Strengthening Families & Building Faith by Using Church Resources
I delivered the following today as part of a panel discussion titled “Mormon Media Studies: Across Web Time, Cyberspace, and Blogging Disciplines” in the symposium “Mormon Media Studies: Across Time, Space, and Disciplines,” at the BYU Conference Center in Provo,...
New LDS.org
An upgraded LDS.org is now available to the public at new.lds.org. After months of improvements and testing at beta.lds.org, the new features mentioned below are now available to the public at new.lds.org. (The last major overhaul of LDS.org was released to the public...Getting the Most Out of Church Magazines
I just finished reading through the September issue of the Ensign magazine, article by article, asking myself the following questions: What messages are in these articles that I need to apply in my life? What messages are important to share with my family? What...
Exemplary Member Missionaries and a Missionary “Idea Fair” in Boston
Three weeks ago, some 600 young single adults converged on Boston for the LDS Education Conference. Missionary work was the theme. The speakers were David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue Airways; Clayton Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School; and Elder M....
Church LDS Websites
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsors many websites for the benefit of Church members, news media, and others who are interested in learning more about the Church. You can tell if a site is from the Church because it will have the Church logo....New “Blessings of the Temple” MormonMessages Video
As a follow-up to the recent Why Mormons Build Temples video which has had over 310,000 views, the Church has posted a new video titled The Blessings of the Temple. It provides additional information on how temples bless individuals and families....
Upgrades to Friend Magazine Online
Do your kids use the Internet? What sites do they visit? Do you ever wish you knew of a site that they would enjoy and you’d feel is worth their time and know it’s safe? The Church recently updated the Friend magazine Web site at friend.lds.org for this reason. ...Student Blogging at BYU
A blog is more than just a place to post family pictures or a soapbox. In the eyes of one BYU professor, blogging is how he and students share the gospel worldwide. For his religion class this semester, Richard Holzapfel changed his usual scripture log assignment to...
July Ensign Now Online
The July 2008 issue of the Ensign is now online. (Remember, you can view the full magazine layout in PDF format by clicking “View” on the format bar.) Find out how to join the online conversation about the Church by reading Elder M. Russell Ballard’s...Why use the Internet?
I am ever impressed with a talk that President Spencer W. Kimball gave in 1974 entitled “When the World Will Be Converted” (from an address delivered at a Regional Representatives Seminar, Thursday, April 4, 1974, Ensign, Oct. 1974, 3). In it, he prophesied many...Follow on social media