Follow the Brethren: Blog

Thought you’d all like to know that we are yet following the latest counsel of the Brethren.

 

This week, Elder Ballard encouraged church members (specifically graduates at BYU-H) to participate in new communication mediums such as blogging:

 

“We cannot stand on the sidelines while others, including our critics, attempt to define what the Church teaches.”

 

He also said:

 

“Now, to you who are graduating today, along with the other students at this wonderful university, may I ask that you join the conversation by participating on the Internet, particularly the New Media, to share the gospel and to explain in simple and clear terms the message of the Restoration.  Most of you already know that if you have access to the Internet you can start a blog in minutes and begin sharing what you know to be true.  You can download videos from Church and other appropriate sites, including Newsroom at LDS.org, and send them to your friends.  You can write to media sites on the Internet that report on the Church, and voice your views as to the accuracy of the reports. This, of course, requires that you understand the basic principles of the gospel.”

 

You can read Elder Ballard’s talk here.  

 

Thanks for setting up and participating in the family blog! Let’s take it one step further and personally make sure we share the gospel through our conversations on the Internet!

 

P.S. Do you think my parents would ever use an iPod like Elder Ballard?

I am so excited I am about to burst

Here's an early Christmas present for all of you:

I have recently completed a family history website that has some information about our family!

I am planning on adding a lot of stories and information to the website as I collect more, but is some good stuff on there already.

Go to walkerboot.com and start exploring! You can also help me out by emailing me anything you want me to put on the website.

Thank you!

:D

(One more thing: The website isn't perfect--I already have found some links that don't work correctly. If you find mistakes of any sort (grammatical, historical, something doesn't show up right, you're confused, etc.), PLEASE , PLEASE tell me about them so I can correct them. Add a comment to this blog or email me.)

McLaughlin Group on Mormons

Ugh. I can’t believe how much mis-information about the church is out there. I’m surprised how many people get their information from anti-Mormon propaganda.

 

Still, it is fascinating to see. Watch the video at the end of this post, or here.  

 

On a political front, I find it interesting that the hard-line left wing call so many people bigots, racist, and discriminatory, while they then turn around and discriminate against certain religions, as illustrated by liberal in the video. And the right wing isn’t much better in their hypocrisy when it comes to their parties’ foundational beliefs. It seems that people are less concerned about who will lead better, and are more concerned by party affiliations and the whole “my team wins” mentality.