Facebook Privacy Settings
Facebook has recently changed its privacy controls to let users determine who gets to see pictures, comments, videos, and other material in profiles. If you have a Facebook account, I’d recommend you take some time to review and update your personal privacy...
LDS Scriptures Online in PDF
The full LDS Bible and Triple Combination are now available on LDS.org in PDF format (showing the full layout of each page). Editor’s Note (3 January 2024): For updated information, see “Where to Find LDS Scriptures Online in Various Formats (PDF, EPUB,...Relief Society Commemoration Video
March 17 marked the anniversary of the organization of the Relief Society in 1842. Watch the video Relief Society—An Enduring Legacy to commemorate this worldwide sisterhood. You can also download this video. Learn more about the Relief Society.
LDS Church Launches Combating Pornography Web Site
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched a Web site that provides resources for individuals, spouses, parents, youth, and leaders on how to avoid pornography or overcome the effects of its use.combat pornography. CombatingPornography.org (later...Community-Sourced Translation
The Church is trying an experiment with community-sourced (i.e. crowdsourcing) translation as a way to do routine translation work more quickly and at less cost. If you or someone you know speaks Spanish or Portuguese (plus English) and would like to volunteer for...Internet Filtering and Accountability Programs
Many have asked me for a list of good Internet filters and accountability programs. Everyone has their favorites, but here’s my short list of filters: x3watch.com (free and paid versions) OpenDNS (free and paid versions) Content Watch However, rather than just...
Chinese Scriptures Now Online
The electronic text of the Chinese triple combination in traditional characters is now online on the Church’s scriptures Web site (scriptures.ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Chinese (traditional characters) Chinese (simplified characters) You can also find a link to these...
Employment Page on LDS.org
The employment page on the Church Website provides links to various Church resources about employment. This may be a useful tool in these difficult financial times when many people are seeking a job or to upgrade their employment. Looking for a Good Job? Employment...
Missionary Service Opportunities
See the Church’s Web site Missionary Service Opportunities (servicemission.ldschurch.org) to see a listing of the current part-time mission service and volunteer opportunities that are available in the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. There are many...Overcoming Pornography
In the last LDS general conference, Elder Scott spoke powerfully about the evils of pornography. Here are some resources that may be of help to those who have a pornography problem or are interested in helping in the fight to curtail the availability of pornography:...
Gospel Art Book
I blogged previously about the new Gospel Art Book produced by the LDS Church. Read more about the Gospel Art Book in the October Ensign magazine. This affordable spiral-bound book gives Latter-day Saints access to 137 color pictures for use in gospel learning and...Church Page on Facebook Grows
The official Church page on Facebook has 99,527 fans. Please share it with your friends and invite them to become fans so we can pass the 100,000 mark!Pornography: The Perfect Sin
I blogged recently about Covenant Eyes filtering and accountability software. I just watched a video about it (embedded below), and the first part of the video makes a great point: pornography is the perfect sin. Imagine creating the perfect sin: one that would tear...
Covenant Eyes: Freedom from Pornography
I’ve blogged previously about resources in overcoming pornography. Here’s another great program that I think has merit. Surveys show at least 70% of men and 21% of women struggle with online pornography. Covenant Eyes is a Christian-based program to help...Follow on social media