I’m currently working in New York, and there is something unique on what seems like every street corner here: people passing out Jews for Jesus literature. Some of the literature is actually quite clever. So, in the tradition of these pamphlets, I will ask the denizens of the Bloggernacle to consider a provocative question: are Jews for Jesus allies of Mormons or not?
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Ken Jennings back in the news
Mormon Jeopardy icon Ken Jennings has been finding out that blogging can be hazardous to your public image. Take a look here. Ken also got ripped by the NY Post here. Ken responded yesterday pointing out that his comments were, um, tongue in cheek. The trouble all started with Ken’s blog entry here. My take: it’s pretty obvious that Ken was engaging in parody, but I’m not sure of the purpose of his blog post. There were a few funny lines, but why even be perceived to make fun of Jeopardy? Standard “public relations protocol” calls for Ken to only say completely nice things about the show that brought him fame. Yes, he’s smarter than most people, but there are a lot of readers who simply aren’t going to catch on to his sense of humor. If he had asked my opinion, I would have said: “stay away from any jokes about Jeopardy and Alex Trebek.” I’m willing to be convinced I’m wrong. What do you Bloggernacle types think?
Missionary work
Some of you may have read the incredibly inspiring stories at Bookslinger’s Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon blog. Every time I see his name commenting on a post in the Bloggernacle, I get humbled a bit. I usually hand out only three or four Books of Mormon a year, and here he is placing them every week. So, I have started carrying some Books of Mormon in my briefcase looking for opportunities as I travel. One such opportunity came up last week when I was in New York.
Happy Pioneer Day!
Despite the fact that I grew up and still live in Utah, I don’t actually do anything for this day. Neither of my parents are from Utah, so they were not raised with any Pioneer Day traditions. Therefore, they passed no traditions for this day on to me. Occassionally I watch the parade in Salt Lake on TV (when the parade is on a non-work day, unlike today), but that’s been the extent of my celebrations.
Nevertheless, I thought I’d wish you all a happy day. Heaven knows Mondays need as many good wishes as possible. I’ll share my favorite quote from Eric Snider. “Every July we celebrate Pioneer Day here in Utah. It’s a very patriotic holiday. You can tell by all the flags flying. A patriotic holiday, the celebration of when the Mormons fled the United States and fled to Mexican territory.”
LDS filmmaker to help counter ‘bigotry’
The director of “The Other Side of Heaven” has started a campaign to help counter anti-Mormon bigotry. Mitch Davis has started a web site RunMittRun.org and is hoping to raise money and awareness to counter the large number of people who say they would not vote for a Mormon for president.