An Evening with Dancing Violinist Lindsey Stirling
On the evening of Wednesday, 25 June 2014, viral YouTube sensation, Lindsey Stirling, an American violinist, dancer, performance artist, and composer, performed at the Washington D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center. During the event hosted by the Washington D.C. North...
Faiths Uniting in Support of Families at the United Nations
The United Nations has set 8 Millennium Development Goals to help the world’s poorest countries improve their situations by 2015. They include eradicating diseases, promoting gender equality and empowering women, improving maternal care and reducing child mortality...
Basketball Phenom Jabari Parker – The First 18 Years
The name Jabari Parker is well-known in the sports arena. The Chicago-born, 6’8”, 235 pound, all-star athlete will long be remembered for his basketball prowess at Chicago's Simeon Career Academy. While attending Simeon, he quickly gained the favor of several...
Healing Streams of Mercy and Love
Scriptures teach us, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). And we are further admonished, “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again” (Matthew 7:2). Therefore, when a brother or...
3 Mormon Moms Test Bible Knowledge on Game Show
Well-known comedian Jeff Foxworthy is the host of the Game Show Network’s game show “The American Bible Challenge” - a program where people of different Christian faiths compete in a test of their knowledge of the Bible. In a recent interview with the Christian Post,...
Why Mormon Women are Choosing a Mission over College
As another school year is winding to a close (I know it’s more than a month away, but according to my kids, the school year is almost over because they are done learning new things), high school seniors are planning their next move. For many young men in The Church of...
Latter-day Saints – A “Peculiar” and Sacrificial People
Some people may consider members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a rather “peculiar” or strange people, not only because of some of their beliefs and practices, but because of their devotion to their faith. Devout Mormons, as they are often...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Announces Atlantic Coast Tour
Leopold Anthony Stokowski, one of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th Century who is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, said, “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” And the...
Utah and the Value of Bilingualism
The word “bilingualism” may be defined as the ability to speak two languages fluently, or the habitual use of two languages. Being able to speak more than one language, or to at least be conversational in a language other than the one learned in childhood, can prove...
Neon Trees Drummer Elaine Bradley Talks About Mormon Faith
Elaine Bradley is the drummer and backup vocalist for the Provo, Utah, based rock band Neon Trees. The band released Habits, its first full length album in 2010, and since then, their first single “Animal” has reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the...
Mike Ericksen and the New Age Folk music of Cedar Breaks
I got to sit down with Mike Ericksen, an amazingly inspired soul, whose creative works invite you to reflect on your ideas of home, faith, and heritage. His own journey to define home, faith, and heritage for himself and those who walk the path with him culminated in...
Deseret Industries: Helping People Help Themselves
Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization that includes a chain of retail thrift stores very similar to the familiar Goodwill Industries. It is a division of Welfare Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (inadvertently called the “Mormon”...