Mormon leader speaks in Cantonese -- translation: history
Strictly speaking, Chi Hong (Sam) Wong made history Saturday morning. The Hong Kong native became the first Mormon leader to deliver an LDS General Conference talk in a language other than English....
View ArticleMormon leader Uchtdorf warns against hypocrisy, bias
It is easy to see others’ faults before we recognize our own, but self-awareness is the beginning of wisdom, a top LDS authority said Saturday night during the faith’s all-male priesthood session of...
View ArticleSpeaker: Heeding Mormon prophet is not hero worship
Mormons listen to, love and support their church president, Thomas S. Monson, as a “prophet, seer and revelator.” But it is not mere “hero worship,” Henry B. Eyring said Sunday at the 184th Semiannual...
View ArticleYou won't see conversion stories in 'Meet the Mormons'
Jermaine Sullivan attended Baptist, Pentecostal and other Christian churches, but couldn’t find what he was looking for in any one faith. Then, in 1999, Sullivan saw a television spot for an LDS...
View ArticleYou won't see conversion stories in 'Meet the Mormons'
Jermaine Sullivan attended Baptist, Pentecostal and other kinds of Christian churches, but couldn’t find what he was looking for in any one faith. Then, one day in 1999, Sullivan was at home watching...
View ArticleNew Mormon essay: Joseph Smith married teens, other men's wives
Mormon founder Joseph Smith took his first “plural wife,” Fanny Alger, in the mid-1830s. He later married many additional women — including young teens and some who already were wed to other men — and...
View ArticleExcerpts from Mormon essay about Joseph Smith's polygamy
» “Although the Lord commanded the adoption — and later the cessation — of plural marriage in the latter days, he did not give exact instructions on how to obey the commandment. Significant social and...
View ArticleSex-trafficking survivor: 'God put the best Mormons in my path for me to...
Three weeks ago, Laurin Crosson got word that yet another “client” had slit the throat of yet another sex-trafficked woman. Crosson — who spent two decades in that dark, violent world — has seen the...
View ArticleAbout-face: Mormon women's meeting now part of General Conference
The issue of what to call the LDS General Women’s Meeting, held twice a year on the Saturday before General Conference, has been settled. The Utah-based faith’s governing First Presidency “has decided...
View ArticleKelly loses appeal, keeps fighting for Mormon membership
LDS officials in Virginia have denied Ordain Women founder Kate Kelly’s appeal to be reinstated to the Utah-based faith after her June excommunication for “conduct contrary to the laws and order of...
View ArticleHelp the homeless by attending the Peanut Butter & Jelly Ball
Saturday’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Ball is a delicious way to help the homeless.The fundraiser will feature a gourmet peanut butter and jelly bar, as well music, entertainment and a silent auction....
View Article7 movies about social media that are worth a ‘like’
For some people, social media is a vast and terrifying jungle filled with uncomfortable brushes with unsavory types. For others, it’s an extension of who they are — a place where you can meet more...
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For the biggest Sherlock Holmes fans, the best account of Baker Street mania
In 2002, at the end of a festive January evening, I was made a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a literary society devoted to Sherlock Holmes. As part of what is called an investiture, a new...
View ArticleUtah QB Troy Williams faces yet another test in a career full of them
Once Troy Williams reached the final step behind the Eccles Football Center, he looked out at the scrum waiting to inquire about the latest tough break in a football career filled with them. The senior...
View ArticleTrump wants atheist group’s suit over church IRS order dropped
Madison, Wis. • The Trump administration wants to nix a legal challenge to a presidential order easing enforcement of an IRS rule that limited religious organizations’ political activity.The Justice...
View ArticleShould the church where Robert E. Lee declared himself a sinner keep his name?
Police shootings. Charleston church killings. The public resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. As recent years engulfed America in intense debate about race, the genteel Gothic stone parish in little...
View ArticleTo experience my ‘wow’ moment with the eclipse, you had to be there
I watched Monday’s solar eclipse from my porch in Herriman. Because of the mob, I saw it in three two-second glimpses. It was anything but a special or even spiritual experience.Surrounded by...
View ArticleUtah man sentenced to prison for 2014 rape case after DNA match to...
A Utah man was sentenced to prison this week after he pleaded guilty to reduced charges in a rape case police say they solved two years after the crime thanks to a DNA match to sexual-assault kit...
View ArticleUtah legislators light fuse that may change fireworks laws
After a dry summer when fireworks ignited many blazes, Utah legislators lighted a fuse Wednesday toward possibly exploding current fireworks regulations.The Business and Labor Interim Committee voted...
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Will the ‘American Idol’ dream begin in Provo? 1,000 or so hope the answer is...
Provo • Caden Humphrey was stuck outside in the rain Tuesday night, but the chance to audition for “American Idol” made it worth getting wet.“I grew up on ‘American Idol,’” said the 20-year-old Utah...
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