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(The Salt Lake Tribune) Marion D. Hanks, who died in 2011, was seen as a champion of Latter-day Saints on the church's margins.

The progressive LDS leader who spent decades ‘defending something he didn’t believe in’

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 27, 2026, 11:56 a.m.

(Rahav Segev | The New York Times) Sleeveless designs are on the rise.

Latest from Mormon Land: Those sleeveless garments came out just in time

By David Noyce | July 23, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Church History Library) William Clayton was a confidant, clerk and scribe to church founder Joseph Smith.

‘Mormon Land’: His scribe’s diaries provide further evidence of Joseph Smith’s secret polygamy

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 22, 2026, 2:02 p.m.

(AP; The Salt Lake Tribune) From left: a can of Diet Coke; a Brigham Young statue at BYU; and the facade of the pipe organ at the Conference Center.

Latest from Mormon Land: What people get wrong about Latter-day Saints — from music to Coke to BYU

By David Noyce | July 16, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Audience members applaud The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square during a concert in São Paulo, Brazil, in February.

‘Mormon Land’: The state of the LDS Church in the country with more members than any other outside the U.S.

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 15, 2026, 1:30 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune; Amazon) W. Cleon Skousen and his book "The Naked Communist."

Moses was the ‘first capitalist’ and Cain the ‘first socialist.’ Thus saith this LDS influencer from the past

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 13, 2026, 1:46 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Celestial Room of the San Diego Temple.

Latest from Mormon Land: Not everyone loves the San Diego LDS Temple

By David Noyce | July 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Joshua Bishop) A new sculpture and painting of church founder Joseph Smith — based on an 1844 daguerreotype — by Latter-day Saint artist Joseph Brickey is unveiled at Utah Valley University on Saturday, June 27, 2026.

‘Mormon Land’: The daguerreotype debate centers on finding Brother Joseph — the man

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 13, 2026, 10:42 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid serves as guest narrator for the July 5, 2026, episode of “Music and the Spoken Word” at the Tabernacle on Temple Square on Sunday, July 5, 2026.

After Travis Kelce married Taylor Swift, here’s how his Latter-day Saint coach spent his weekend

By David Noyce | July 6, 2026, 2:21 p.m.

(David Rogers; National Archives via AP) Joseph Smith saw himself as "the greatest advocate" of the U.S. Constitution.

Latest from Mormon Land: What Joseph Smith didn’t like about the Constitution

By David Noyce | July 2, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint writer W. Cleon Skousen in 1987 penned bestsellers in Mormon circles and for national audiences.

‘Mormon Land’: Why this LDS anti-communist zealot from yesteryear is gaining new relevance today

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | July 1, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir sings at the 50th anniversary of the Genesis Group in 2021. Kimberly Applewhite Teitter, assistant director of the choir, says the addition of gospel music to the Latter-day Saint hymnbook shows "our culture belongs here."

What’s the right way for Latter-day Saints to sing African American spirituals?

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | July 1, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Carol Lynn Pearson speaks out for the Equal Rights Amendment at at the Utah Capitol in 2021.

‘I would rather be a poet than a prophet’ — LDS writer Carol Lynn Pearson reflects on battles and beauty in the faith

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | June 27, 2026, 3:49 p.m.

(Library of Congress) A lithograph by artist C.G. Crehen of the slayings at Carthage.

Latest from Mormon Land: ‘Joe Smith is dead’ — early accounts of Carthage; famous LDS athlete notches a first

By David Noyce | June 25, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kimberly Applewhite Teitter directs the Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir in 2021.

‘Mormon Land’: Why African American spirituals, four-piece bands and saxophones belong in LDS worship

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | June 25, 2026, 1:59 a.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) President Dallin H. Oaks speaks Saturday, June 20, 2026, at a seminar for new mission leaders at the Provo Missionary Training Center.

President Dallin Oaks announces the LDS Church is poised to set a new record

By David Noyce | June 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Church President Gordon B. Hinckley walks away from a Huntsman jet after arriving in Zimbabwe in 1998. At his left is apostle Jeffrey R. Holland.

Latest from Mormon Land: The gift that gave President Gordon Hinckley a few extra years

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | June 22, 2026, 11:27 p.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) General authority Seventy Marion D. Hanks was a commanding presence at the pulpit.

‘Mormon Land’: ‘I’m always upset with Boyd Packer’ — This leader was a believer, but he was also a battler

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | June 17, 2026, 12:58 p.m.

(Sarah Blake Morgan | AP) A U.S. Army chaplain at Fort Bragg in 2020. Chaplains use the list of recognized religions to know how to minister to various service members in their units.

Why many evangelicals view the LDS Church as a ‘cult’ — and why it’s unlikely to change

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | June 15, 2026, 2:14 a.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Primary General President Susan H. Porter teaches Primary in the island country of Mauritius in 2025. Her counselor Tracy Browning says Primary songs can help children learn to use civil language.

Latest from Mormon Land: One way to help a child avoid a potty mouth; an ‘old maid’ at 30 in LDS culture?

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | June 12, 2026, 2:07 p.m.

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Conferencegoers admire a statue of Jesus in the Conference Center during April's General Confeerence. Since its founding, the church has faced arguments that the religion isn't as Christian as its adherents claim.

‘Mormon Land’: Face it, says Latter-day Saint scholar, we are not like other Christians

By Tamarra Kemsley | David Noyce | June 10, 2026, 10:21 p.m.

(Courtesy images via Religion News Service) “Torn: Why People We Love Are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn from Them" and author Jeff Strong, top right, and researcher Jeff Dotson.

Does LDS culture tolerate members with doubts and questions?

By David Noyce | Peggy Fletcher Stack | June 8, 2026, 12:32 p.m.

(Matt Rourke | AP) Blue Democratic donkey cookies and red elephant Republican cookies. Republicans outnumber Democrats not only among current Latter-day Saints but also former members.

Latest from Mormon Land: Are former LDS more likely to be Democrats or Republicans?

By David Noyce | June 10, 2026, 4:41 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Latter-day Saint poet Carol Lynn Pearson, shown in 2021, championed the Equal Rights Amendment and other women's issues.

‘Mormon Land’: Legendary poet Carol Lynn Pearson on how she loves ‘parts’ of the LDS Church — and ‘left’ others

By Peggy Fletcher Stack | David Noyce | June 3, 2026, 10:47 p.m.

(Charlie Neibergall | AP) Latter-day Saints move a lot out West, keeping elders quorums busy loading and unloading U-Hauls.

Latest from Mormon Land: Latter-day Saints like to move; songs that won’t be in the new hymnbook

By David Noyce | May 28, 2026, 2:25 p.m.