Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
The top 10 Mormon news stories of 2023
By Jana Riess — December 30, 2023
(RNS) — There's a mix of good news (more missionaries!) and bad news (more sexual and financial scandals).
For Mormons, it’s General Conference time. Remind me why we do this?
By Jana Riess — April 2, 2022
(RNS) — General Conference is touted as being prophetic and revelatory — must-see TV for Latter-day Saints the world over. So why does the format feel so stale?
Blocklisting at Brigham Young University
By Jana Riess — September 10, 2021
(RNS) — The erasure of historian Benjamin Park's involvement from the Maxwell Institute's website reflects poorly on the institute and on BYU, particularly since he says he hasn't been told why it happened.
Top 5 Mormon rumors about this weekend’s General Conference
By Jana Riess — October 4, 2018
Two-hour church? Just maybe! And four other possibly almost kind of credible rumors about General Conference.
15 highlights from LDS General Conference
By Jana Riess — October 3, 2016
(RNS) Is home teaching about to change? Is caffeinated Diet Coke really okay? And what did Elder Ballard say to people who are thinking of leaving the LDS Church? Here are 15 impressions from this weekend's General Conference.
How Not to Disagree with a Mormon Apostle
By Jana Riess — October 30, 2013
It's one thing to disagree with LDS leaders, and to speak plainly and pointedly about the reasons why. It's another to be unfair, inflammatory, and even cruel.
“No More Shame”: A Mormon Apostle Sheds Light on Mental Illness—And His Own Struggles
By Jana Riess — October 8, 2013
Some readers know that there is a history of mental illness in my family, as I’ve written about before. This includes but is not limited to my father, who died in 2010. Without going into specifics, I would say that there is no getting around the pain that mental illness can bring into a family’s […]
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