Archive for September, 2006

Both my mother, and my friend Eric, forwarded me this link, so I thought I’d share. It’s about a young LDS rock star named Brandon Flowers–lead singer for the Killers. Full text below….
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The More Good Foundation is referring people to a newer web site entitled: http://www.askgramps.org. Generally it seems to be a well-intended, good hearted, somewhat informative repository of unofficial answers (and I openly applaud both sites for what they are trying to do). Still, after reading around this site, here are some of the more...
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Published by a youtube user entitled “ldsteencenter“, this new video is powerfully interesting. The primary audio track is a female singing “I know that my Redeemer lives.” The video track consists of natural disasters, wars, and calamities, interspersed with pictures of Jesus, Gordon B. Hinckley, Book of Mormon quotes, etc. The secondary audio track...
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From Peggy Fletcher Stack of the SL Tribune….. The most interesting part to me…. “One thing Evergreen does not allow, however, is open dialogue on the topic.”
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I just had to share these with you…. (warning, some foul language on the Black Bush clip)
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This event has already been somewhat chronicled over at bcc, but I want to highlight and discuss as well. The quick stories:
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For those of you who are fans of Richard Dutcher and/or States of Grace, the DVD is being released in October. Apparently, Deseret Book and Seagull Book have not yet decided if they want to carry it. In addition, Richard’s distribution company is in strong need of grass roots support of the DVD. I...
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Hey! Personal stuff is requiring me to take a brief vacation from the blog/podcast. I hope to return soon. Please take care….thanks for all of your kind support…and stay tuned. If I come back, it will be with a vengeance.
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This morning, during my daily jog, I was profoundly blessed to listen to a recent panel presentation given at Salt Lake Sunstone 2006 entitled: “For Better, for Worse, for Apostasy? How Faith Issues Affect Couple Relationships” (session #SL06273). At times I was running with tears in my eyes. At other times I was laughing...
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As some of you know, a new project called Sustain’d has been lauched to try to provide a more community-driven alternative to the current lds blog aggregators (ldsblogs.org and ldselect.org). Sustain’d is being modeled after http://www.digg.com. Anyway, Digg has received its own fair share of bad press over the past few days, over just...
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Today Armand Mauss was interviewed on Logan’s local radio show: KVNU‘s “For the People” with Tom Grover and Ryan Yonk. To listen to the interview, click here. I love Armand Mauss. I think his should be a household name within Mormonism, and his books required reading. A big thanks to Dr. Mauss and Tom...
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I stumbled upon this video presentation today. It is Robert Millet of BYU speaking to future missionaries regarding how to deal with anti-Mormons. For those who have the time to watch/listen, I’m curious how you feel about his approach, and his logic. One quote caught me a bit off guard: “As Latter-Day Saints, you...
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Click here for a free Internet viewing of the film, “Baptists at our Barbeque.” You must use Internet Explorer Version 6 or higher on a PC running Windows 2000 or later in order to use the CinemaNow service. Thanks to my buddy Paul for the head’s up.
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Credit to the AML list for this one…. Shelley Long Plans A Mormon Comeback By Josh Tyler: 2006-09-03 In the history of bad decisions, Shelley Long’s departure from Cheers to become a movie star was one of the worst. Just think, it could be her in those horrible weight loss commercials. Instead, she’s been...
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I thought ya’ll might be interested in this: http://mormonhistory.byu.edu/. I didn’t know it existed. Holy moly!!!! Anyone know how long this has been around? Get this! If you search for topics like polygamy or peep stones…you actually get hits/responses! Even polyandry gets a hit!!! If you type in Grant Palmer, his book is actually...
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Anyone wanna help gather together a list of interesting LDS-related books on “Google Books?” Here’s one for starters: “History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints” by B.H. Roberts. You can even download the full PDF if you want to!!! How cool is that? Bonus for those finding “Full View” books, ’cause...
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