Tad Walch

Salt Lake City

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.

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Articles

Church of Jesus Christ donates to center for child abuse survivors

2 weeks ago | deseret.com | Tad Walch

OGDEN, Utah - Two women illustrated this week that the most important person in a child sex abuse case is the survivor. Nearly 35 years after members of a cult sexually abused them as children, Dawn Winter and Andrea Lythgow provided living examples that Children's Justice Centers in Utah offer an opportunity for abused girls and boys to begin a journey to healing and wholeness.
See how many Latter-day Saint wards and stakes serve BYU students

2 weeks ago | deseret.com | Tad Walch

This article was first published in the ChurchBeat newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. The headline on a news feature this week read, " The New Spiritual Leader on Campus."That sure got my attention, since my assignment often includes coverage of Brigham Young University and the other colleges and universities sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
BYU announces site location for new School of Medicine

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tad Walch

The BYU School of Medicine will be built on the site of the old Provo High School, 1125 N. University Ave., the university announced Monday in a news release. The announcement was made after approval for the decision was provided by the BYU Board of Trustees. BYU bought the high school site in 2016 for $25 million. That site, now called West Campus, has been used to house the College of Fine Arts and Communications since BYU tore down the Harris Fine Arts Center.
Did Latter-day Saint leaders refer to the Bible or Book of Mormon more in general conference?

2 weeks ago | deseret.com | Tad Walch

The 32 speakers referred to the Bible 297 times at April's international general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They referenced the Book of Mormon 226 times, according to citations found in talk transcripts and footnotes published on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. "The Savior is the Prince of Peace," President Russell M. Nelson said, for example, a reference to Isaiah 9:6.
Made a mistake parenting a child? Own it and your kids will follow your example, BYU-PW leaders say

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tad Walch

Since no family is perfect and no parents are perfect, it’s important for moms and dads to prepare for when things go wrong, leaders at BYU-Pathway Worldwide said Friday. “Our experience is that, as parents, we made a lot of mistakes. Our children did, too,” Sister Melinda Ashton said during BYU-PW’s weekly online devotional for the program’s 80,000 students. The wife of BYU-PW President Brian Ashton said it can be powerful for a parent to admit a mistake to a child.
Is there grace and atonement for baseball's biggest sinners?

3 weeks ago | deseret.com | Tad Walch

Baseball's commissioner is dead wrong about Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson. The pun is intentional. Rob Manfred said he lifted baseball's ban of Rose this week because Rose died in September. Manfred lifted bans on 16 other deceased players, too, including Jackson. "Roll over Pete Rose, and tell Shoeless Joe Jackson the news," began a story on the announcement by one of my favorite baseball writers.
Is there grace and atonement for baseball’s biggest sinners?

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Tad Walch

Baseball’s commissioner is dead wrong about Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson. The pun is intentional. Rob Manfred said he lifted baseball’s ban of Rose this week because Rose died in September. Manfred lifted bans on 16 other deceased players, too, including Jackson. Advertisement“Roll over Pete Rose, and tell Shoeless Joe Jackson the news," began a story on the announcement by one of my favorite baseball writers.
Filler vs. action engine: ‘It came to pass’ carries more weight than you think

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tad Walch

This article was first published in the ChurchBeat newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. Like most believers, most Latter-day Saints learn early and often how to take a joke about their faith. After all, Mark Twain made fun of the Book of Mormon in 1891, writing that if someone removed the phrase “it came to pass” from that book of scripture, it “would have been only a pamphlet.”AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen Elder Quentin L.
10-day open house begins for the Antofagasta Chile Temple

3 weeks ago | deseret.com | Tad Walch

The public is now welcome to tour the Antofagasta Chile Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The open house begins Wednesday but it kicked off with a news conference on Monday, when the church released the first publicly available images from inside the temple. Elder Craig C. Christensen of the South America South Area Presidency led tours for the media Monday with Elder Joaquín E. Costa, Elder Alan R. Walker and Elder Eduardo Gavarret, who are General Authority Seventies.
Church of Jesus Christ begins 10-day public open house for Antofagasta Chile Temple

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tad Walch

The public is now welcome to tour the Antofagasta Chile Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The open house begins Wednesday but it kicked off with a news conference on Monday, when the church released the first publicly available images from inside the temple. The celestial room of the Antofagasta Chile Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsElder Craig C.