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It’s autumn in an election year, which means it’s rumor time. During the next few weeks, the chances increase dramatically for hearing a member of your family tell a story that goes something like this: Latter-day Saints all belonged to one political party until Brigham Young went around and split congregations down the middle aisle, […]
Pioneer Day is a time for stories. Each year, storytellers surface in sunrise devotionals, around campfires and at family dinner tables to regale with tales about noble ancestors, weary travelers and hard-working community builders. Such storytelling goes back to the pioneers themselves, who sang that “soon [they’d] have this tale to tell.”
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It was a privilege to participate in this video, filmed to accompany Saints, Vol. 2, and featured on the Church’s home page for Pioneer Day 2019.
The Church’s homepage on July 24, 2019.
[I was interviewed by Kaitlyn Bancroft for this story that ran in the Church News on July 17, 2018. Read the full story or see an excerpt.]
Think you know pioneer history backwards and forwards? These 3 facts will make you think again
If you think all the […]
[This was originally published on May 21, 2018, on the Church History Library’s blog The Historical Record.]
June 2018 marks 40 years since President Spencer W. Kimball announced that the priesthood could be conferred on “all worthy male members of the Church” (Official Declaration 2). The announcement provided new opportunities to members […]
A few years ago, a copy of the Book of Mormon surfaced in the Church History Library that was thought to have been given to Jesse N. Smith by Joseph Smith. Speaking today the Jesse N. Smith Family Reunion, I explained why this is not the book and how to find and identify the actual […]
