Latter-day Saint teen, 16-year-old Kamden Hartley is helping to light the world this Christmas season by distributing McDonald’s Big Macs among the homeless in Utah. With the help of a couple of influential friends, Kamden used social media to raise more than $8,000....
SIX® is a powerhouse a cappella group comprised of six of ten real brothers — Lynn, Owen, Berry, Jack, Curtis, and Charles Knudsen — who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The group, which is based in Branson, Missouri, does not use any...
Amy Schultz Johnson is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). She is also the daughter of the late Charles Schultz, best known as the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. In today’s society, there are...
Elimination from NBC’s “The Voice” isn’t the end of the road for Ryan Innes, Jon Peter Lewis, Ryan Hayes and Amy Whitcomb—all members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes inadvertently called the Mormon Church—it’s just the beginning,...
Through modern-day revelation, the Savior taught, “Be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine” (Doctrine and Covenants 38:27). “Be One” was the name of the 90-minute event that took place at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 1 June 2018. The event...
By Roy Jon Schmidt is a very talented and gifted Mormon pianist, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All of Me, Waterfall, To the Summit, and Love Story meets Viva la Vida (Taylor Swift Remix) are some of his impressive and very famous...
Dennis Michael Pitta, born 29 June 1985 in Fresno, California to parents Dennis and Linda Pitta, is an American football tight end for the Baltimore Ravens, number 88, of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Ravens in the fourth round (114th...
Dallon Weekes  Dallon Weekes musician and singer-songwriter. Bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and as a songwriter/lyricist for Panic! At the Disco, as well as the lead vocalist, bass guitarist, and singer-songwriter for his independent band, The Brobecks. Dallon...
The TLC network has launched a new television series, which follows the everyday life and experiences of a blended Latter-day Saint family from Lehi, Utah. The show is called The Blended Bunch and follows Erica and Spencer Shemwell, who tragically lost their spouses,...
Throughout this season on Fox’s popular dance show So You Think You Can Dance, Latter-day Saint siblings, Ezra and Stephanie Sosa from Provo, Utah, have each wowed the judges with their amazing performances. The duo also made television history by becoming the first...
Colonel Gail Seymour “Hal” Halvorsen, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as “the Mormon Church), is a 98-year-old retired officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He served in the...
Lexi Walker is a powerful young singer who has captured audiences from around the world. She is only 16 years old with the vocal chords to match Beyonce. Lexi has only taken formal singing lessons since 2013. Lexi had her big break when she sang “Let it...
In February 2017, Deserae Turner, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), was shot and left for dead in a cold canal in Smithfield, Utah. After enduring 10 brain surgeries, as well as several other...
Trina Boice Trina Boice is the author of 21 books and currently teaches at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Las Vegas, as well as for BYU-I online. She loves movies and writes reviews atwww.MovieReviewMaven.blogspot.com She was honored as the California Young Mother...
Marc Cameron, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as the “Mormon Church”), was born in 1961 in Texas and graduated from Weatherford High School in 1980. He later spent 29 years in law enforcement as a police officer. Twenty...
By Rebecca I attended Brigham Young University (BYU) the same time as the famous Mormon athlete Jimmer Fredette. I remember the hostile debates throughout Utah in response to another student’s article in The Daily Universe (school newspaper at BYU), who complained...
According to a recent Deseret News article titled ‘Ten Commandments’ exhibit to commorate Friberg’s 100th birthday by Tren Toone, artist Arnold Friberg is well-known for his 15 pre-visualization paintings used to promote the epic movie “The Ten...
We first met Paris Demario Thomas, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a little more than a decade ago when he was featured in a YouTube video as part of the Church’s “I AM A Mormon” campaign. Since then, through the help of a good friend, he...
Dave Finnegan Chief Information and Interactive Officer (CIO) Build-A-Bear Workshop Chief Information and Interactive Officer (CIO) at Build-A-Bear Workshop. Chairman at National Retail Federation – Chief Information Officer Council. Innovation Board Member (IT...
After a recent major upset in his life caused by a hoax that purported that he had a girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, who had supposedly died of leukemia on the same day as his beloved grandmother, Manti Te’o, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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...
Tony Finau, a 28-year-old professional golf player from Lehi Utah, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). He first changed the world of golf by being the first golfer of Tongan descent to play in the...
“The time is always right to do what is right. . .. I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. . .. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. . .. Injustice anywhere is a threat to...
