With her unique mix of humor and candor, empathy and idealism, Inouye draws upon her academic training in Chinese history and religious studies, her rich cultural heritage, her experiences raising a family in an international setting, her tangle with cancer,...

Arizona joins states giving sex-abuse victims time to sue

Arizona this week joined a growing movement of states extending the rights of childhood sexual abuse victims to sue their alleged assailants and any churches, youth groups or other institutions that turned a blind eye.

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Provo teen dies after moped crash in church parking lot, police say

A teen died after crashing a moped in a Provo church parking lot, police reported Tuesday.

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Did the 2015 Mormon LGBT exclusion policy drive a mass exodus out of the Church?

In April, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reversed an unpopular 2015 policy aimed at curbing the participation of LGBT church members and their children (see here for more background). Since the reversal, children of same-sex couples are once again eligible for baptism, and their parents are not subject to automatic disciplinary councils just for being in a same-sex relationship.

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LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson to embark on Latin America tour at end of August

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson, and his wife, Wendy, are traveling to Latin American at the end of August for ministry devotionals.

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What Past Attacks on Mormons and Catholics Teach Us About the Threat to Muslims

In March, an arsonist targeted a mosque in California. Another mosque burned in Connecticut in May. Other mosques have received threats during this holy month of Ramadan. The FBI reported in its latest hate crime statistics that there was a 77 percent increase in anti-Muslim incidents between 2014 and 2017.

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‘Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris’: Glenn Beck on how his Mormon faith saved him

In a new episode of “Journeys of Faith with Paula Faris,” a podcast featuring conversations about how faith has guided newsmakers and celebrities through their best and worst times, ABC News’ Paula Faris sits down with conservative commentator Glenn Beck.

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THE STATE THAT IS A STRANGE AND DEEPLY IMPERFECT LGBTQ PIONEER

Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds says that Mormons believe in modern day revelation and rewriting scriptures, which would allow them to pave the way for acceptance of the LGBTQ community. To learn more about the LGBTQ community in Salt Lake City, Utah, watch “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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Mormon Church buys site for first Auckland temple

The Mormon Church has bought a multi-million dollar Manukau site for its new temple beside the Southern Motorway between two other Mormon properties.

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Demonstrating unity in diversity

Congregants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and members of Jamiyah Singapore, also known as the Muslim Missionary Society Singapore, came together yesterday for iftar, the evening meal during the Ramadan month, as part of an initiative to strengthen inter-religious harmon...

Arizona joins states giving sex-abuse victims time to sue Arizona this week joined a growing movement of states extending the rights of childhood sexual abuse victims to sue their alleged assailants and any churches, youth groups or other institutions that...

Darren Parry is the Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.    Darren also serves on the Board of Directors for the American West Heritage Center, the Utah State Museum board and serves on the Advisory Board of the Huntsman Cancer Institute.  In 2017 he received the Esto Perpetua Award from the State of Idaho for one who preserved and promoted history in the State of Idaho. He is the first Utah to win this award. He attended the University of Utah and Weber State University and received his Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education, with an emphasis on History.  His passions in life are his family which includes his tribal family. Darren wants to make sure that the story of the Bear River Massacre and the outcomes of that horrific event are always remembered. It is important that the Shoshone perspective is heard. Darren is a six generation Shoshone-Latter-Day Saint.

Website: Boaogoi.org

Darren Parry is the Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.    Darren also serves on the Board of Directors for the American West Heritage Center, the Utah State Museum board and serves on the Advisory Board of the...

We need to be mindful of our own depression, anxiety, fear, emotional wounds, and co-dependency, and be willing to heal those, for as long as it takes.  

We need to be willing to identify and heal our addictive behaviors and “bad comforts”

We need to have an active awareness of our own core and surface emotions, and be willing to soothe them when triggered, voice them when appropriate….and without barbs, anger, or guilt

We need to be willing to engage in intentional and meaningful emotional vulnerability.  Empathy should become our “currency,” and a daily part of our identity

We need to be able to insist on daily and weekly “self-care,” without guilt for doing it

We need to become “proactive,” and NOT “reactive”

Be bold enough to bring up the important things: money/budget, sex, priorities, needs.  We need to be able to identify and express our hopes, needs, and deal-breakers

A partner needs to value our feelings, and honor our healthy needs and boundaries.  A partner should be willing and able to describe their emotions each day, and their personal focus and behaviors when no one is around them.  We need to respect each other’s belief set and life direction

A partner’s internal fears, hurt, sadness, disappointment, loneliness, past wounding, and anxieties should NEVER become our fault, our burden, or used as justification for mistreating us

A partner should be willing to pursue relationship counseling whenever we need it or desire it, without hesitation

We need to be mindful of our own depression, anxiety, fear, emotional wounds, and co-dependency, and be willing to heal those, for as long as it takes.   We need to be willing to identify and heal our addictive behaviors...

Jaxon Washburn is a young member of the Church from Arizona who recently returned from having served as a missionary in Armenia. Jaxon has participated in a variety of public and online forums where he has been able to share...

Jaxon Washburn is a young member of the Church from Arizona who recently returned from having served as a missionary in Armenia. Jaxon has participated in a variety of public and online forums where he has been able to share his beliefs and has been involved in interfaith advocacy and dialogue since his early high school career. He is currently majoring in Religious Studies at Arizona State University. His passions include reading, writing poetry, traveling, learning languages, defending the Gospel and engaging in interreligious conversations.

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Neon Museum gets OK to expand to unused Vegas cultural site

The Neon Museum is preparing to double in size by expanding across Las Vegas Boulevard with a $1-a-year lease for a shuttered cultural center dating to the early 1960s.

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Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints passes away in Mexico

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on Sunday morning, released information about a young missionary, that passed away while serving his mission.

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Pipe Spring National Monument: Paiutes, Mormons, And Stephen Mather

Water defines the arid West. Sporadic and intermittent water – think flash floods, freeze/thaw and steady erosion – sculpts the landscape, but it takes permanent water to create conditions for human settlement.  At Pipe Spring National Monument in northern Arizona, the Park Service has done an exemplary job of telling the human water story from three perspectives: Paiutes, the original inhabitants; Mormons, a big wave of Anglo settlers that stayed; and the U.S. government.

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Mormon church opposes LGBT nondiscrimination measure

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced its opposition Monday to a comprehensive nondiscrimination bill that faces long odds in Congress, saying the legislation doesn’t “meet the standard of fairness for all,” contending it would strip key religious freedom protections.

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