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Former LDS Church Historian Dean Larsen dies at 92
(Tribune file photo) Dean Larsen speaks in General Conference in 1987. | Updated: March 4, 2021, 3:33 p.m.
On a dark October day in 1985, Dean Larsen, official historian of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called seven employees into his office to issue them a warning: Be careful on your way home.
Larsen’s team of Mormon history specialists had just learned that Mark Hofmann, who was known at the time only as a rare-document dealer, had been seriously injured in a car bombing and, since they were involved in acquiring some of those items, they might be in danger, too.
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It’s 9:30 p.m. and I’m leaving my house. It feels so strange that the neighbor’s kids are likely already asleep. I don’t think I’ve left to go anywhere after children’s bedtimes since before the pandemic began.
I don’t trust my internal sense of direction when it’s this dark, so I pull out my phone, open Google Maps, and type in “Draper Utah Temple.”
“Your location might be closed when you arrive,” my Google friend warns me.
“Oh, trust me, I know,” I say smiling.
I begin my 18-minute drive to the Draper temple. The temple sits on the Wasatch Mountains, meaning for the entire drive, I’m able to look up and see my final destination. It brings new meaning to the words Isaiah penned:
In a year dominated by news and announcements related to COVID-19, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints not only made announcements and adjustments related to the current pandemic but also announcements and adjustments related to other aspects of worship, administration, and policy.
The year 2020 marked the 200th anniversary of the First Vision, and throughout the past 12 months, Latter-day Saints continued to see the importance of a living prophet as well as continuing revelation.
Here is a look at just 28 of the changes and announcements made by the Church in 2020 unrelated to the pandemic.
Note: Changes are listed in chronological order and some links may require you to log into your Church account to see the full announcement.