Boyd and Ralph Henderson are twin brothers. They were born in Arimo, Idaho, on 6 September 1918, with Boyd born about two hours before Ralph. They are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as the Mormon Church) and...
Young Tonumaipea, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as the Mormon Church), is a star player for the Melbourne Storm rugby league team based in Melbourne, Victoria, in Australia. Inspired by his close friend and...
Eric Weddle, a former football player for University of Utah, wears many hats – husband, father, NFL free safety for the Baltimore Ravens, University of Utah alum, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also the subject of a book by Trent...
Any parent could, and would, probably tell you that toddlers can be a mischievous at times. There are toddlers who throw temper tantrums in the store when they cannot have their way. There are toddlers who like to see how many things they can flush down the toilet –...
Earl Bascom was born on 19 June 1906 in Vernal, Utah, as Earl Wesley Bascom. He was an American painter, printmaker, rodeo performer and sculptor who portrayed his own experiences cowboying and rodeoing across the American and Canadian West. He was also an actor,...
Stuart Edge was just 16 years old when he added acting to his list of life goals. He even made an entry about it in his journal. He told Deseret News, “I wrote that at a time where it did not seem like acting was ever a possibility. I did not grow up in a home with...
Peggy Fletcher Stack is an American journalist, editor, and author. She was born in New Jersey as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 July 1951. She is a great-granddaughter of Heber J. Grant, the seventh president of the Church, and a...
Utah author Brandon Sanderson was “really intrigued by the idea of a world where the Dark Lord had won.” In an email interview, he said, “What if Frodo (from Lord of the Rings) had gotten to the end of the long journey through Mordor and the Dark Lord said, ‘Hey,...
T.C. Christensen, the recipient of more than 270 awards at the national and international level, is currently producing a new film, which is due to be released in mid-spring 2019. The movie is entitled The Fighting Preacher. Christensen loves to write movies for and...
Ruth V. Watkins, the first woman president of the University of Utah since it was founded in 1850, was inaugurated the 16th leader of the institution on Friday, 21 September 2018. The ceremony took place at Kingsbury Hall on the University campus in Salt Lake City,...
How does a person enter a realm of darkness such as the abyss of human trafficking and not become adversely affected? How does a person like former CIA agent, Tim Ballard, go nose-to-nose with some of the most hardened and notorious traffickers, buying and selling...
Tyce and Mary Nielsen, a Latter-day Saint couple from Salt Lake City, Utah, are trapeze artists who are contestants on NBC’s America’s Got Talent. The performing duo, known professionally as Duo Transcend, have made it into the top 10 finalists and will be featured in...
Charity Anderson, of Springville, Utah, and Andres Peñate, of Vineyard, Utah, the dynamic dance duo from Utah County, finished third on NBC’s World of Dance Season 2 World Final, which aired Wednesday night, 12 September 2018. The Daily Herald reports that they...
Tony Finau, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a 28-year-old professional golf player from Lehi, Utah, where he resides with his wife and four children. He was seven years old when he saw his first golf tournament on television, watching...
Tim Ballard is a former CIA agent and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Having received a prompting that he “was to do something more” in his line of work, he left his government job. He found his answer as to what his next move was to be in...
If you were to ask members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to name the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, the answer would probably be the names of the men who are most commonly known – Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer – the “Three...
With the help of multiple Utah County dancers, 20-year-old Jensen Arnold, a ballroom dancer from Provo, Utah, advanced to the Season 15 finale of the show, So You Think You Can Dance. Among those who have helped Jensen to reach this point in the competition is her...
The exceptionally talented Utah dancers, Charity Anderson and Andres Peñate of Springville, Utah, and Jaxon Willard of American Fork, Utah, continue to dominate the stage on Season 2 of NBC’s reality show, World of Dance. Both the Springville dance duo and Jaxon are...
Mitch Davis is the LDS film director who brought the book, The Other Side of Heaven, to the big screen. The story is about emeritus general authority, Elder John H. Groberg, and his mission to Tonga at the age of 19. Davis believes that the key to making a good film...
Clark Rich Burbidge, the Utah author of the young adult fantasy series “StarPassage,” looked back to the life of his father to write the series. His father suffered from PTSD after serving in the Korean War. And, the third book in the series, Star Passage: Book 3 —...
Not everyone will wear a black name tag and serve a proselyting mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, the Lord has declared that missionary work is the responsibility of all who follow Him (see Matthew 28:19–20; D&C 88:81). And as...
There are perhaps very few people, the world over, both children and adults, who are unfamiliar with A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories. Just the mention of the name, Winnie the Pooh, causes the theme song to play in a person’s head on eternal repeat. The stories of...
Perhaps one of the biggest Goliath in life that a lot of people dread coming face-to-face with is the unknown. Someone has astutely observed that “sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.” And...
Theresa Marie Hunter Pitts from Kalispell, Montana, has been dubbed such titles as “the Super Mom,” or “the Flying Mom,” or as “the fastest mom in the world” and rightfully so. On 9 July 2017, in Missoula, Montana, running her first Marathon, she and her little team:...
