Michael Otterson

Michael Otterson

Media relations director, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“On Faith” panelist Michael Otterson has served as director of media relations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1997. As senior spokesman for the church, Otterson has worked with most major publications, TV and radio networks, and other news media in the United States and overseas on issues ranging from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City to the Church’s burgeoning international growth and diversity. A convert to the Mormon faith, he worked as a journalist for 11 years before being appointed director of the Church’s public affairs office in London in 1976 – the first such office outside the United States. After opening and managing a new Pacific Area public affairs office in Australia, Otterson moved to the United States in 1991 to help oversee the church’s international public affairs from its Salt Lake City headquarters. In a church that operates worldwide with a lay clergy, Otterson has served twice as a stake president (leader of a group of church congregations), in both England and Australia. He is now a US citizen. Close.

Michael Otterson

Media relations director, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

“On Faith” panelist Michael Otterson has served as director of media relations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1997. As senior spokesman for the church, Otterson has worked with most major publications, TV and radio networks, and other news media in the United States and overseas on issues ranging from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City to the Church’s burgeoning international growth and diversity. more »

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December 2006 Archives



December 7, 2006 11:15 AM

A Parent's Gift To A Child: Speaking of God

Parental conversations about something as fundamental as what to teach children about God should be held before marriage, especially if one or more of the parents have strong religious views.

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December 14, 2006 3:40 PM

America: How Long The Road, How Far We've Come

There is a simplistic view that the Europeans who first came to America’s shores yearned for a society with religious freedom. In fact, many brought their bitter prejudices with them from the Old World. Like a child groping in the dark, the young colonies felt their way through their earliest years amid strident religious disagreements as they sought to define what kind of societies they would be, and what place religion would play in them.

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December 21, 2006 10:10 AM

The Living Son of the Living God

No more important question could be asked, whether at Christmas or at any other time of year. It is the Question of Questions, the answer to which has the power to transform and exalt even the most wretched of lives.

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December 29, 2006 11:40 AM

God Is Grander Than Even Believers Know

A few weeks ago there was a well-publicized debate between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins. Dawkins is the controversial author of the God Delusionand an avowed atheist. Collins, a scientist and committed Christian, is Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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