Merrill J. Bateman

Last updated: Wednesday, May 2 2012 5:44 p.m. MDT

Genesis members, others respond to LDS racism statement

During a recent worship service, members of the Genesis Group for black Mormons expressed gratitude for the priesthood and last week's LDS statement condemning racism "inside and outside the church." Others are also responding to the statement.

Published: March 6, 2012

Healing our grief

To all who suffer anguish of soul, there is healing through Jesus Christ.

Published: Aug. 12, 2011

BYU grew from humble, if not grim, beginning

If you are going to tell the story of BYU, you have to begin in 1876 when LDS Church President Brigham Young told the school's first permanent head, Karl G. Maeser, that "neither the alphabet nor the multiplication tables were to be taught without the Spirit of God."

Published: Nov. 15, 2010