Web services have become common place in today’s connected world. Companies like Google, Amazon, eBay, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Twitter expose Web services to allow other developers to build on top of their infrastructure. In the consumer world these Web service APIs have allowed for a variety of fascinating “mash-ups” of data. In the business world, [...]

Social networks are places on the Internet where like-mined people go to converse, share pictures, talk about what is going on in their lives, and just virtually “hang out”. Many members are making use of these sites – as evidenced by an experiment on one of the most popular social networking sites, Facebook. In March [...]

Bouncing around on the trend-tossed seas of 21st-century book publishing, Mormon scholarship seems to have docked at the granddaddy of all prestigious presses: Oxford University. via LDS books: Oxford Press finds profits in prophets – Salt Lake Tribune.

Recalling the strong theme of traditions in the well-known production of "Fiddler on the Roof," Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke to students of the Orem Institute of Religion of the importance of good traditions and a balanced life. He delivered his address during an assembly held Friday, Jan. [...]

Renowned recording artist/pianist Paul Cardall has a new heart. Some doctors were uncertain about Cardall's survival after undergoing a heart transplant in September 2009. Fighting the statistics and facing the future with faith, Cardall has made a miraculous recovery. via MormonTimes – Paul Cardall celebrates new life, new heart.

A Utah State University graduate’s controversial film on the LDS Church and gay marriage has sold out five screenings at the Sundance Film Festival — making it one of the event’s most popular entries. Tickets for “8: The Mormon Proposition” were snapped up before any other Sundance documentary and all but a handful of feature [...]

You hear the song and want it, but not the whole CD. The answer? Downloadable MP3 files of individual songs. You want your choir to sing the song but can't wait two weeks for shipping. The answer? Downloadable, printable PDF files of copyright-legal sheet music. via MormonTimes – LDSmusicnow.com with Greg and Jade Hansen.

The Salt Lake Temple is a six-spired granite edifice representing the inspiration and theological underpinnings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.   Temple Square is lit with thousands of lights each Christmas season • © Intellectual Reserve, Inc. This temple is the symbolic heart of the Church worldwide. More important than its [...]

I know you're all thinking that every word out of my fingers for the next few months will be all about the LDS Film Festival next week, but you're wrong. As exciting as that is (I'm getting involved in the volunteer effort for the event this year), I have another piece of upcoming Mormon cinema [...]

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s new album, Ring Christmas Bells,hit No. 4 on Billboard’s classical crossover chart. Ring Christmas Bells (Mormon Tabernacle Choir®, $18.98), is also listed at No. 5 on the classical overall chart. via Meridian Magazine :: Arts: Mormon Tabernacle Choir rising on Billboard Charts.

Writing a story about a gay Mormon kid is a bit like painting a target on yourself and handing out AK-47 rifles. Or at least, that’s what friends told Jonathon Langford when he began writing “No Going Back,” a new novel telling the story of Paul Ficklin, a fictional 15-year-old member of the Church of [...]

This has been an exciting week for our new blog. Since we officially announced this endeavor 7 days ago we have been featured in Mormon Times, launched on Facebook and Twitter, and have had more than 3500 downloads on our YouTube channel. We thank you all for your support, and hope you continue to enjoy your experiences [...]

The LDS Film Festival isn't just for movies with Mormon themes, says festival founder Christian Vuissa. "It's about bringing together LDS filmmakers and showcasing their work," he says. The ninth annual LDS Film Festival kicks off Jan. 20 and runs through Jan. 23 at the SCERA Center in Orem. Vuissa, an LDS filmmaker who directed [...]

Hallowed Ground Sacred Journeys offers three ways to experience this historic city. The hardcover book offers a thorough and highly informative tour of the city from its founding to today. The walking tour book offers three separate tours through the city, intuitively grouping together the sites so you get the most out of your time. [...]

Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys: Salt Lake City, Ensign to the Nations transports readers back to pioneer-era Salt Lake City, contrasting those bygone scenes with scenes of today. It highlights more than 40 sites in and around downtown Salt Lake City, including Capitol Hill, the Conference Center, the Salt Palace, and Temple Square. Hallowed Ground, Sacred [...]

George A. Smith, an early Apostle and member of the first Mormon pioneer company, explained that Brigham Young had seen Ensign Peak and the Salt Lake Valley in vision long before he entered it: After the death of Joseph Smith, when it seemed as if every trouble and calamity had come upon the Saints, Brigham [...]

What began as a “leap of faith” has become a full-time job for Keith Bond and without it, he said he wouldn’t be complete. “If I didn’t paint, it wouldn’t feel like I’m true to myself, like I’m fulfilling what I need to do,” Bond said. “It’s just a part of who I am.” via [...]

"Every business wants to grow and prosper," said Bob Johnson, president of KSL Television and Radio. "The new mission and values statements that are being introduced by the DMC companies point the way to our future growth. Our course is clear. KSL and its sister companies will more aggressively share resources to enrich our products [...]

Salt Lake City Temple In Hallowed Ground Sacred Journeys, Brigham Young University professors tell the story of the sites that are of importance to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph Smith, Senior Log Home, Palmyra NY Some sites are well known, such as the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York, [...]

SALT LAKE CITY — The flag that belongs to Elder Eldred G. Smith, emeritus patriarch to the LDS Church, is not an ordinary American flag. It is a flag that belonged to Brigham Young. It is a flag that was carried by the Mormon Battalion on its trek to California. It is a flag that [...]

“What I found out is that LDS parents like their children to be involved in culture, and so they’re willing to pay for that opportunity,” Beck said. “And so you get a lot of children who get involved in the arts. I always tell my clients, ‘What’s a better baby-sitter than dance? Children are off [...]

Donny Osmond, the winner of ABCs Dancing With the Stars has waltzed his way into a new weekday radio show. Osmonds show, titled what else The Donny Osmond Show, will launch Jan. 18 on 60 radio stations and air middays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. via Donny Osmond to Host Radio Show.

Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys transports readers back to nineteenth-century Salt Lake City by painting a picture of the city during the pioneer era from 1847 to 1869, contrasting those bygone scenes with those of today. Historic homes, statues, buildings, street names, and plaques bring to mind the names and adventures of early pioneers divinely led [...]

Salt Lake City: Ensign to the Nations Written by John P. Livingstone, W. Jeffrey Marsh, Lloyd D. Newell, Craig James Ostler, John P. Starrs, and David M. Whitchurch When the Angel Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith, he described the Hill Cumorah.  Joseph would later say that when he got to the Hill Cumorah, [...]

The Springville Museum of Art, Utah's oldest museum for the visual arts, has announced so many new exhibitions and acquisitions for January that it amounts to something of a makeover. In addition to 23 new works recently added to the museum's permanent collection, four new exhibitions open Jan. 5. via Visual art notes: Springville reborn [...]

“Typically when you meet someone involved with the arts they are a bit flighty and all over the place,” Seevinck said. “She is the opposite. She is the most organized person in that regard and she genuinely loves the arts.” via Arts advocate brings passion from Portland | Universe.byu.edu.

I realized that I have a year to write whatever I want. Twelve months to use however I see fit. I might not write anything good. But on the other hand, I might write something amazing. Suddenly I had the feeling of, “Right here and now, anything is possible.” I have some great projects I [...]

What are some of the major developments in Mormon literature over the past 20 years? via The Last 20 Years in Mormon Lit: Major Developments | A Motley Vision.

JERUSALEM — S. Kent Brown sits alone in his family room in Utah. He watches a PBS documentary with intense interest, quietly taking notes. He knows several of the people being interviewed in the show. They are fellow scholars, people Brown respects, experts on the New Testament. Brown knows them well enough that he could [...]

Roger C. Flick has some suggestions for Church members wanting to commence keeping their own journals during 2010. Brother Flick is somewhat of an expert in the field of LDS personal histories and journal keeping. He teaches classes every year at BYU Education Week about how to maintain a spiritual book of remembrance. He formerly [...]