Mormons We Know
Mormons have mixed views of Beck's rise
Like conservative commentator Glenn Beck, Stephen Owens is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His in-laws traveled from Utah to Washington last weekend to join Beck's rally at the Lincoln Memorial. Owens, however, said he has always "kind of rolled my eyes" at Beck's...
A Catholic's take on Glenn Beck
"Does God speak through Glenn Beck?" While secularists at MSNBC smirk and some on the "permanent left" deride this question, believers understand that God chooses special messengers. Catholic theology says you don't have to be a saint for God to speak through you. So does God speak through the Fox...
A Mormon with a memory: Sen. Hatch greenlights "Ground Zero Mosque"
In an interview on Monday with Fox13now in Salt Lake City, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said he would be “the first to stand up” for the rights of Muslims to build an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero. Well, he’s not exactly the first, but I’ll take it. A few days ago I lamented...
At rally, Beck positions himself as new leader for Christian conservatives
Among those surprised by all of conservative TV host Glenn Beck's recent religious talk - including at Saturday's Washington rally, where Beck said that "America today begins to turn back to God," - is the Rev. Richard Land, a Southern Baptist leader. "I've been stunned," said Land, who directs...
Boston Globe: Romney’s cave-in on mosque violates his own principles
Mormon Life says: This writer feels Romney's experience in religious bigotry and misunderstanding makes his position on the mosque troubling.
THERE IS, in this country, an “essential connection between the survival of a free land and the protection of religious freedom.’’ Indeed, “religious tolerance would be a shallow principle indeed if...
A decade later, LaVell Edwards reflects on his final season at BYU
Mormon Life says: Fun article to read about such an iconic figure.
In the annals of BYU football, Aug. 17, 2000, was the beginning of the end of an era. It was ten years ago today that legendary coach LaVell Edwards announced his decision to retire at the...
'Voice of the BYU Cougars' Greg Wrubell working his dream job
Memo to the teachers at Lord Beaverbrook High School in Calgary, Alberta: Remember the little Wrubell Kid? Surprise! He talks for a living. Imagine that. They pay Greg Wrubell to do the same thing that got him kicked out of class and sent into the hall. Teachers couldn't get him to shut his...
President David O. McKay had global reach
David O. McKay, the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a full life — 96 years long — that was chronicled extensively in the Deseret News. As an apostle in 1930, then-Elder McKay's strong educational talents were highlighted. "He received his early education...
Goblins to Gadianton: LDS cartoonist celebrates 20 years
Once upon a time, Val Chadwick Bagley was sitting around, drawing cheese and hot dog labels. He had to face a goblin, a roomful of old yellow desks and a man with springs attached to his feet before becoming one of the most recognizable LDS cartoonists. Bagley is now celebrating the 20th...
Life advice from BYU grad, Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen an online hit
The wisdom of acclaimed Harvard business professor and best-selling author Clayton M. Christensen has gone viral. A BYU grad and Salt Lake City native who grew up in Rose Park, Christensen pondered his own mortality last year during a confrontation with cancer. The article he wrote as a result...
Religion a major issue in Harry Reid's campaign for senate
Mormon Life says: Looks like his race is shaping up to be the born-again Christian republican vs. the Mormon democrat.
After Harry Reid won re-election in 2004 and became Democratic leader of the Senate, the devout Mormon set up a faith-based website to court religious voters who had just helped return Republican...
Huntsmans, other billionaires pledge to donate half their wealth
Utahns Jon Huntsman Sr. and wife Karen are among 40 wealthy families and individuals who have joined Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half their wealth to charity. Six weeks after launching a campaign to get other...
Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman Jr. mull Mormon dilemma
Don't expect to hear Mitt Romney talk a lot about being a Mormon if he runs again for president in 2012. The same likely goes for another potential GOP candidate, Jon Huntsman Jr., the U.S. ambassador to China and a former Utah governor. Both Romney and Huntsman have made statements recently...
Father of Shawn Bradley dies in accident
Reiner Bradley, father of former NBA basketball player and current political candidate Shawn Bradley, died Wednesday in an accident at his Castle Dale home. Reiner Bradley, 61, apparently fell off the roof of his home while completing a few repairs. He was "finishing up some items on his to-do...
