Aug 03 2008
The following video is a montage of photographs taken in Arizona by some LDS photographers. They do a really good job of capturing the humanity, essence, and beauty of the Christian message.
Enjoy!
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You can visit their website at http://www.reflectionsofchrist.org/
Jul 15 2008
Monday morning I woke up in a slight haze.
No alarm? Drat! I forgot to reset it after I had disabled it to sleep in on Sunday morning.
As I tried to sit up in bed I realized what it was I was experiencing… the Mormon Hangover.
Jul 04 2008
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
- George Bernard Shaw
I left the United States for the first time in 2000 to spend two years in Sao Paulo, Brazil doing Missionary service for my church. To take you back, this was before the average American even knew what a Muslim was and before Osama Bin Laden was a household name.
When I returned in August of 2002, something had drastically changed about my country. Flags flew on many more houses that usual. There were flags everywhere! Some enterprising guy had also created a novel American Flag lapel pin which everyone seemed to be sporting. People had somehow become much more proud of their country than I’d ever seen them, and more willing to do anything for it.
Then it dawned on me. I totally missed 9/11. Continue reading “Patriotism”
Jul 02 2008
And Thus We Were Manipulated
Why Mormon Pop Music and CES Videos Bug Me
A while ago, on my way home from church, I was listening to a mix CD of Sunday music. When the song “His Hands” came on, I quickly pressed the next button, but unfortunately it was too late… the other person in my car had identified the tune. “I LOVE that song… why did you change it?” they said. So I was forced to go back and let them listen to it.
It took the rest of the trip home to try and explain the following:
Growing up, I listened to a lot of Mormon pop music. A lot. It mostly grew out of the fact that I often sang in church, so I tended to listen for new material, and to be part of that universe. I was practically an authority on all things Perry or Cope.
May 04 2008
I thought I would write a little religion post today, realizing that I hadn’t posted on a religious topic since Christmas, so I’m past due.
I’d like to share an experience I had singing in General Conference in October of 1999. I was part of a men’s chorus from BYU, singing in the Mormon Tabernacle for the final priesthood conference which would be held there. It was a great honor and opportunity. We sang this song: Continue reading “Why I Choose to be Religious”
Mar 27 2008
Last night I was listening to a radio report on my way home from work which detailed with tiring accuracy (thanks PBS+NPR) the current reality and possible future eventualities of polar ice melting.
It was a briliant piece of scientific speculation, if I’ve ever heard one. When the words “likely” and “probable” are used more that “does” and “is”, then you know you’ve got a live one.
But it got me thinking; there is no better position to be in than that of an alarmist.
Mar 11 2008
Elder Oaks visited our Stake Conference last sunday, and here are a few things that struck me. If you were in any of those sessions, or just want to make something up, feel free to add anything that struck you. Continue reading “Stuff Elder Oaks Said”
