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This week in Mormon Land: Relief Society video aims for diversity, Nelson unveils next big trip, website drops nickname — sort of

The Mormon Land newsletter is a weekly highlight reel of developments in and about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whether heralded in headlines, preached from the pulpit or buzzed about on the back benches. Want this newsletter in your inbox? Subscribe here.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple and the Utah Capitol are seen together, Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake Temple and the Utah Capitol are seen together, Wednesday, July 26, 2017.

In the first, political scientist Morgan Lyon Cotti, associate director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, discusses the recent move by Latter-day Saint leaders to enlist “specialists” to help members in the Beehive State boost their political engagement.