Entries from March 2009 ↓

Mormon Edge? 'Deseret News' Makes Gains – Editor & Publisher


Mormon Edge? 'Deseret News' Makes Gains
Editor & Publisher
Joe Cannon, now in his third year as editor, set out to make the newspaper and its Web site more appealing to Mormon readers. The effort already has made the paper's Web site unusually active for a news organization its size, with 17 million page views ...

Ben Olson re-injures foot and won't participate in pro day – Los Angeles Times


Ben Olson re-injures foot and won't participate in pro day
Los Angeles Times, CA
He spent one season at Brigham Young, then went on a two-year Mormon mission before transferring to UCLA. Olson suffered knee injuries that required surgery as a sophomore and junior and he played in only 12 games in three seasons. ...

HP's MagCloud.com Lets You Be A Magazine Publisher – Appscout


New York Times

HP's MagCloud.com Lets You Be A Magazine Publisher
Appscout, NY
The New York Times reports, "So far, users of the service, which is still in a testing phase, have produced close to 300 magazines, including publications on paintings by Mormon artists, the history of aerospace, food photography and improving your ...
Do-It-Yourself Magazines, Cheaply Slick New York Times
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Tucson Time Capsule: Mormon march is re-created – Arizona Daily Star


Tucson Time Capsule: Mormon march is re-created
Arizona Daily Star, AZ
Just as the Mormon pioneers did on their 1846-47 march from Illinois to Utah's Salt Lake Valley, about 100 local Mormon high school students marched through the desert on March 30, 1974. Leading the re-creation and portraying Mormon leader Brigham ...

Mormon tradition stands out in hard times – Mormon Times


CharlotteObserver.com

Mormon tradition stands out in hard times
Mormon Times, UT
Cans of beef stew and tomato sauce bear stamps that say: made by Mormons in Utah. The workers, busy bagging, boxing and loading onto trucks everything from chicken to eggs, are volunteers and address each other as "brother" and "sister. ...
Mormon tradition stands out in hard times CharlotteObserver.com
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Open Advice to Jacob Whipple, Mormon Gay Rights Leader – OpEdNews


Open Advice to Jacob Whipple, Mormon Gay Rights Leader
OpEdNews, PA
by Doug Wallace Page 1 of 1 page(s) Shortly after last November's passage of Proposition 8 in California, Jacob Whipple organized a 3000 person march on Mormon's holy shrine of Temple Square in Salt lake City, Utah. Next weekend, April 4-5, ...

HOMO/SEXUALITY 101: CREATING the MORMON GOD(S) – OpEdNews


HOMO/SEXUALITY 101: CREATING the MORMON GOD(S)
OpEdNews, PA
While the official name of Mormon Church’s is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The church view of God is not standard Christianity. That view states that God (once mortal--now immortal) made an earthly visit and had physical sex with ...

The New Anti-Semitism: anti-Mormon – Gather.com


The New Anti-Semitism: anti-Mormon
Gather.com, MA
It was suggested that being anti-Mormon is the new politically correct anti-semitism given what happened to Romney in Dixie. There are some problems with that concept especially down in Dixie. The first that comes to mind is when did anyone ever accuse ...

• Spreading the Mormon message: Missionary couple in mid-70s share … – Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com


• Spreading the Mormon message: Missionary couple in mid-70s share ...
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com, MI
The local branch is a congregation that hosts a variety of activities for young adults at its church building at 910 W. Main St. These activities include a course on scriptural texts, including the Bible and the Book of Mormon, and on church doctrine ...

Are there any Mormon books left to collect? – Mormon Times


Mormon Times

Are there any Mormon books left to collect?
Mormon Times, UT
By Michael De Groote PROVO, Utah -- In the good old days of Mormon book collecting, Peter Crawley could have purchased a first edition copy of the Book of Mormon for about $250 -- a third of his monthly salary. That was 1963. ...