The prize is the culmination of 10 years of research and testing — a new generation of deep-storage battery that's small enough, and safe enough, to sit in your basement and power your home. It promises to nudge the world to a paradigm shift as big as the switch from centralized mainframe computers in the [...]

Mormon mommy blogging follows the trends of mommy blogging in general. Women come together to discuss their experiences as mothers and to find answers to how better raise their children, help their spouses or even save their sanity. "Motherhood is learning on the job. You need community to learn how to deal with toddlers. You [...]

"When people ask what caused a change in Emma's behavior, what they really are asking is, 'Why didn't she goes west with the Saints?' And when people say she was wrong for remaining in Nauvoo, they are implying they know what she should have done," Richard Delewski said at the Sunstone Symposium on Thursday, Aug. [...]

Her music has been heard far and wide, but violinist Jenny Oaks Baker will take her music and her message to a home audience Sunday, Aug. 16, when she presents "Music and My Testimony" in a regional Mormon fireside. via MormonTimes

The group, whose members are also members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has made the trip to Nauvoo, Ill., each year for the past five years to visit the town that played an important role in their faith. While in the area, Vocal Point has made day excursions to surrounding towns [...]

Maples, oak brush, fir trees, rocks, flowers, birds, dogs and people, thats what youll find in lower Neffs Canyon — the first canyon south of Millcreek. Back in the 1840s, John Neff found timber there. He built the first road into the canyon to get the timber, and thats how it got its name. via [...]

"I'll probably write about Nauvoo when I get back home. I'd like to do some historical novels from the early Mormon period," he said. "A real hobby for us is to go out to little outlying communities that were Mormon out here and track down where things were." via Quincy Herald Whig.

Anyone who is thinking about checking out the craze that is Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series need not attempt to find a copy of any of the best-selling vampire romance novels on the shelves of Deseret Book. via Deseret News

BYU students will have the opportunity to participate in a writing contest hosted by the Museum of Art and the first place winner will receive an iPod Touch. The contest will focus on the new exhibition at the museum, “Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London.” According to the MOA Web [...]

An international choir and orchestra numbering more than 100 participants and comprised almost entirely of Church members performed three concerts July 10-12 in France. via LDS Church News

YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc. They are the names of some of the most popular websites in the world. They are also the names of the places where hundreds of thousands of copyrighted items are posted by users daily — without permission of the copyright owners. via Songwriter101.com

Over the years, as Clark watched Mormon church general authorities and government leaders step in to get a memorial built to Martin Harris but also to see to it that an amphitheater was created for "The Man Who Knew" pageant, he became convinced that it was something the Lord wanted to see happen. via MormonTimes

When I write it’s easy to lose myself in an authorial sounding voice. To prevent that I ask myself, “Would you tell this to someone?” If the answer is no, then I weed out the moments where I’m trying to sound smart and go back to just telling the story. I think back on when [...]

An LDS historian and an RLDS historian shared perspectives of a man who shares an LDS and RLDS history: Alexander Hale Smith. Born in Far West, Mo., he is the son of Joseph and Emma Smith, historians at the Sunstone Symposium shared Friday, Aug. 14. via MormonTimes

"If these [artistic] symbols and icons draw us closer to that which is holy," said the late Ronald Jackson, professor of social sciences at BYU-Hawaii, in a 2002 speech, "if they place in our hearts the ideals of the Savior, if the presence of these religious icons makes us a better people, and if they [...]

In his commencement speech at Brigham Young University Thursday, Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged Latter-day Saints to proclaim their belief in following Jesus Christ and to avoid being defensive. via  LDS Newsroom.

Elder M. Russell Ballard: Engaging Without Being Defensive – LDS Newsroom.

"You and I have an errand from the Lord to help the rising generation develop the Spirit of Zion so that all through their lives wherever they are they will build Zion," he said. via LDS Church News

Jane Clayson Johnson couldn't stress enough how important it is for Young Single Adults to trust in God, as she spoke to YSAs on Sunday in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Johnson, a former broadcaster, got her start at KSL in Salt Lake City and later was a co-host of CBS's "The Early Show," and a [...]

Gordon said one of the most amazing aspects of the compositions submitted was, despite all using the familiar text, each was distinctive and individual. Being prohibited from using the well-known tune, however, proved a challenge for some. "It took concerted effort to read the text without hearing the traditional melody," said young Canadian composer Andrew [...]

Who, today, cannot benefit from this example of pushing for what you want, of not giving up, of doing the best with what you have? he asks. "I love to write, because I love to teach. A novel is a sneaky way to slip in some teachings, but there are so many lessons for us [...]

The Catholic Church helped preserve Roman civilization. Can Mormonism do the same for America? via  Slate Magazine.

This year, a national competition was held to invite Mormon singers from anywhere in the U.S. to audition to sing the national anthem on Mormon Night at Dodger Stadium. via MormonTimes

Mormons scholars and historians who lobbied to help a Missouri archivist keep his job may have changed his fate. via  Salt Lake Tribune.

Editors of a new online LDS journal asked a group of Mormon apologists on Friday to stand with them. via MormonTimes

The LDS Church is moving employees associated with its computer and communications systems to the former Intel building in Riverton. via Salt Lake Tribune.

He said that after 32 years, there is not much he hears about Joseph Smith that surprises him anymore. "I feel more strongly about Joseph Smith and the truthfulness of this religion today than I ever have in my life. We do not have to cut corners." via MormonTimes

Flexibility, teaching doctrine and focusing on the Spirit are the guiding principles of a new curriculum for temple and family history courses taught during Sunday School, according to one of the presenters at the Conference on Family History and Genealogy at BYU, July 28-31. via LDS Church News

Sometimes we Mormons feel a bit defiant and declare we don't much care what the world thinks of us. via MormonTimes

Deanna Cook, seminary teacher in the South Royalton (Vermont) Ward near Sharon, Vt., used to teach her class at the ward's historic chapel. But the current renovation project meant a move for a while to the Joseph Smith Memorial Birthplace Visitors Center. She and her students meet in a room that has a life-size picture [...]