Journalist covering The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Deseret News. Married up. Dad of 5. Red Sox fan. Writes weekly ChurchBeat newsletter.
Joined April 2009
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Phones, watches, doorbells, cars, factories and energy grids are increasingly becoming connected, all collecting and communicating information to be interpreted, analyzed and acted upon.
Noting this trend, Elder Gerrit W. Gong (@GerritWGong) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will discuss how to safely navigate artificial intelligence in a 60-minute gospel workshop video titled “Faith, Dignity and Human Flourishing: Hearing God’s Voice in an Age of Artificial Intelligence,” available on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
Learn more on Church Newsroom.
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The trademark/copyright dispute between the @Ch_JesusChrist and John Dehlin has reached federal court. Details from the church's lawsuit and response from Dehlin in my story below.
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A solemn assembly of Latter-day Saints sustained President Dallin H. Oaks this morning as the 18th prophet and president of the @Ch_JesusChrist. See video, images and what President Oaks said. deseret.com/faith/2026/04/04…
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Feb 10
There were 18,324 at the Marriott Center @byu (full house) and 10,649 at the I Center @byuidaho for the President Oaks devotional in Provo. @Deseret deseret.com/faith/2026/02/10…
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Here’s the scene at the Marriott Center @BYU. Students lined up at 4am to see President Oaks devotional, the first here by a prophet since 2019. Doors closed at 10am. Students are turning lights on phones if there is an empty seat by them.
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31 Dec 2025
I’m at the Tabernacle on temple Square to cover President Holland’s funeral for @Deseret, where you can watch the funeral live and follow our live blog.
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Make that 14 times in 51 years.
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Over the last 50 years, BYU has appeared in the final AP Poll of the season 13 times, when also unranked in the preseason poll.
That's more than any other program.
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27 Dec 2025
President Holland has died. Here is the life story I wrote. deseret.com/faith/2025/12/27…
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5 Dec 2025
LJ Martin blasting his way toward top of the list of BYU workhorse legends
Story by @Tad_Walch
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LJ Martin seems like an unusually large part of the @BYUfootball offense this year. Data bore that out, so I wrote this story. Former @BYU back Curtis Brown told me he's stunned at the level of athlete the Cougars get these days, including Martin. @deseret deseret.com/sports/2025/12/0…
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I wrote this profile published tonight about AJ Dybantsa and his parents. It includes big sections of basketball info and analysis, too, from @BYUMBB coaches and others. @deseret @byusports @BYU deseret.com/sports/2025/11/2…
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