LDS Today Articles for January 13, 2007

January 13, 2007
President Boyd K. Packer to speak at Jan. 16 BYU devotional (BYU News Release) (January 13, 2007)President Boyd K. Packer, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is scheduled to speak at Brigham Young University's weekly devotional Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.
To welcome the world ...sister missionaries stroll Temple Square (Salt Lake Tribune - Utah) (January 13, 2007)Because of its unique setting, The Utah Salt Lake City Temple Square Mission might be considered the LDS Church's most isolated mission. But since its missionaries hail from 42 countries and collectively speak 33 languages, the reality is quite the opposite.
Romney's religious rights (LA Times - California) (January 13, 2007)Still, it's been nearly half a century since our political journalism has witnessed anything quite as breathtakingly noxious and offensive as the current attempt to discredit Mitt Romney, a potential Republican presidential candidate, because the Massachusetts governor is a Mormon.
Romney's record on gay rights, social issues in cross-hairs (Salt Lake Tribune - Utah) (January 13, 2007)Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's political record is relatively brief - four years as Massachusetts governor and a failed campaign for the U.S. Senate.
General Authority Turns 100 (KSL.com - Utah) (January 13, 2007)At age 100, Eldred Smith is the oldest and longest-serving general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Why the Mormons are going global (Hamilton Spectator - Canada) (January 13, 2007)But now, after a century of spectacular growth, the Mormon movement is flowing in the other direction: while it continues to be centrally directed from its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, the faith has gained a foothold in virtually every country in the world -- and the American share of church membership has fallen.
Kirby: It's time for a new bishop to bring order to chaos (Salt Lake Tribune - Utah) (January 13, 2007)My LDS ward gets a new bishop tomorrow. Our old bishop, Ray Simon, was released last Sunday through no fault of his own. It was just his time. We'd driven him as nuts as the law allowed.
Uniting as one (Deseret News - Utah) (January 13, 2007)Several teens have a "freakin' sweet" secret percolating on Wednesday nights in Davis County, where they gather by choice to hang out, chill out and — yes — to learn about Jesus, no strings attached.
LDS Church News (Deseret News - Utah) (January 13, 2007)LDS Church news for the week ending January 13, 2007.