LDS Primary
Vacation Bible School for Mormons could, and probably should, become a thing
By Jana Riess — July 14, 2023
(RNS) — There are few better uses of our time and money in the Church than ramping up our investment in children and youth.
How Mormons are addressing sex abuse: Too little, too late
By Jana Riess — August 10, 2022
(RNS) — Latter-day Saints have the opportunity to learn from others’ mistakes. But will we?
3 things Mormons should never do on the Sabbath
By Jana Riess — February 12, 2016
That guilt you feel when someone at church says it's forbidden to do such-and-such on Sunday, and you do that thing every Sabbath.
“Despicable Me” creator on Mormonism, Minions, and “the best calling in the church”
By Jana Riess — July 9, 2015
Meet the guy behind the Minions: Cinco Paul, one of the creators of the "Despicable Me" franchise, talks about how his Mormon faith has influenced his two decades of screenwriting.
Everything I need to know, I learned in Mormon nursery
By Jana Riess — April 14, 2015
Popcorn's popping on the apricot tree, and 11 other lessons that bestselling novelist Mette Ivie Harrison learned in Mormon nursery. (My favorite: church lessons can be short. Also, let's start using Playdough in Gospel Doctrine class. Please?)
The Advent Spirit
By Jana Riess — December 11, 2013
When someone dies during the Christmas holidays it can feel like a cruel joke. Unlike a blithe Christmas spirit, an Advent spirit does not avoid death and sadness. It embraces death head on.
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