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Geoff B. makes a point that has been a long time coming.

There is an incredible amount of hypocrisy in the old “the blogger is claiming I’m not righteous” complaint that we see all over the Bloggernacle these days. I have seen literally hundreds of posts and comments in the last five years claiming in one way or another that you can’t be a true follower of Christ is you support the Iraq war/war on terrorism/Guantanamo. Yet I have never seen anybody on the opposite side say, “you are claiming I’m not righteous – how dare you!” It may have happened, but the point is that the politically correct position in the Bloggernacle is to never, ever question somebody’s righteousness when they question the Church’s position on, for example, same-sex marriage, but it is completely okay and indeed expected to question somebody’s righteousness when they support the Iraq war.

Amen.

15 July 2008 @ 7:18 pm | 6 comments

At BYU-I graduation, Elder Ballard renews call to participate in new media:

With all the falsehoods and misconceptions about the Church found online, Elder Ballard urged the graduates to use their knowledge and testimony of the gospel to influence seekers of truth. “Today I want to encourage you to reach out to others in the world to help change the perception and even the hearts of millions of our Heavenly Father’s children by correcting misunderstandings by sharing with them the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ,” he said.

Elder Ballard suggested that graduates join in conversations on the Internet to share the gospel and to explain the message of the Restoration in simple, clear terms. As they participate in these new media, Elder Ballard continued, the graduates should remember first and foremost that they are followers of the Savior Jesus Christ.

[via Latter-day Commentary]

14 April 2008 @ 6:37 pm | No comments

Farewell Burning Bosom. We hardly knew ye, but you will be missed

1 April 2008 @ 12:56 pm | No comments

BCC ’s Zeitcast #7 is out.  The podcast includes a discussion of Bloggernacle aggregators and hubs. Thanks to Steve, Ronan, and Brad for the kind words and mention of ASA and LDS and Mormon Blogs. 

27 March 2008 @ 11:51 am | No comments

A new regular feature? The Deseret News highlights some links in the Bloggernacle from the past week. Another case of newspapers starting to notice the new media, but this time with actual links.

18 January 2008 @ 7:48 am | No comments

How to start a (Mormon) Blog

8 January 2008 @ 7:47 pm | 5 comments

Dave’s right.  Since Elder Ballard’s call for Latter-day Saints to get more involved in new media, there has been an uptick in LDS blogs and Mormon bloggers.  And LDS and Mormon Blogs has definitely received more submissions for LDS-themed,  particularly for missionary and doctrine-oriented blogs

Like Jeff Lindsay, I have received some questions on how to start a blog and I thought I’d post this here for future reference . 

1.  Before you start a blog, read a lot of different blogs and decide for yourself what makes a successful blog.
Blogging may sound interesting and it’s commendable to want to follow Elder Ballard’s suggestion.  But unless you have already read blogs for awhile, I would suggest that you hold off starting your own and read many different blogs first. 

Check out the Bloggernacle at LDS and Mormon Blogs and  Mormon Archipelago.  Also, look at non-LDS blogs to get some ideas.

As Jeff suggests, the best thing you can do may be to not start a blog but instead contribute in the comments of other blogs, forums, or other websites.  It may be more useful to engage bloggers who are uninformed about the church and post respectful comments, giving them further light and knowledge rather than the heat that so many generate. Participating in thoughtful discussions or civilly correcting someone in error may be preferable to just being another voice in the wilderness.

On the other hand, one of the great things about blogging is that it is so easy to start, you may just want to disregard the above advice and just dive in and learn by doing.

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J. Max Wilson makes the worthwhile point that Elder Ballard did not necessarily endorse the Bloggernacle but blogging itself. I considered this when writing my earlier post but decided that anyone doing LDS blogging is part of the Bloggernacle. But Wilson is correct that there are many perils with blogging and there are many different views out there.

17 December 2007 @ 3:26 pm | No comments

The ‘bloggernacle’ hearts The Speech. The Politico notices the Bloggernacle. (Or more like notices the Salt Lake Tribune noticing the Bloggernacle)

7 December 2007 @ 12:43 pm | No comments

The Salt Lake Tribune does its best to keep stoking the controversy by revisiting the bloggernacle furor over President Beck’s talk.  And tries its darndest to rebut her.   Usuallly newspapers ignore blogs.  UPDATE:  Good commentary at Messenger and Advocate.

11 October 2007 @ 8:09 pm | No comments

LDS Apostle Sighting could use some help co-blogging.

10 October 2007 @ 11:28 am | No comments

New LDS & Mormon Blogs – September 26, 2007

26 September 2007 @ 4:10 pm | No comments

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“Church to hold Lord of the Rings mass”

14 November 2003 @ 1:42 am | 2 comments

Well the Lord of the Rings is probably more “religious” than Harry Potter. After all, J.R.R. Tolkien did convert C.S. Lewis away from atheism. Where would General Conference be without that? But I’m not sure about a mass devoted to either LOTR or Harry Potter.

The Rev Jaap Ridderbos says the mass at the Gorechtchurch, in Haren, is meant to appeal to young people.

Rev Ridderbos says he has spent more than a year trying to find Christian explanations for what happened in the Tolkien books.

“Did you know Tolkien was a good Christian all his life?” he asked Groninger internet courant.

He plans to show scenes from the film in church and point out comparisons between Tolkien’s books and the Bible.

P.S. I meant to do a search on the Church’s web site for all Conference references to C.S. Lewis but I kept getting an error. Does anyone else have problems doing searches in the Gospel Library? It seems quite common to me and I don’t think it’s a browser problem. Or maybe it is, I get Java errors quite a bit too.