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...
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...
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...
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...
Jensen Arnold is a ballroom dancer from Provo, Utah. She competed in the 14th season of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ but was eliminated near the beginning of the competition. But she was not dissuaded and tried out again for the 15th season the next...
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...
While most Mormons think of fantasy as the place most Mormons head when they are writing for non-Mormon audiences, the regency romance genre is becoming a growing field. Many of all faiths flock to the Mormons in the field because they create “clean” regencies,...
David McKnight is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is also an alumnus of Brigham Young University (BYU). He graduated with Honors from BYU in 1997. He and his wife Felice have seven children. David is a financial speaker and for more...
The high-scoring basketball player, Yoeli Childs, from South Jordan, Utah, is Brigham Young University’s (BYU) star power forward. Yoeli was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”) when he chose to...
Kurt Bestor is an accomplished musician, composer, actor, athlete, poet, sculptor, artist, and famous Mormon who uplifts people worldwide through his music. He was born in 1958 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, but grew up in Orem, Utah (1966). Kurt started playing the piano at...
It was in 1981 — between jobs and wanting to buy shoes for his children — that he approached TSR about buying two of his modules . . . and ended up with a job instead. That job led to his association with Margaret Weis and their first publication together:...
Thurl Lee Bailey was born in Washington, D.C. on 7 April 1961. He is a graduate of Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Maryland. Family is extremely important to Bailey. He is a devoted family man with six children. He and his wife Sindi currently live in Salt...
One of the best-known faces of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”) is The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. This church choir began in the 1800s and is world-renowned. It is a “Mormon” aspect many...
Writer, Comedian Jenna Kim Jones is a Writer and Script Assistant and has worked as interim management for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (www.thedailyshow.com). She is also a very funny standup comedian. In 2014 she released her first stand-up comedy act called...
As the “Mormon moment” extends into 2012, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life today released a groundbreaking new survey, the first ever published by a non-LDS research organization to focus exclusively on members of The Church of Jesus...
The largest management and leadership development organization in the world. Stephen R. Covey is perhaps best known as the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which is ranked as a No. 1 best-seller by the New York Times, having sold more than 12 million...
Albert Robert “Bob” Inama was a returned missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a college student at Utah State University. In 1959, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, which meant that he had to put his schooling and career...
World renowned entertainer and recording artist, Marie Osmond, was the featured guest on 12 October 2018, at the historic Kawaiaha’o Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. She and several members of her family, including brothers Alan, Merrill, and Jay, and nephew, David...
Republican Utah First elected to the US Senate in 1976. In 1976 in his first run for public office, he was elected to the United States Senate, defeating Democrat Frank Moss, a three-term incumbent. Among other issues, Hatch criticized Moss’s 18-year tenure in...
Certainly, we are all entitled to express our religious beliefs about any particular topic. However, wisdom and discernment should be used when expressing our views, so as not to become overbearing and cause undue strife and contention among others. There are...
The NFL Draft begins Thursday, 25 April 2013, in New York. With that, Kenneth Arthur reporting for SB Nation states that there is a lot to think about, including a question about the birth certificate of Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah, a member of The Church of...
meteorologist Amy Freeze is the weekend meteorologist at WABC-TV in New York. She was the chief meteorologist for Fox owned-and-operated station WFLD in Chicago from 2007–2011. Freeze has certificate number 111 from the American Meteorological Society as a Certified...
Robert C. O’Brien, who was raised Catholic, is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). He is described by those who know him as warm, engaging, receptive, focused, and a man of faith. The 53-year-old...
Stephenie Meyer’s book “Twilight” turned movie is setting records at the box office. Since it’s release date on November 21st, it has made $151,533,441 as of December 16, 2008 – not bad for a movie with a production budget of $37 million. So far it is the highest...
