Swimming New Zealand Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England. However, both her parents are New Zealand nationals and they returned to New Zealand for two years when Palmer was young, before moving back to Cheltenham when she was 3. In Cheltenham, Palmer attended St...
Retired MBL player Roy Halladay died in a plane crash November 7th while flying solo in his ICON A5. He was a pitcher for the Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays. Later that same day, many of Halladay’s friends, fans, teammates, and neighbors posted tributes to...
Donny Osmond, a proud grandfather, tweeted the news of the arrival of his grandson on August 4th. https://twitter.com/donnyosmond/status/893497551537577986 Since then, Donny tweeted a picture of him holding the newest addition to his family. His name is...
James C. Christensen (1942-2017) was a famous painter, art teacher, illustrator and father. He was also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His paintings are based on myths, fables, and fantasies. He also included subjects such as Catholic...
Jets One thing that separates Pouha from many other NFL freshmen is his faith. Before starting college, he spent two years as a Latter-day Saint missionary. “That was the biggest growing moment for me in terms of who I was, where I stood, and what I believe...
Lucky Blue Smith’s modeling career began at age 12 after he and his three sisters were scouted by the director of Next Models LA. He followed his agent’s advice to change his hair color to platinum blonde, and quickly after that began growing into an icon...
Mike Stanger American Ninja Warrior Mike Stanger American Ninja Warrior From Mike’s blog Mike Stanger. I’m a father of 2, a caregiver husband, an insurance agent and an online fitness coach with Beachbody! This is where I put a lot of my thoughts and...
water polo (USA) silver 2000 Sydney She joined the national team in 1995. The 2000 Olympics were the first games to include women’s water polo as an official team sport. In 2002, she passed the California State Bar Exam and retired from water...
T.C. Christensen turned a childhood hobby of filming into a career with a home movie camera. This has led to more than 270 awards at the national and international level. He loves writing movies for and about Mormons, even when it means he has a much lower budget to...
This 2018 Valentine’s Day, David Archuleta and Nathan Pacheco came together to cover the song “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran. On David’s Twitter, he shared the video of the song as well as a little note of love. They did this song as a gift for the...
Kenzie Hall “American Idol” Season: Season 13, 2014 Result: Top 30 Due to a change in format, only 10 of the top 15 female singers were allowed to perform during “Rush Week” in Season 13. Hall and fellow Utahn Austin Wolfe were...
Robert B. Ingebretsen In 1999, he received an Academy Award for his pioneering work in digital sound. Ingebretsen and his mentor, Thomas Stockham, invented technology that translated analog sound into a digital format — a discovery that eventually led to the...
Pride and Prejudice Novelist Jane Austen’s 1813 masterpiece is delightfully updated to modern times in this romantic comedy about college student Elizabeth Bennet (Kam Heskin), who decides she has no time for amour because all she wants is to become a famous...
Julie Stoffer Cast Member: Real Worldw Orleans, Ne She appeared on MTV’s The Real World: New Orleans in 2000. Her religion became central to the plot, and she found herself disabusing her roommates of some “pretty whacked” ideas about The Church of...
Director Gary Rogers’s multi-volume film is an epic, cinematic retelling of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ sacred book, the Book of Mormon, which recants 1,000 years of Mormon history. Volume 1 of the movie covered roughly the first 50...
For someone who doesn’t like word search puzzles and is a bad speller, creating the Guinness World Record for the largest word search puzzle seemed unlikely for Mel Crow. However, determined to do just that, graphic designer Crow set out and over 10 years of...
Shot Put USA Jillian Mary “Jill” Camarena-Williams (born 2 March 1982) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. She competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has represented the United States both indoor and outdoor at World...
Amber Fillerup Clark is the face behind the popular blog “Barefoot Blonde.” She’s been featured in several articles and publications for her social media presence and work as a modern influencer. Clark lives with her husband, David, their children...
The choice to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may have made baseball player Jacob Hannemann an older prospect, but he doesn’t have any regrets about his choice. Hannemann played both football and baseball while at...
Marilyn Anderson, a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), is an 88-year-old violinist. She has been playing the violin since age seven and brings more than eight decades of musicianship to the...
Mormons are taught to be self-reliant. This does not mean preparing for some sort of doomsday scenario, but it does mean being ready for whatever life gives you. When unemployment, illness, or trials come, Mormons try to be prepared. Preparation for difficult times...
Meet “Due West” In 3 Directions By Delisa Hargrove. Yes, I’m from Texas, but anyone who knows me at all knows that I’m not into country music (at all)…but, hey, I like the sound of this band! So, here’s some quick info on Due West. Due West began in 2004 and is...
In March of 2012, Stilman White got the understudy’s dream opportunity—the starting point guard was injured and the freshman who had played just twenty minutes in five games got to start. He made the most of the opportunity and made thirteen assists and had no...
Nile Sorenson, a 69-year-old patriarch in the Placentia California Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as the “Mormon Church”), is probably not your “typical” patriarch, or at least not what most members perceive a...
