October 4, 2009
This morning’s session of the 179th Semiannual LDS General Conference will begin shortly. Warming up for the Prophet’s Seers and Revelators will be the World Famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the longest running radio program in the United States, Music and the Spoken Word. (more…)
October 2, 2009
I traditionally live blog all sessions of the LDS General Conference. This year, I will be out town on Saturday, October 3, 2009 the first day of the conference. I hope to be back in time for Sunday’s Sessions. There are other great resources on various LDS Blogs for conference. Check out The Mormon Archipelago for threads covering conference. The Church’s website has links to Internet coverage. See LDS Media Talk for additional links. Those who will address the world during this General Conference are modern day living Prophets and Apostles. They are called to be special witnesses of Jesus Christ and His message. I urge all to listen to their words and give them great weight.
August 25, 2009
Nearly three years ago, when I originally posted on this topic, America and torture were prevalent in the media. Over the course of the last several months more details of America’s flirtation with torture in the Bush/Cheney Administration have been exposed to further light. In that original post, many opined the instances of torture, if any, were just limited to a few bad apples in Iraq at Abu Ghraib. The most recent reports suggest otherwise, here, here, here. If you have the time and want to read the original recent CIA report and not just excerpts, you can find it here. (more…)
August 18, 2009
Let me be one of the first to Welcome the Church, to the Bloggernacle–well, maybe not the ‘nacle, but certainly to the wide world of Blogging. The LDS Newsroom launched a new official Blog today. It doesn’t look like it will be quite as interactive (probably a good thing too) as we are used to in the ‘nacle. But, I applaud the Church’s use of this technology to get the official word out regarding Church news releases and the like. Welcome Newsroom Blog. See also the official announcement from the Newsroom. Steve Evans has also commented over at By Common Consent.
August 11, 2009
Glenn Beck, the right wing fringe commentator has not only embarrassed himself by calling President Obama a racist–he has embarrassed the Church and Mormons everywhere. In late July the firebrand exclaimed:
This president, I think, has exposed himself as a guy — over and over and over again — who has a deep seated hatred for white people or white culture, I don’t know what it is . . . I’m not saying he doesn’t like white people. I’m saying he has a problem, this guy is, I believe, a racist.
Of course the claim is nonsense, of the same genre as much of Rush Limbaugh’s hate speech, and that of Shawn Hanity. But, what makes Glenn Beck’s comments more harmful is that he claims he is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church does not need this type of publicity or association. Mormons everywhere ought to denouce the comments and Beck for making them. Why–because these comments perpetuate erroneous and harmful stereotypes of the Church and its membership. The post Proposition 8 media spin has already harmed the Church’s image painting Mormons who stood for religious principle as propagating hate and intolerance and being on the fringe. Glenn Beck’s comments only fuel that fire.
The more reasoned secular world is distancing itself from Beck’s ridiculous claims. Already advertisers are pulling their ads from his show–and rightly so. Mormons should do likewise. I, for one, as an active participant in the community of Saints denounce Glenn Beck, his comments, and the harm it does to the Church. With friends like Glenn Beck–the Church needs no further enemies.
UPDATE 7:30 p.m. David G’s comment just saved from the spam filter has some important links I wanted to highlight–Thanks David:
Glenn Beck and the Revivalism of Mormon Millenarianism?
The government is the devil: Glen Beck and Mormonism Redux
Glenn Beck on Smoking (Make certain to watch the video)
Other Links
July 17, 2009
(This post has been recently updated toward the end with additional links) The Church has released this news update on the “kissing” incident on the Plaza, now an extension of Temple Square and Church Headquarters: (Hat Tip Geoff B.): (more…)
July 14, 2009
The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting the Salt Lake City Police Report on the expulsion of two men for unwanted kissing and hugging on Church property has been released (I’m assuming by the SLCPD–but the article is unclear). The Tribune did post the entire report. You can read the actual report here, which is linked at the bottom of the article. (more…)
July 12, 2009
Matt Aune and Derek Jones, photo by Scott Sommerdorf Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that two men, Matt Aune, and Derek Jones (above) were cited by the Salt Lake City Police Department for tresspassing on private religious property: (more…)
July 8, 2009
[Admin Note: The following post is currently posted over at Patheos.com. For those who have not visited Patheos, you can read about the site in this review at Times and Seasons, and of course visit Patheos yourself and see their content. They are also running an opposing view point by Nate Oman. If you are so inclined to comment, please do so over at Patheos, as I have closed comments for this post over here.] (more…)
July 4, 2009
O’re the Land of the Free, and the Home of The Brave.
Happy Birthday America. You are still the World’s last and greatest hope.
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