Archive for November, 2005

For a graduate class I’m taking, I had to create some training, so my colleague and I created training on “Podcasting 101“, or how to listen to, and create a podcast. I would love it if some of you could go through the training (should take less than an hour) and provide me with...
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Recently a stake high councilman came to me very concerned about a family that had just decided to leave the church, and have their names removed from the records. He and his wife were desperate to know how to counsel this family–one of the best and brightest in their stake. To help, I came...
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In part 2 of this interview, we continue our conversation with “Serenity Valley” and “Roasted Tomatoes”–a young LDS couple living in the San Francisco Bay area, and creators of the LDS Blog “Latter-Day Saint Liberation Front“. In this episode, Serenity and RT discuss her ultimate return to Mormonism, the impact it has had on...
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A recent post in the Bloggernacle inspired me to put up a page of comments from my listeners. I definitely feel like a novice in the radio/interview arena…and it pains me to hear my own voice….so I totally understand the comments (though I do wish they would send me feedback on how to improve)....
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Over the past few months, I’ve developed a friendship with several members of the LDS “Bloggernacle”–including a young couple known as “Serenity Valley” and “Roasted Tomatoes”. This wife/husband pair live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and run a blog called, “Latter-Day Saint Liberation Front“.
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My sister just pointed me to this article by Joseph Fielding McConkie entitled: “Two Churches Only”. While I can’t argue technically or doctrinally with anything Bro. McConkie writes, I have always felt that this type of “false dichotomy” represents the worst thinking and teaching our church has to offer.
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From Guy’s Blog, there is a really interesting multimedia representation of LDS Stake growth from 1830 to 2004. This is the type of stuff I’d love to help organize in the bloggernacle, to enhance today’s conversation and cummunity with additional content to inform and inspire the masses.
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I thought my homies in the bloggernacle would appreciate this article. It basically reviews the 3 top options for self-hosted blog software. I hope you enjoy!
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OK…I’m jumping on the Frapr bandwagon. Any of you Mormon Studies listeners/bloggers out there who are interested, please feel free to annotate yourselves geographically on our new Frapr map. It would be fun to know who some of our listeners are. After all….”It the community, stupid!!!”
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Hey! An update on the Mormon Studies Wiki. We’ve made some good progress as of late, including… We now have 12 registered contributors! Wooo hoo!!!! Cleaned up the home page, including a navigation menu, and a logo!! The Table of Contents is looking good, and pages for most of the topics have been created...
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As some of you may have gathered, I feel like ‘God’s Army 2 – States of Grace‘ is a critical movie for the Mormon culture/community. It explores race, forgiveness, redemption, religion, and just plain humanity in a way I haven’t experienced in a long, long time. The bloggernacle buzz has begun, including: My podcast...
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I know, I know.  You think I’m overdoing it. But I’m not. At the risk of building it up too much and spoiling it for the rest of you, "God’s Army 2 – States of Grace" is nothing short of amazing. This movie hits hard and deep.  It pulls no punches, and it touches...
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OK….the Mormon Studies Wiki is now released. You can access it at this URL: http://www.mormonstudieswiki.org This project is not to "compete" with the FAIR wiki, but to be complimentary to it.  To me, the 2 major differences are: Audience: In terms of writing style, we are targeting the average 18 year old LDS person. ...
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In my day job, I work for one of the world’s leading zealots for openness–especially as it relates to educational content. Last year, Dr. David Wiley asked me to read an article entitled "Coase’s Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm" by Yochai Benkler (since this article was published in the Yale...
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In this concluding episode (part 3 of 3), we interview with John Lynch, Chairman of FAIR–the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research. Within the segement, John Lynch discusses the most common issues faced by FAIR, and assesses (in his view) which issues do and do not have merit.  John also discusses how members of...
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