold at auction later this month sounds like it came from an episode of
the popular PBS television series, "Antiques Roadshow."
LDS get OK to purchase Human Services Complex (3-1)
Hundreds
of downtown state employees may soon be replaced by students and,
eventually, cars under a real-estate deal between the state and the LDS
Church.
LDS student's suit hinges on meaning of a phrase (3-1)
When
a few classmates razzed Rebekah Rice about her Mormon upbringing with
questions such as, "Do you have 10 moms?" she shot back: "That's so
gay."
Ex-missionary faces abuse charge today (3-1)
A
former missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
remains in jail pending a court appearance today after being charged in
3rd District Court with aggravated sexual abuse of a child.