First Presidency Requires Masks in Temples, Reiterates Pro-Vaccine Stance
September 22, 2021
The mask guidance is only temporary, pursuant to COVID conditions improving. The Church also has a long history of encouraging vaccination.
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Tabernacle Choir Shares Plan to Return to Singing
September 17, 2021
Waylaid for 19 months by COVID, America’s Choir has a plan for return.
EP 544 – The Battle Over Masks
August 24, 2021
How is your ward responding to the First Presidency’s letter on vaccines and masks? Elder Holland stirs up those who get stirred at BYU.
EP 543 – “A Vaccine! A Vaccine!”
August 16, 2021
The First Presidency issues its strongest language yet on the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Will the saints listen?
First Presidency Urges Latter-day Saints to Get Vaccinated, Wear Masks
August 12, 2021
The latest statement by the First Presidency minces few words about the importance of vaccination in the fight against COVID-19.
EP 542 – I Don’t Need You, Old Seventy
August 10, 2021
Area Seventies get released before conference, a deep dive on Albanian, and grading the Church’s pandemic response.
Missionaries Who Refuse Vaccination Will Serve in Home Countries
April 23, 2021
Aligning with a policy regarding other vaccination requirements, missionaries looking to serve abroad must receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
April 2021 General Conference Will Be Virtual Once More
January 21, 2021
The third remote General Conference in a row will be a virtual affair thanks to the ongoing COVID-10 pandemic.
EP 506 – Nobody’s Out There Trying to Kill Grandma
December 8, 2020
Geoff and Kurt get into it on COVID, the First Presidency Christmas Devotional soothes our hearts, four temples move to Phase 3.
First 4 Latter-day Saint Temples Move to Coveted Phase 3
December 7, 2020
The temples are the first to reopen for proxy ordinances since March 2020.
Utah Area Presidency Issues Temporary Restrictions on Meetings as COVID Cases Spike
November 12, 2020
The move comes after Utah’s governor issued a far-reaching executive order in response to rising COVID-10 cases in Utah.
Elder Gerrit W. Gong, Apostle, and Wife Susan Test Positive for COVID-19
October 6, 2020
Elder Gong is the most senior Church official to contract the disease.
EP 497 – October 2020 General Conference Recap
October 5, 2020
Join our all-star panel as we recap the best General Conference in recent memory.
EP 494 – Detours to Spanish Fork
September 15, 2020
Cobra Kai goes to Geoff’s head. Senator Mike Lee wants to cancel KSL. Zelophehad’s Daughters tackles LDS cinema on IMDB.
EP 486 – We Are Not Speculating About Temple Changes AT ALL
July 21, 2020
FamilySearch reaches—badly—on religious freedom, BYU’s Black Student Union wants to rename the whole campus, major changes to temple work!
EP 485 – Wear Your Mask, Kids
July 14, 2020
How did face masks become about religious freedom when they are supposed to be about public health? How is your sabbath in the time of COVID?
EP 478 – Singing Is Very Plosive
May 27, 2020
Latter-day Saints weigh reopening their congregations. But do we need professional cleaners? Should we sing? Bishops lose oversight of missionary work.
The Plan to Reopen Church Is Missing Something Crucial: Professional Cleaning Services
May 21, 2020
It’s time to call back in the custodians. Deep cleaning shouldn’t fall on everyday members.
EP 477 – Your Local Nasal Swabber
May 19, 2020
Will we see a drop off in church attendance once we all come back? Are women truly equal in priesthood authority during a lockdown? Polygamy in 2020.
EP 476 – The Only Peer Review You Need Is Social Media
May 12, 2020
It’s Jesus only in Church meetinghouse foyers, revisiting Mark Hofmann, phased temple reopenings, and the latest from Kate Kelly!
As Missionaries Reenter the Field, Church Reminds Families Not to Congregate at Airport
May 8, 2020
A simple dropoff will do just fine, thanks.
EP 475 – Surviving Not Thriving
May 5, 2020
The Tabernacle Choir gets a new logo, BYU Magazine goes all in on listening to women, Shanghai Temple might face a rocky road, a bevy of COVID news
Quarantine Entertainment Round-Up: Latter-day Saint Edition
May 4, 2020
Some of our favorite Latter-day Saint YouTubers have continued to work hard to release content during their quarantine, bringing us some joy.
EP 472 – More Mournfulness Give Me
April 15, 2020
Recapping the global fast for COVID-19. Why is Moroni not on some newer temples? Global COVID relief efforts. Courts cannot decide validity of religion.
EP 470 – A Nexus of Truth and Disease
April 1, 2020
We predict the most unpredictable General Conference ever; missionaries to be released and reutrn later to the field; competing accounts of the First Vision
Coronavirus: Finding Light in Tribulation
March 31, 2020
A Latter-day Saint healthcare worker’s insights into the panic and reaction to coronavirus.
EP 468 – World War C
March 24, 2020
Missionaries start returning home en mass due to cornavirus, General Conference scales way back, Utah gets rocked, and felon toilet paper thieves in Idaho.
April General Conference Will No Longer Be Held in the Conference Center
March 19, 2020
The curious case of the ever-shrinking venue.
EP 467 – Empty Pews
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus brings nearly all Church activity to a halt. How was your first Sunday conducting church at home? What does the future hold?
First Presidency Suspends All Church Activity Globally
March 12, 2020
The big one is here. No more meetings of any kind thanks to coronavirus.
More Temples Close, BYU Graduation and Women’s Conference Canceled in Response to Coronavirus
March 12, 2020
There will be no commencement ceremony for BYU grads, Women’s Conference is off, and more temples have shut their doors in response to coronavirus.
Missionary Training Centers to Scale Back Operations Due to COVID-19
March 11, 2020
Missionary Training Centers in some areas will go virtual. Others will restrict entry.
Latter-day Saint Conference Center Will Close to the Public During General Conference
March 11, 2020
General Conference is going almost completely virtual.
The Church’s Response to COVID-19 Will Have A Major Impact On Missionaries
February 29, 2020
COVID-19, or coronavirus, is causing the Church to shut down missionary work and regular worship across most of Asia.
Coronavirus Causes Suspension of Church Meetings in Asia, Closures of Facilities
February 21, 2020
Two countries are confirmed to be closing Church doors for the time being, with others likely to follow.