Construction, renovation and seismic retrofitting on older buildings can take a long time but is necessary to prevent disaster. Such is the case with the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The retrofit of the iconic Salt Lake Temple continues at a deliberate ...
On Tuesday, the church released its Caring for Those in Need annual report for 2022, spotlighting the scale and reach of humanitarian efforts over the past year. In the cover letter of the report, the First Presidency — consisting of President Russell M. Nelson and his counselors Presidents ...
One of my favorite memories is of a temple recommend interview I had a number of years ago. It came at about the time when my first child was born. Following the interview, the bishop surprised me by asking a question I did not expect. “What is your biggest unpaid bill right now?” I ...
As Elijah McCormick walked onto the audition stage for "American Idol," judge and country music artist Luke Bryan was practicing his duck calls. “I’m getting all the hunting vibes,” he told McCormick. McCormick said he had just been telling his mother that he wanted to go hunting, even ...
Last week, my 6-year-old son showed me a card that he had been given that said “God loves you!” The exchange that ensued was not one soon to be forgotten. Here’s a paraphrased version of it: “God loves me?” he asked with a cheerful expression. “Of course he loves you. He created ...
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attend a worship service each week that involves partaking of bread and water and covenanting that we will always remember Jesus Christ and keep His commandments. The bread and water are blessed prior to being offered to those in ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm have been fined $5 million for using shell companies to obscure the size of the portfolio under church control, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday. “We allege that the ...
On the morning of Oct. 25, 2019, I received a text message from a friend. It read: “Hey. How is it going? How are the boys doing? Anything you need help with? I admire you being such a good father to your kids as a single dad. I know how hard that is at times.” I needed that message that ...
Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it ...
At last April’s general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson, president of the church, spoke of a concept he had been reminded of while watching a basketball game. I always pay attention to his words, but given my own personal affinity for sports, I ...
