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Latest from Mormon Land: How to teach anti-racism at church; ‘Graceland’ group to perform at RootsTech David Noyce © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Screengrab from BYUtv) Apostle Dallin H. Oaks addressed racism and Black lives matter at a Brigham Young University address on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. A Latter-day Saint civil rights attorney has incorporated Oaks' speech into a lesson about anti-racism. The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached f...

Robert Kirby: You haven’t a prayer of keeping me totally reverent at church Turns out, whacking a kid with a hymnal and singing the Woody Woodpecker cartoon song weren’t proper behavior. Robert Kirby   | Jan. 31, 2021, 1:00 p.m. My earliest memories of attending church are not good ones. Mostly they consist of wearing clunky shoes, cardboard pants, a bow tie, and sitting still for longer than I could tolerate. My personal stillness record back then was 7.4 seconds. When doctors finally discovered certain medications, I could hold myself together for a full 30 seconds. It wasn’t nearly...

Unholy war: Is #DezNat an online platform for defending the LDS Church or a launching pad for extremists? Peggy Fletcher Stack © Francisco Kjolseth (Illustration by Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Here are some of the Twitter postings by #DezNat users, who say they are defending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from “apostates.” To better understand what DezNat is, it helps to know first what it isn’t. It is not, strictly speaking, an alt-right political group. It is not a club for disenchanted Latter-day Saint Republicans. It is not a haven...

Also: Remembering the oldest church president and explaining the “ongoing restoration.” (Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) In this May 27, 2020, photo, missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pray during a Zoom meeting with a family while on a smartphone at their apartment, in Brigham City, Utah.   | Jan. 28, 2021, 3:30 p.m. The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this free newsl...

started getting better and stronger. >> mitt and ann romney, this is "piers morgan tonight." i'm at the old naval college in london. behind me is the equestrian centre for the olympic games. our guests tonight, mitt romney and ann romney has a horse in that race. she actually has a part ownership in rafalca, in the dressage competition, which is in the olympic equestrian competition. tonight, i'll be talking to the romneys about that, about the election and, well, just about everything else. including their very enduing and very touching love story. governor and mrs. romney, it must ...