Twice each year, in early April and early October, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often inadvertently called the Mormon Church, holds a general conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The conference consists of five two-hour sessions and is broadcast all over the world, having been translated into many languages.  Modern technology also takes it to the internet and the written page very...

Mormons, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly called the Mormon Church), celebrate Christmas and Easter with enthusiasm and spirit.  Mormons live in many lands and cultures, some of which have a Christian majority, making Easter a holiday observed by all.  In other countries without a Christian majority, Mormons join with other Christians in observing the most...

Looking back over the past decades of my personal history, I am actually thrilled to be writing a piece with this title.  I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often called the Mormon Church) at the age of 16.  Science was the religion in our home, and my parents probably allowed my baptism because they thought I was entering a temporary “phase,” of which I would soon...

Samantha Murphey is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Woman) and has interned with the New York Daily News My Thanksgiving memories are a blur of ordinary things — family gatherings, fall leaves, cozy fires, parades, touch football, pumpkin pie, turkey and trimmings. Flickers and flurries and fun. My memories are dotted wits.h the classic elementary school holiday...