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Articles of News/Week of May 20th
Articles of News Southern California Mormon Prom (Read Story) Trees cut at the temple (Read Story) Mitt Romney building a house in Utah..1 of 4 (Read Story) Whitney Awards (Read Story) Prosalyting to
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #37
Hello Spring friendlies! Happy Mother’s Day yesterday! It was so good to see you yesterday, Mom and Dad! You two look so happy. Thanks for telling me not to come home! I
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #36
What an overwhelming email I have to send! Haha! There has been a million and 5 miracles and I don’t even know where to start… We had a SUPRISE ALL MISSION CONFERENCE LAST
Read More »Articles of News/Week of May 13th
Articles of News http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865579813/Inspired-question-Book-of-Mormon-musical-leads-to-former-California-mayors-conversion.html http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/63531/Dream-comes-true-for-LDS-mongolian-opera-star.html http://www.rgj.com/article/20130512/LIV/305120036/Latter-day-Saints-youth-conference-draws-1-100-Reno?nclick_check=1 http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/12670 Elizabeth Smart at Johns Hopkins PART II http://createwritebalance.com/2013/05/08/dont-believe-everything-you-read-in-the-news/ Modesty: It’s for Boys Too http://ldsliving.com/story/72391-modesty-its-for-boys-too Ogden Temple Gets a New Top (Photos) http://www.standard.net/slideshows/2013/05/06/ogden-lds-temple-gets-new-top
Read More »Chris Clark Ep 84 of The Cultural Hall
Chris Clark is an amazing person. We could leave it there…but we won’t. Here is a little bit of his own words… What advice would you give to struggling artists who are trying to
Read More »John Buck Ep 83 of The Cultural Hall
John Buck is an American Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Mets. A native of Taylorsville Utah, a husband, a father and a member of the LDS faith, Buck was drafted
Read More »Articles of News/Week of May 6th
Articles of News Celebration of Porter Rockwell (Read Story) World Series Dentist (Read Story) What is this dating thing you speak of (Read Story) Mormons Behaving Badly (Read Story) Tucson Temple Site (Read Story)
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #35
Hello member missionaries! I AM THE MOST BLESSED MISSIONARY IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHY?!?! I get to LIVE the 2 best mission movies ever, “The RM and “The Best
Read More »Articles of News/Week of April 29th
Articles of News A Mormon President…for real this time (Read Story) Woman stole $4 Million Dollars (Read Story) And then there was only 1 (Read Story) KSL Drops Hannibal (Read Story) The Ever
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #34
I feel silly every email I send because I always start them off by saying, “This week was SUCH an AWESOME week!!” I feel really uncreative in thinking of other words…Miraculous, Splendid, exciting, a
Read More »An Easy Guide on How to Deal with Your Inactive Mormon Neighbor
Everybody has one in their Utah neighborhood. Some neighborhoods even have two. ‘Inactive members.’ Now, to anyone outside of Utah or Mormon culture, the phrase ‘inactive member’ sounds like a lifeless body part,
Read More »***Cultural Hall Exclusive- “End of an Empire” Movie Announcement
A boyhood dream of a Book of Mormon movie, (a REAL one not like the one that was made a few years ago) is about to become a reality. Meet Zach Thomson…one
Read More »Thoughts from a Menace to Society
For those of us who are over 31 and not married, are we really a ‘menace to society’? What could we possibly be a threat to? Out in today’s dating world, things have changed.
Read More »Articles of News/Week of April 22
Articles of News Ziggy Ansah (Read Story) Don’t Marry your brother! (Read Story) LDS Music Festival (Read Story) I’m a Utah Mormon-Why don’t I matter? (Read Story) Labrador is discovered by the World (Read Story) Grandin
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #33
CONGRATS to the sweetest little nine year old ever! Jessica Maly was baptised this weekend! It was a miracle. We were able to find, teach, and help her get baptized in about 5 weeks!
Read More »Kass Martin Ep 82 of The Cultural Hall
Kass Martin is a celebrity instructor and one of the leading Education Specialists for Zumba®, the world’s largest branded dance-fitness company, with more than 12 million participants in 110,000 locations across 125 countries. Certified
Read More »Boston Marathon Bombing Special Epsiode
In this episode we visit with Chelsea…who finished the Boston Marathon just 8 mins before the bombs went off. Hear her story of how she was blessed the morning of the race. Our thoughts
Read More »Articles of News/Week of April 15th
Articles of News Who is Porter Rockwell? (Read Story) Mormon Prom…would that be called Prorm (Read Story) LDS Leader Charges with Sex Abuse (Read Story) Another misbehaving Mormon Story (Read Story) Stay in
Read More »Special Episode-Accountability-Linda Galindo
Linda Galindo is a former journalist and radio news personality, Galindo made the shift to consulting, speaking and writing about accountability 20 years ago. Galindo noticed that news stories were about people, especially leaders
Read More »Special Episode-The Tattooed Mormon Al Fox
I knew as soon as I saw her blog hit the internet last week that we had to get Al Fox in The Cultural Hall. A tremendous story of positive attitude from Al at
Read More »Special Episode Cedar Fort Extravaganza!
In a last minute type of thing we decided to take the show on the road down to the Cedar Fort spring cleaning sale. If you are in Utah and wanna save a ton
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #32
Dearest familia, Woah! I think there was something in the air this week, because I’ve been on a spiritual HIGH ALL WEEK!! Listen how blessed my week was: This sounds like it should be
Read More »Articles of News/Week of April 1st
Articles of News Provo/Orem is most religious Metropolitan area? (Read Story) Notes from Young Women’s Conference (Read Story) NPR Gay Mormon Story (Read Story) Marie Osmond speaks out about Gay Marriage (Read Story) Come play floorball with the
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #32
What a glorious Easter I had! This was the first Easter where I truly thought about what Easter means…besides Bunnies and Peeps and Jelly Beans! Sister King and I got an Easter Basket and
Read More »Alex Boye Ep. 81 The Cultural Hall
Even if you don’t know who Alex Boye is, though that would surprise us, you have definitely seen him before if you have ever watched General Conference. It seems that the camera loves
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #31
HELLO EASTER BUNNIES!! HELLO EASTER BUNNIES!! HOW ARE YOU ALL??!! Is Spring time as invigorating to you as it is to missionaries??!! I just LOVE Spring!! Oh! We had SUCH a sweet miracle happen.
Read More »Articles of News/Week of March 25th
Articles of News Elizabeth Smart-10yrs Ago (Read Story) Mormon Student Suspended for not Stomping on a Picture of Jesus (Read Story) BYU hotter and smarter than BYU Idaho (Read Story) Asking for numbers at
Read More »Jeff Parkin Ep. 80 The Cultural Hall
Jeff Parkin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Media Arts and was appointed as an Associate Chair of the Department in 2009. He received a Bachelor of Arts in
Read More »Special Episode Elder Jensen/Jodi Arias
Exclusive Interview with Elder Jensen one of the two Elders that taught Jodi Arias. We, as The Cultural Hall, don’t want to weigh in on the case. We only wanted to share her conversion
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #30
Top of the Morning to you!!! We’ve had some great successes this week, and I’m not calling it LUCK…even though it was St. Patty’s Day yesterday!! Our mission president had a revelation to have
Read More »Articles of News/Week of March 18th
Articles of News Honduras Temple Dedicated (Read Story) Mormons and China Website (Read Story) Family History Courses (Read Story) Nauvoo Exodus (Read Story) This is not a flash mob, but it is kinda creepy (Read Story) Mormon owned
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #29
HELLO MISSION FRIENDS!!! Today I am writing my update to thank my Mother for teaching me how to Open My Mouth!! All of her years in Politics paid off… We had some
Read More »Articles of News/Week of March 11th
Articles of News Blog of girl killed in Newtown Connecticut (Read Story) The Story we shouldn’t have even mentioned (Read Story) How to convert to Mormonism (Read Story) The Jodi Arias Plot thickens (Read
Read More »Switched Missionary Call (Video)
I always wanted to do this. But I never did…Props to this guy.  
Read More »Christian Jacobs Ep. 79 The Cultural Hall
Christian Jacobs is an American musician, television producer, voice actor and former child actor. He is perhaps most recognized as the co-creator of the award-winning Nick Jr. children’s television series Yo Gabba Gabba!, on
Read More »Sharing the Pew (Guest Blog)
Sharing the Pew Recently one of my friends ‘came out.’ Not as gay, but as a transsexual woman. Whereas once she was referred to as Brother Pants, she now goes by Sister Pants (women can wear pants,
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #28
Dearest Patrons of the Iowa Des Moines Mission followers!! I just have to tell you RIGHT NOW! The past month has been a roller coaster ride of goods and bads. But this week
Read More »Articles of News/Week of March 4th
Articles of News What do you say at a Mormon Funeral (Read Story) Ex-LDS official sentenced…sigh (Read Story) This is our lead story? (Read Story) New scriptures eh? (Read Story) Breast feeding Mormon
Read More »Strawberry Mango Macaroon Trifles
Not only is this recipe a cinch to prepare but it tastes fabulous! Cool cream cheese, lemon burst yogurt and lime zest form the perfect backdrop for the fresh fruity combination of mangoes and
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #27
Hey friends! Tapscotts are soaking in the gospel!! We love them! Yesterday they came to church and DEFINITELY felt the spirit! we went over to their house to take them a thank you note
Read More »Parker Jacobs Ep. 78 The Cultural Hall
Parker LeGrand Jacobs is an American artist, musician and former child actor. He is known for his work as an art director on the children’s television series Yo Gabba Gabba!, for which he
Read More »Letters From the Field-Sis Tobias #26
What a lovely week! It was filled with ups and downs–as usual–but we had a New Trainer’s Meeting that was probably the neatest meeting I’ve had yet! (Notice how I added yet to the
Read More »Articles of News/Week of Feb 25th
Articles of News Church website about history of Doctrine and Covenants (Read Story) Mormon boy band (Read Story) Stake President crosses the line…or does he? (Read Story) Bishop Ponzi Scheme (Read
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