Check this out…. Start by going here. You can watch conference with twitter-based comments showing up to the right. To participate in the conversation, go to Twitter (you’ll need an account) and as you add Twitter items, make sure to include the keyword #LDSConf in your comment (usually at the beginning) — and the feed will be included in the conference conversation. Fun stuff. Say “Hey” to my brother Joel, once you’re there. John
Monthly Archives: October 2008
General Conference Thread (Open)
Rome temple?!?!? In the shadow if the Vatican?!?!?! Wowzers!!! Other thoughts?
Lyrics as Scripture
First of all, I’d like to bring attention to a new publication that has recently been published called Mormon Artist (http://mormonartist.net). It seems to be right up my alley, anyway, and features Mormon sculptors, painters, musicians, dancers (even glass-blowers, reads the site).
Leave the Church, Leave it Alone
This post is by Heather B. We have all heard this mantra; if you are involved with church related discussion boards, you have probably heard it often.
The Eleventh Commandment: Honor Thy Children
I had occasion recently to re-visit a song I heard for the first time a few years ago, performed live in a college theater auditorium. The setting was relatively intimate for a “big name” concert, and I remember well the generally raucous and festive mood of the concert. Until this song started. As soon as the first words were vocalized, there was an immediate and intense hush over the entire auditorium. It was absolutely silent for the duration of the song, except for the muffled sobs of those who heard it – and that silence lasted an unimaginably long...
The Song of the Righteous is a Prayer unto Me
Today’s post is by The Chorister. Last week while I was playing the organ for Sacrament meeting, it hit me that often, the only time I feel touched by the spirit at church is while singing hymns or primary songs. I love singing songs at church. It makes me feel like I’m a part of a community of saints. So I asked the powers-that-be at Mormon Matters if I could do an occasional post here re: the hymns. So I will choose a hymn and post the text, an mp3, some comments about the scriptural references listed under each...
The Gospel and Collective Memory
While I hardly want to be schmaltzy, I had a powerful experience this evening involving memory… this governing variable of my mind.
5 Cool Expressions of Spirituality Which Might Seem Weird To Mormons
I’m starting a series which I’m calling “5 Cool Things”. It will basically be a list of 5 things, not in any order, that follow a particular theme. Here’s the first edition, on the topic of methods of spiritual expression that fall outside the typical Mormon repertoire which I have found to be pretty cool, and not incompatible with Mormonism at all.
What is the Point of Religion?
I read an interesting blog site that posed this very question from a Hindu perspective. It was thoughtfully worded, so I thought I would include some key excerpts.
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