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Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor

On the Deseret News staff since September 1984, Scott Taylor has been managing editor, opinion editor, sports editor, Olympic sports editor and an assistant city editor as well as a reporter/writer covering events and issues for the News, Sports, Olympics, Church News, Faith/Ethics, City and Utah County departments/sections. From 2011 to 2014, he took a leave of absence to serve as a Church mission president in Phoenix. A BYU graduate and Pulliam Fellow/intern at the Arizona Republic, he has reported from five continents with coverage from high school sports to five Olympic Games and from local city government and law enforcement agencies to relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He has received numerous local, state, regional and national journalism awards in news, sports, features, columns, headline writing and section supervision.


President Ulrich of the Nancy France Stake underscored "common conviction that Christ is the answer to building peace and becoming better neighbors."

“To teach like the Savior, we must love like the Savior,” said Brother Gabriel W. Reid.

President Eyring reminded Latter-day Saints of the Lord’s promises of comfort and how they can help provide this comfort to others.

“We shed tears of joy and take courage whenever we hear the words, ‘Fear not, I am with thee,’” said President Henry B. Eyring.

“Let us put compassion into action and minister to the person in front of us. It’s what Jesus did,” said President Timothy L. Farnes.

“What a blessing it is to live in a time when apostles and prophets are on the earth. … Let us not be guilty of holding the 'oracles of God as a light thing,'” said Elder Vaiangina Sikahema.

The number and spread of houses of the Lord are a visible aspect of the Church becoming an increasingly international faith.

The original Anchorage Alaska Temple continues operations as a new temple is being reconstructed next door. After the new one is dedicated, the old one will be demolished.

Our formal reunions or impromptu meetings after an extended absence can give us thought of special reunions in the afterlife.

And the line "I don’t remember that" underscores the Savior’s forgiveness when we repent.

At Provo MTC devotional, President Uchtdorf underscored invitations, goals, faith, agency and being “not weary in well-doing."

In dedicating Church’s 220th house of the Lord, the Prophet emphasized Latter-day Saints connecting to the Savior and covenants.

Local Latter-day Saints recall his visits to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from past decades and anticipate his return this weekend.

The Savior’s invitation to Peter — and all of us — is to not just gather but to feed, care and nurture in His way.

President Dallin H. Oaks will dedicate new house of the Lord in one of Brazil’s largest cities and states.

It will be a series of firsts for him as President of the Church — first international temple dedication and first international ministry.

The placement and use of the desk was a physical sign of a difference in leadership styles.

How early arrival, prelude, pondering and personal reflection lead to spiritual preparation.

Take a look at same-day temple dedications of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and those done over short periods of time.

Of goal setting and plan making, “this is not just about the mission, it is also for life,” the Apostle said.

“No matter who you are, if you have desires to serve, you are on the team,” President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said at 2026 Seminar for New Mission Leaders.

Presiding at the groundbreaking ceremony, Elder Teixeira offered dedicatory pray on site, construction.

Elder Aroldo B. Cavalcante, a General Authority Seventy, presided at the June 6 groundbreaking ceremony for the Springfield Missouri Temple.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf met with German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the two leaders spoke of service and volunteerism. President Uchtdorf also dedicated buildings where he was involved in creating the same stakes in Austria and the Czech Republic.

From Provo to Tonga and back, he points to influences of parents, extended family, ancestral heritage in the U.S. and Tonga — and of God.

Why worry about time in a church meeting? Because a talk, testimony or discussion comment is a part that impacts the bigger whole.

Construction and grounds workers at Harare Zimbabwe Temple accepted the gospel and were among first to do temple work there.

The Church's new area presidencies, which are effective Aug. 1, reflect changes in numbers and naming conventions.

Eight new General Authority Seventies and a new member of the Presidency of the Seventy were among those announced among leadership changes of the Church during the April 2026 general conference.

“Jesus Christ is the way to peace in this world and eternal life in the world to come,” said President Dallin H. Oaks.