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Standout tells the inspiring story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. From birth, doctors warned that his life would be dominated by limitations, bullying and harsh scrutiny. Despite that prognosis, Ben yearned for an ordinary life free from judgment and harassment. However, each experience of adversity, including relentless bullying and a series of painful surg...

Temple Dedications Burley Idaho Temple – #212 January 11, 2026, Presided by Dallin Oaks Oaks lived in Twin Falls for 5 years after the death of his father President Nelson passed a list around to sign up for temple dedications Included an interview in the lobby of the temple “It has occurred to me for a long time” to make local announcements by the “file leader” “That was a strong impression...

00:00 Introduction and Musical Nostalgia 00:59 First Concert Experience: Cheap Trick 05:14 Skipping Church: Personal Stories 07:53 Caffeine and Conference Adventures 10:17 Faith and Fellowship at Conferences 12:54 Sports Talk: BYU Basketball and Rivalries 16:47 Wrap-Up and Transition to Articles of News 18:37 Boating Accident and Legal Implications 23:19 Missionary’s Sudden Death 27:31 Secur...

A 1,200-year-old piece of history has finally returned home. In a significant act of cultural repatriation, a 2,500-pound boulder bearing ancient Fremont petroglyphs was restored to its original mountainside location near the Utah-Idaho border this past December. The artifact, created by ancestors of the Shoshone people, had spent nearly 80 years sitting in the yard of a chapel belonging to The Ch...

Fatal Shooting at Salt Lake City Meetinghouse The Story: A tragic shooting occurred in the parking lot of a meetinghouse on Redwood Road during a funeral, leaving two men dead and six wounded. Why it’s first: It is a violent event on church property involving the death of members. It touches on issues of safety at houses of worship. Key Detail: The victims were part of Utah’s Tongan community. The...

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Stories of encounters with the Three Nephites, immortal saint-like figures, dominate the folklore of the Latter-day Saint tradition. The authors of this volume use hundreds of legends collected by the renowned folklorist William A. Wilson from across a lifetime of research, study, and interviews to focus on the different themes exhibited by the Three Nephites and show that LDS culture, beliefs, an...

The Hebrew Bible is hard for modern Latter-day Saints to read and understand. Not only was it written thousands of years ago in a world foreign to the modernity we live in, but we also read it through two thousand years of accumulated Christian understanding and two hundred years of LDS understanding. But even if we can’t read it as it was originally written, in  Hope and Healing in the Hebr...

From the game’s early days, college football and a strain of muscular Christianity built a mutually reinforcing culture that taught lessons in America’s dominant religious, gendered, and racial belief systems. Christians of many denominations embraced the game to shape and reshape their faith to meet the changing social demands of the twentieth century. Hunter M. Hampton analyzes the impact of foo...

Old Testament Study Resources The Scriptures are Real Podcast Kerry received his B.S. from BYU in Psychology with a Hebrew minor. As an undergraduate he spent time at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in the intensive Hebrew program. He received an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from BYU and his Ph. D. from UCLA in Egyptology, where in his final year he was named the UCLA Aff...

Scott D. Marianno is a historian and writer for the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He received an MA in history from Utah State University in 2015 and a BA in history from Brigham Young University in 2011. He writes on race and religion in the American West and on twentieth-century Mormonism. The post Salt Lake Temple – Scott Marianno – 99...

The Evolution Project, founded by Bryan J. Hurd, is a men’s personal growth initiative focused on intentional living, vulnerability, and authentic masculinity through transformative experiences, retreats, and community, helping men break through societal masks, confront inner shadows, and build deeper connections, not a therapy replacement but a space for support and sharing life’s cha...

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Temple Announcement  Portland Maine Temple Announced at a Stake Christmas Devotional , live reaction from members Allen D. Haynie read a letter by the first presidency “in a recent meeting of the First Presidency of the Church, a decision was made that, when directed by the First Presidency, the announcement of the construction of a new temple should be made on location by a member of the Quorum o...

What if the key to unlocking the Bible’s deepest truths lies in a language spoken millennia ago? In  The Language of Heaven: Hebrew Words Every Latter-day Saint Should Know to Better Understand the Bible, Covenants, and God , you’ll learn the sacred words of Hebrew that illuminate the scriptures like never before. Focusing on a new Hebrew word for every week of the year, the book contains entries...

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Temple worship has always been difficult for Latter-day Saints to discuss. A culture of privacy governs how they talk about it. Holiness to the Lord  is a path breaking study of what church members have experienced in their temples, from the 1830s to the present. Now available for preorder,  Holiness to the Lord : Elucidates the religious work of LDS temples. Documents the generational shift in te...

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Buy the Book Wakara’s America: A Historical Perspective Max discussed his new book, “Wakara’s America,” which explores the life and significance of Wakara, a prominent Ute leader in the 1840s. He explained that Wakara was known by different names in various regions, reflecting his extensive travels and interactions with diverse communities. Max, a historian of American reli...

Temple Dedication  Bahia Blanca Argentina Temple – #211 Dedicated November 23, 2025 by Ulisses Soares Dedicatory Prayer 5th Temple in Argentina, furthest south 12 Stakes and 4 Districts assigned to temple district Temple Open Houses Burley Idaho Temple Interior Photos Released Motifs include sugar beet and potato blossoms, trembling blue skies and farm fields Attended by Idaho Governor Brad...