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2 months ago | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story opens in theaters April 24. CLICK HERE to learn more and request that the film comes to your city. We always joked in my household growing up that there is nothing more earnest than the “first annual” of something.
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2 months ago | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
President Jeffrey R. Holland was quoting Elder Richard L. Evans this most recent General Conference when he said, “Many of us profess to be Christians, yet we … do not take Him seriously. … We respect Him, but we don’t follow Him. … We quote His sayings, but we don’t live by them.” “We admire Him, but we don’t worship Him.”That last bit, that we “admire Him, but we don’t worship Him” made me gasp out loud because it hit so close to home.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
Editor’s Note: Mariah is currently directing a short film called Two Heartbeats, click here and here for the previous articles about the project. If you would be willing to follow, share, or chip in a few dollars to the project, it would help the team so much. They are down to their final few days and will not get any of the pledged funds unless they reach the 80% mark. CLICK HERE to learn more about their crowdfunding campaign.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
To support Two Heartbeats, visit our crowdfunding page by CLICKING HERE. Even a few dollars will help us reach our goal. Thank you for your help!The short film I am directing now is a story made of scenes I had imagined in my head many times. I thought through the humor, drama, and vulnerability of an intimate look of a 1950s pregnancy vs. a pregnancy in the present day a million different ways.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
Support the short film “Two Heartbeats” by CLICKING HERE. I recently ushered at the Sundance Film Festival for my 10th year. I enjoy getting to stand by and observe the comings and goings of the various film industry professionals and watch the films they have earnestly made or are earnestly looking to buy.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
Cover image via Wikimedia Commons. Well, it’s the last hurrah of our November gratitude challenge. This is the final weekend of our sale on the “It is Well With My Soul” Gratitude Journals, including having them available for $10 a piece when you buy 5 or more, so get your Christmas shopping in now. I heard something about the real first Thanksgiving this week that I found very moving.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
It’s the end of week three of our November gratitude challenge. This is a great time to order any “It is Well With My Soul” Gratitude Journals you might want to give as gifts for Thanksgiving day. It would be a great house warming gift to your host or family gift to kick-off the Christmas season. Our bulk discount of $10 each if you buy 5 or more will continue through the end of the month.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
latterdaysaintmag.com | Mariah Proctor
The following first appeared on Public Square Magazine. Heretic, the new horror film from A24, which centers around the ill-fated visit of two sister missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to a seemingly innocuous cottage in the woods, has inspired a strange and singular phenomenon.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
publicsquaremag.org | Mariah Proctor
Heretic, the new horror film from A24, which centers around the ill-fated visit of two sister missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to a seemingly innocuous cottage in the woods, has inspired a strange and singular phenomenon. Rarely when we view a film with a villain who has total disregard for human dignity and life do we come away feeling that what the villain expressed must also be the opinions of the filmmakers themselves.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
l8r.it | Mariah Proctor
Heretic, the new horror film from A24, which centers around the ill-fated visit of two sister missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to a seemingly innocuous cottage in the woods, has inspired a strange and singular phenomenon. Rarely when we view a film with a villain who has total disregard for human dignity and life do we come away feeling that what the villain expressed must also be the opinions of the filmmakers themselves.
