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FairMormon Conference Podcast #45 – Wendy Ulrich, “Women, Men, and Priesthood Power” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
Mormon Expulsion from Jackson County 1833 (Part 2 of 7) @ Gospel Tangents
- We’re continuing our conversation with Dr. Alex Baugh. We’ve already discussed some...
Inspiring Stories @ Millennial Star
- In 1957 then-Senator John (Jack) Kennedy published Profiles in Courage, biographies...
Applying Heidegger to Religious Conviction @ FAIR Blog
- by Jeffrey Thayne and Ed Gantt, cross-posted from Latter-day Saint Philosopher
A...
Book Review: The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Vol. 9: December 1841 – April 1842 @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
As we reach the last few years of Joseph...
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Eradicated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 14 October 2019 | Latter-day Saint Charities and other partners...
Trouble in Missouri 1833 (Part 1 of 7) @ Gospel Tangents
- Joseph Smith had a revelation that Jackson County, Missouri was the promised land. It...
Raleigh North Carolina Temple Is Rededicated @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Sunday, 13 October 2019 | Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
Asunción Paraguay Temple Opens for Public Tours @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 11 October 2019 | A free public open house is set to begin on...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #44 – René Krywult, “Fear Leads to the Dark Side: How to Navigate the Shallows of (Mis)Information” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
*How Utah Politics are Different than Nation (Part 4 of 4) @ Gospel Tangents
- Utah politics are different than national politics in a few different ways. For...
Safety in Chapels Is the Responsibility of Every Latter-day Saint @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 10 October 2019 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Seeking Truth @ FAIR Blog
- by Dennis B. Horne
Some months ago I noticed the comments of a critic of the Church...
Women as Witnesses @ FAIR Blog
- Editor’s Note: The transcript of Daniel Peterson’s 2019 FairMormon Conference...
Rendering of the Layton Utah Temple Released @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 08 October 2019 | An exterior rendering has been released...
Does LDS Church Control Utah Politics? (Part 3 of 4) @ Gospel Tangents
- There have been many charges that the LDS Church controls Utah politics. Rod Decker...
Church Updates Temple Recommend Interview Questions @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Sunday, 06 October 2019 | President Russell M. Nelson continued his...
October 2019 General Conference News and Announcements @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Sunday, 06 October 2019 | General conferences of The Church of Jesus...
General Conference! Oct 2019 @ Millennial Star
- It’s starting! We’ll use this space to make observations and accept comments! The...
Leadership Changes Announced at October 2019 General Conference @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 05 October 2019 | President Dallin H. Oaks President Henry B....
Changes Announced to Strengthen Youth @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 05 October 2019 | Leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
President Nelson Announces Eight New Temples During General Conference @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Saturday, 05 October 2019 | President Russell M. Nelson announced plans...
Downwinders & Utah’s Fight Against the Feds (Part 2 of 4) @ Gospel Tangents
- In the 1930s and 40s, the United States was involved in the race to build an atomic...
Reflections on a bad tooth @ Millennial Star
- Tooth pain this past month has prompted reflections on why those disaffected with the...
President Oaks’ comments on gender and identity @ Millennial Star
- President Oaks made the following comments regarding the Proclamation on the Family,...
October 2019 General Conference Leadership Meetings Continue @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 03 October 2019 | At a general conference leadership session,...
Big change in witnessing for ordinances @ Millennial Star
- The Church just released this email: Dear Brothers and Sisters, Witnessing Ordinances...
General Conference Leadership Meetings Begin @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 02 October 2019 | President Nelson announced a change in the...
A Quick Guide to This Week’s General Conference @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 01 October 2019 | Scores of thousands of Latter-day Saints from...
The World Report @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 01 October 2019 | The October 2019 edition of "The World...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #43 – Scott Gordon, “CES Letter: Proof or Propaganda?” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
Church Meets With Leader of UN World Food Programme @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 30 September 2019 | Leaders of the global humanitarian efforts...
Come Follow Me – Ephesians @ Millennial Star
- My newest blog post for Come Follow Me is online...
Latter-day Saints Worldwide Introduced to New Program for Children and Youth @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Sunday, 29 September 2019 | What will the new program for children and...
Transforming Themselves to Be Apostles @ FAIR Blog
- by Delisa Hargrove, cross-posted from LDS Blogs
In much of the northern hemisphere,...
Latter-day Saints Around the World: Country Newsroom Websites, September 27, 2019 @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 27 September 2019 | Newsroom features stories from its 80...
Rendering Released for the Feather River California Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 26 September 2019 | An exterior rendering has been released...
Tooele Valley Utah Temple Site Announced @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Wednesday, 25 September 2019 |
FairMormon Conference Podcast #42 – Tad R. Callister, “A Case for the Book of Mormon” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
Groundbreaking Scheduled for the Puebla Mexico Temple @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Tuesday, 24 September 2019 |
Church Donates to Suicide Prevention and Awareness Campaign in Utah @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Monday, 23 September 2019 | Community, civic, and faith leaders gathered...
Engage Society in Informed, Sincere and Civil Ways, Global Leader of Children Says @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Holladay, Utah | Monday, 23 September 2019 | The global leader of children in The Church...
Come Follow Me – Galatians @ Millennial Star
- Here is my latest blog post for Come Follow Me...
Sister Eubank Speaks at National Women’s Conference in Finland @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Tampere, Finland | Saturday, 21 September 2019 | Sister Sharon Eubank, president of...
First Episode in Book of Mormon Videos Series Now Available @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Friday, 20 September 2019 | The first episode in the Book of Mormon...
Trump names Latter-day Saint as new national security advisor @ Millennial Star
- Robert O’Brien was Catholic and joined the Church in his 20s. The Deseret News...
Raleigh North Carolina Temple Opens for Tours @ Mormon Newsroom Blog
- Salt Lake City | Thursday, 19 September 2019 | The public is invited to a free open house...
Life is still good @ Millennial Star
- As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have two thoughts...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #41 – Jasmin Rappleye, “ScripturePlus: The Future of Scripture Study” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
Come Follow Me – 2 Corinthians 8-13 @ Millennial Star
- My blog post on Come Follow Me – 2 Corinthians 8-13...
Am I Plugged Into the Source? @ FAIR Blog
- by Delisa Hargrove, cross-posted from LDS Blogs
After my morning routine, I grabbed my...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #40 – Don Bradley, “Joseph Smith’s First Vision as Endowment and Epitome of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (or Why I Came Back to the Church)” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #39 – Matthew McBride, “Answering Historical Questions with Church History Topics” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #38 – Spencer McBride, “Joseph Smith in Van Buren’s White House: Lessons in Electoral Politics and Religious Freedom” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #37 – Randall Spackman, “Chronological Structure and Symbolism in the Small Plates of Nephi” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
Book Review – First Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins @ FAIR Blog
- Available in the FairMormon Bookstore
First Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins by Steven...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #36 – Elder Craig C. Christensen, “Foundations of Our Faith” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This presentation...
2019 FairMormon Lifetime Achievement Award @ FAIR Blog
- Congratulations to Dr. Daniel C. Peterson, recipient of the 2019 FairMormon Lifetime...
2019 John Taylor Defender of the Faith Award @ FAIR Blog
- Congratulations to this year’s recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #35 – Jeff Lindsay, “‘Arise from the Dust’: Digging into a Vital Book of Mormon Theme” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
Book Review: If Truth Were a Child: Essays @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
George B. Handley is a humanities professor at...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #34 – Jeffrey Bradshaw, “Stories of the Saints in the DR Congo” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
FairMormon Questions: Why does Nephi quote from Isaiah in the Book of Mormon? @ FAIR Blog
- FairMormon has a service where questions can be submitted and they are answered by...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #33 – Sara Riley, “‘Even as Moses Did’: The Use of the Exodus Narrative in Mosiah 11-18” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
Book Review: A Documentary History of The Book of Mormon @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
Larry E. Morris has written books on the...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #32 – Lynne Hilton Wilson, “Peter and Paul’s Paradoxical Passages on Women” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #31 – Wade Miller, “The Presence of Pre-Columbian Horses in America” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #30 – Jenny Lund, “‘We all must be crazy’: The Plight of a 19th-Century Mormon Missionary Wife” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #29 – Steve Densley and Geret Giles, “Barriers to Belief: Mental Distress and Disaffection from the Church” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #28 – John Lynch, “Strengthen Thy Brethren: Bolstering Those in Faith Crisis” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
Book Review – Who is Truth? Reframing Our Questions for a Richer Faith @ FAIR Blog
- Available in the FairMormon Bookstore
Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the...
Book Review – Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, A Nineteenth-Century Black Mormon @ FAIR Blog
- Available in the FairMormon Bookstore
Quincy D. Newell’s new book Your Sister in the...
Tad Callister Interview – A Case For The Book of Mormon @ FAIR Blog
- [A review of the book can be found here.]
Tad R. Callister is author of the book...
Book Review: A Case for the Book of Mormon @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
[A interview of the author can be found...
Book Review: The Joseph Smith Papers Documents, Volume 8: February-November 1841 @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
This volume consists of 544 pages (including the...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #27 – Taunalyn Rutherford, “‘For We Shall See Him as He Is’: Understanding Mormon Women in India” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for...
A Tale of Two Sealings (The Kinshasa DR Congo Temple: A Personal Perspective, Part 5) @ FAIR Blog
- Jocy and Athanase Ngandu
Description of the Series
Over the next several weeks, we will...
Ticket sales are now open for the 2019 FairMormon Conference, to be held August 7-9! @ FAIR Blog
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Get your ticket for the 2019 FairMormon Conference before June 6 to save your seat (and...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #26 – Matt McBride, “Women of the Global Church: Stories on history.lds.org” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This episode is a...
Book Review: The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, Maxwell Institute Study Edition @ FAIR Blog
- Available in the FairMormon Bookstore
I’ve been reading and collecting the Book of...
Faith is Not Blind – Interview with Elder and Sister Hafen @ FAIR Blog
- Faith is Not Blind is a book by Elder Bruce C. and Sister Marie Hafen and published by...
Happy Easter from the DR Congo (The Kinshasa DR Congo Temple: A Personal Perspective, Part 3) @ FAIR Blog
- Rodrigue Kabuya Kabamba
Description of the Series
Over the next several weeks, we will...
A Look at the Church’s Change of Policy on Same-Sex Couples and their Children @ FAIR Blog
- Members of the Church and interested outsiders have noted that the First Presidency of...
2017 FairMormon Conference Presentations Now Available on FairMormonTV for Roku @ FAIR Blog
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The FairMormonTV Roku channel has now been updated with FairMormon Conference...
New Content at Joseph Smith Papers @ BOAP.org Blog
- The JSP has announced some new content at their web site. All annotation for Documents...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #25 – Jeff Robinson, “Thinking Differently About Same-Sex Attraction” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This episode is a...
FairMormon Questions: Having unsettling feelings before receiving my endowment @ FAIR Blog
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FairMormon has a service where questions can be submitted and they are answered by...
FairMormon Conference Podcast #24 – Brad Wilcox, “‘Have You Been Saved By Grace?’ How Do We Respond?” @ FAIR Blog
- This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This episode is a...
Three Excerpts from “Answers Will Come: Trusting the Lord in the Meantime” by Shalissa Lindsay @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
[A review of the book can be found here.]
Not...
Book Review: Answers Will Come: Trusting the Lord in the Meantime @ FAIR Blog
- Available from the FairMormon Bookstore
[Excerpts from the book can be found here.]
The...
Jim Bennett: Standing My Ground @ FAIR Blog
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[Jim Bennett is the author of “A Faithful Reply to the CES Letter from a Former...
Conference Notice: John Whitmer Historical Association 2019 Annual Conference @ BOAP.org Blog
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Kindle Version of Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants for cheap @ BOAP.org Blog
- If you purchased your hard copy of Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The...
Job Announcement: Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, Editorial Assistant @ BOAP.org Blog
- Editorial Assistant Vacancy — Closes Feb. 8, 2019 The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS)...
Job Announcement: Associate Editor, Publications Department, Massachusetts Historical Society @ BOAP.org Blog
- The Massachusetts Historical Society seeks a full-time Associate Editor to work in its...
Here it is: Greg Kofford Ebook Sale. Plural Marriage Revelation Book @ BOAP.org Blog
- TSDC:PMR ebook along with ALL 2018 Kofford ebook titles is on sale until the end of the...
The Church History Library Goes Viral! @ BOAP.org Blog
- See for yourself.
Job Announcement: Einstein Papers @ BOAP.org Blog
- The Einstein Papers Project is engaged in one of the most ambitious scholarly publishing...
Book sale. 30% off. @ BOAP.org Blog
- I know you’ve all be waiting to buy my book on D&C 132 because you believe...
New Joseph Smith Papers Bulletin @ BOAP.org Blog
- Latest from the Joseph Smith Papers here:...
Book of Abraham Manuscripts. Revelations and Translations Vol. 4 of the Joseph Smith Papers on the shelf. @ BOAP.org Blog
- [Cross-posted at By Common Consent] A permanent identical “I” is a...
A Short History of D&C 132 @ BOAP.org Blog
- I composed this short reception/textual history of D&C 132 when my book Textual...
Featherston Family, Erstwhile Emigrants @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- One of the frustrating things about tracking emigrating members is the increasing...
Papers of Jonathan Edwards flyer @ BOAP.org Blog
- JEC Call for Support
Papers of Martin Van Buren, Series 1. @ BOAP.org Blog
- Association for Documentary Editing has posted a note on the Cumberland University Martin...
John & Rebecca Denton: Repeated Returnees @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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John & Rebecca Denton Family:
Back - L to R: Ezekiel, Robert, Sam, Alma
From - L to R:...
Katherine Alexander and Her Return from Gathering @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- There were a number of people who joined the LDS Church that decided to go west....
The Returnees: A Project to Identify Why Some Converts Wanted to Return Home @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Sometimes when a convert moves west to join the saints, something changes their mind and...
Weller’s Book Works April 14, 2018 Conversation about “The Plural Marriage Revelation” (D&C 132) @ BOAP.org Blog
- I’ll be at Weller’s Book Works at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City tonight at 7pm...
Middle Tennessee Baptismal Record - Lessons Learned @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Nestled in the family search catalog is something called the Record of Members. It is a...
Baptisms in 1918 by County @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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It may not look like a lot, but baptisms in Tennessee were picking up. Yes, there was...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 5 Leaving Tennessee @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, quoted and...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 4 Seeds of Misunderstanding @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, quoted and...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 3 Raised from the Dead @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young, summarized from his...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 2 Evil Spirits @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [This is a continuation of the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young. Written from his...
Alfred Douglas Young - Part 1 Conversion @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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[This is an excerpt from the Autobiography of Alfred Douglas Young. Written from his...
On the Problem and Promise of Alex Caldiero’s Sonosophy @ A Motley Vision
- In January of 2011, I shared my dissertation proposal on Alex Caldiero’s sonosophy...
George W Brandon writes a Letter. @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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On July 6, 1842, George wrote the following letter in Nauvoo. George was an early...
You’re looking for a book @ A Motley Vision
- . Two Sundays ago, a member of my ward engaged me on the old question of the Great Mormon...
An conversation with Melissa Leilani Larson about Third Wheel and the writer’s life @ A Motley Vision
- William Morris and Melissa Leilani Larson discuss her two peculiar plays of women in...
“An Open Palm and a Consecrated Life” @ A Motley Vision
- When I don’t have other things occupying my mind (and often when I do), I think a...
Mother’s Milk @ A Motley Vision
- . The first impression Rachel Hunt Steenblik’s Mother’s Milk gave...
Claire Åkebrand’s What Was Left of the Stars @ A Motley Vision
- . You likely remember Claire Åkebrand from your studious rerereading of Fire in the...
Names You Can't Read: The Badam Family @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- I can't say I found the Badam family. As far as the Church is concerned, that happened...
Sundry Moldy Solecisms #5 The Drown’ed Book by Mahonri Stewart, (play review) @ A Motley Vision
- A few weeks ago our son told us one of his co-workers was performing in Annie at the...
The Lost Records of Mary E Dukes @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- While transcribing an old baptismal record I happened across a cryptic entry...
Slate Springs Tennessee Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- I won't go into a full history of the Slate Springs branch here, but I came across some...
Speedwell Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Speedwell Tennessee entered Mormon history in 1908 with the baptism of Josiah & Harriet...
Artists and Doctrine & Covenants section 58 @ A Motley Vision
- What D&C 58 means in relation to Mormon artists when it chastises Martin Harris and...
Short Creek Chapel @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- Short Creek is a unassuming place along the east side of the Tennessee river in south...
Remembering Jonathan Langford the critic @ A Motley Vision
- It’s been almost three months since Jonathan died. I miss him very much. This is...
News from Tennessee Conferences 19 Jun 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 12 Jun 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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Nashville Chapel circa 1959 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- In 1959 the Nashville branch of the LDS Church met in this building. For those who know...
A Place for the Un-Gathered: The Home of Abraham and Mary Church of Hickman County Tennessee @ Amateur Mormon Historian
- [Below is an abridged version of my presentation at the 2017 Mormon History Association...
States of Deseret is now available @ A Motley Vision
- Peculiar Pages in collaboration with A Motley Vision is pleased to announce the release...
News from Tennessee Conferences 29 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 22 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 15 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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News from Tennessee Conferences 1 May 1917 @ Amateur Mormon Historian
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