December 15, 2007 – 7:36 pm
If you’re new here, read more about the More Good Foundation. We help members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon church) share their beliefs on the Internet. Learn more about what Mormons believe or talk with Mormons at LDS.net.Today Elder Ballard spoke at the BYU-Hawaii graduation and urged [...]
September 21, 2007 – 4:07 pm
Online missionary work can be like fishing or like hunting.
Sometimes we cast our line and then wait for someone to come along. For example, our website about Mormon beliefs sits idly until someone types “Mormon beliefs” into Google, and then it is found. Other fishermen are there too.
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of [...]
September 17, 2007 – 2:24 pm
Last week at the Utah Open Source Conference, Tom Welch, Technology Community Manager for the Church, spoke about his work as CTO of Linspire. While at Linspire, they created a tool called IRMA, by which volunteers could participate in the translation of their software. For example, a volunteer with a few minutes on her [...]
A recent Times and Seasons blog post suggested that the Mormon Church’s recently published article on the Mountain Meadows Massacre represented “new openness” on the part of the Church. The Church replied that it’s simply a response to the Internet and and “social media” formats that have brought “new communication opportunities to the Church through [...]
BYU professor Phil Windley points out that the United Methodist Church has an online social network. He makes a good point that “you have to wonder how you can manage the content so that it’s consistent with the religious principles espoused by the UMC.” That’s a big question for all of us at the intersection [...]
GetReligion.org recently linked to a fantastic interview with Richard Bushman. Mr. Bushman fielded questions from some of the nation’s top media outlets, discussing Mormon church history, the implications of Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy on the Church, and the public’s perception of Mormons. I thought it was an awesome read. GetReligion.org has highlights.
Near the end of [...]
Second Life is the online virtual world where thousands of people connect and millions of dollars are transacted. GetReligion.org recently ran an article on churches in Second Life, mentioning that Mormons were among the varied communities that meet regularly in this virtual world.
Last night, the organizers of the Mormon island in Second Life [...]
Whitney Johnson at Know Your Neighbor has an article in Meridian Magazine about reaching out to persons of other faiths by discussing religion over dinner. She calls the idea Dinner and a Mormon (a play on the TBS program Dinner and a Movie) and the idea is that we Mormons are less likely to [...]
I recently met Whitney Johnson who serves in Church Public Affairs in Boston. She’s created a website called Know Your Neighbor which advocates kindness, service, neighborliness, and an “inclusionary” attitude as important elements of member missionary work. As the Prophet Joseph said, “friendship is one of the grand principles of Mormonism.” A [...]
Today we attended the eBusiness Day at BYU. Thanks to Steve, Jeff, and Dan for letting us come. We talked to several people and passed out flyers on 12 Ways to Share the Gospel on the Internet.
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