Making Church Magazines

This month’s Ensign and Liahona contain an article that pulls back the curtain on how the Church magazines are created. Although it is titled “Making Church Magazines,” the article really ought to be called “Making the Liahona,” since it focuses so much on the cycles, deadlines, and processes for that particular publication.
As dry and boring [...]

Pearl of Great Price Sudoku

The New Era has posted an online version of the Sudoku puzzle from the July issue. Instead of numbers, this puzzle uses words from Moses 1:39. When you finish the puzzle, you’ll probably know that scripture pretty well if you don’t already. This is intended to be something fun for the younger set, but regardless of [...]

Mormonad Gallery

The New Era’s Web site now has a link to a gallery of Mormonads arranged by topic. This is a convenient way to browse through them in order to find a particular Mormonad for a lesson, a desktop wallpaper, or simply a trip down memory lane. (Some of the very earliest ones are quite funky, [...]

Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet

This month the Ensign has reprinted Elder M. Russell Ballard’s now-famous address at BYU–Hawaii last December, titled “Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet.” After Elder Ballard gave this address, there was a great deal of discussion about it in the bloggernacle, as well as a fair amount of self-congratulatory back-patting. So, for those who missed [...]

The Exquisite Joy of Repentance

It’s a tale we’ve all heard (or lived) before: a person drifts away from the Church, thinks she’s happy, discovers she really isn’t, and resists the notion that the gospel is what’s missing. Some people who go through this cycle never do come back. But in this month’s Ensign, a woman tells the story of [...]

Do-Over Companions

An article in this month’s New Era may be of interest to anyone who has been on a mission and had a companion that he or she didn’t get along with very well. In “Do-Over Companions,” the author, Devon Black, recalls his “bitter and contentious” time with a missionary companion. He is reviewing his journal [...]

Cultivating Sensitivity to Others

I sincerely hope that everyone in the bloggernacle has a look at the article “Cultivating Sensitivity to Others” in this month’s Ensign. The author, Andrea Worthington Snarr, begins by recounting an episode in which she received an anonymous letter with parenting tips. She says:
“Photocopied articles explained how to say no to children and outlined the [...]

The Spiritual Component of Healing

It’s rare that the Church magazines publish an article by an emeritus General Authority, and it’s even rarer that they would publish a second or third article by the same emeritus General Authority. For this reason, it’s remarkable to see in this month’s Ensign the article “The Spiritual Component of Healing” by Elder Alexander B. [...]

Latter-day Prophets Song

This month’s Friend magazine has something we’ve all been waiting for: the update of the song “Latter-day Prophets.” Now with President Monson! You can download the sheet music here. Enjoy.

Making Time to Be Holy

If you were to make a list of the most bustling cities in the world, I imagine that Hong Kong would appear somewhere in the top 10 or 20. So not only does the cover article in this month’s Ensign go to Hong Kong to discuss rising above life’s stresses, but it is also based [...]