Monthly Archives: June 2007

Religion and Social Networks

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.BYU professor Phil Windley points out that the United Methodist [...]

Are we reluctant to speak?

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 [...]

Number 2: Blog your testimony in your mission language

This is a series of posts about 12 Ways to Share the Gospel online.
Since I didn’t serve a full time mission, I don’t have a ‘mission’ language. So for those of you that don’t either this one may not be possible for you (but of course you should still write your testimony in your [...]

Eating with publicans and sinners…

Jesus was not afraid of mixing with sinners and publicans to do His work on the earth. In fact, He was often criticized by the Pharisees for not being like them (self-righteous and focused on their own interests, I would say).
We read in Matthews 9: 10-13:
“And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat [...]

Exemplary member videos

Jacob Durrant of AllAboutMormons.com is on a streak. He’s recently created eight videos explaining Gospel teachings in his own words:
A Crash Course in Mormonism
He’s also begun translating the videos into Portuguese, and all his videos are available on YouTube.
Here’s what Jacob is doing right:

He has created excellent videos using “consumer” level tools.
He shares his videos [...]

Mormon Testimonies: Ed Pinegar

Giuseppe worked a little magic and connected with Ed J. Pinegar, who kindly agreed to bear his testimony for the camera so we could publish it on YouTube and Google Video. We hope this will be the beginning of hundreds of video testimonies from prominent and not-so-prominent Church members. Find more text and video testimonies [...]

Anti-Mormonism: Good for Mormons?

Today the Wall Street Journal has an article entitled Anti-Semitism: Good for the Jews? that has interesting parallels to Mormonism. Mr. Volokh makes the following points:
Modest amounts of anti-Semitic speech and unfair criticism of Israel, it seems to me, can strengthen American Jews’ self-identity as Jews, and thus indirectly both support the preservation of the [...]

MormonWiki.com Edit Days

15-16 June 2007 are the first ever MormonWiki.com Edit Days. We are advising all More Good Foundation members and friends of the event. An edit need not be grand, just a few words can help increase the usefulness of MormonWiki. Consider my first edits:
My first tentative step to editing MormonWiki.com was to add Aaron the [...]