The Merrie Miss Memorandum, a special meeting held to explain the Merrie Miss program to parents, helps 10- and 11-year-old girls see themselves as substantive, contributing members of the Church,...

A circus performer once demonstrated to a group of youngsters some simple stunts on a trapeze, and gave them a chance to try out the swing, which had been lowered near the ground. A young boy,...

There are times when the patience of the Lord comes to an end, related Chauncey C. Riddle, BYU philosophy professor, in his lecture, "Days of Wickedness and Vengeance." These times are...

Five huge chandeliers that once hung in the lobby of the Hotel Utah and given to the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City by the First Presidency were officially turned on Feb. 10 in their new...

Scriptures are the words of the Lord and are "pure" before Him. (D&C 41:12.) And He has commanded that they should be taken to "all nations, kindreds, tongues and people." (D&C 42:58.) But...

When I was younger, I wondered why the Prophet Joseph Smith included teachings about Adam and Eve's transgression and the Fall in the Second Article of Faith. Today, I know that when Joseph...

"They despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond...

The Book of Mormon is the message and the method of salvation for the day, according to John L. Fowles, director of the LDS institute adjacent to the University of Missouri at Columbia. "As...

A poster campaign on buses throughout Rome, sponsored in December by the Church's local public affairs office, generated significant inquiries and requests about the Church. According to...

"This is not the first such grant to BYU," he said. "UPS has supported this program every year for about 16 years. The company has enabled a significant number of our Indian students to...