Did George Orwell read the BoM?
Posted on October 31, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 39 Comments
I found this quotation from George Orwell, written in the middle of WWII, to be fascinating (ht to “The Corner”):
In his Tribune column “As I Please” Orwell wrote (August 4, 1944) that death and destruction were not the most evil thing about war:
“We shall all be dead in less than a […]
Church for Members or Members for the Church?
Posted on October 30, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 21 Comments
Over at BCC there was a great discussion on the growth of the church. One comment that struck me was one by Hellmut discussing how other churches provide more for their members. As he put it,
People don’t mind to invest as long as there is a return. People are willing to sacrifice […]
What to do with BYU
Posted on October 26, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 104 Comments
One thing I’ve long wondered about is what the Church ought do with BYU. According to some accounts this is often a big debate among the brethren themselves. While one doesn’t hear the jokes about the “Harvard of the West” anymore, it does seem like so much has changed the past 10 years […]
Read More..>>Nacho Libre: Mormon Monk?
Posted on October 21, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 6 Comments
DVDs of Jared Hess’s movie Nacho Libre go on sale this week, which prompts the musing: Is Nacho Libre a Mormon movie?
Now, many people don’t think Hess’s previous movie, Napoleon Dynamite, counts as a Mormon movie. Reasons against it could include:
It was successful. Further, it was even successful with audiences unaware of […]
Read More..>>Romney reaches out…to Church members
Posted on October 19, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 88 Comments
I’m sure we’re going to be hearing about this “scandal” for the next two years (at least). Romney supporters had the audacity to discuss his campaign with other Mormons!!!!! Doesn’t he know that Mormons are not allowed to vote and organize for candidates? It’s been that way at least since Missouri in […]
Read More..>>A more religious Europe?
Posted on October 18, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 24 Comments
This article takes a look at current demographic trends and predicts that Europe, like the United States, will end up becoming more religious and conservative over the coming decades, not less so. And the author is not just talking about Muslim religious identity — he believes Christianity will rebound as well.
Read More..>>A request for information
Posted on October 17, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 9 Comments
Can any of you ward clerk types out there tell me what information I can get out of the church’s membership record management system, and in what format? What I’m after is something like first name, last name, street address, city, state, zip, either tab-delimited, .csv, or other simple text file format. Our […]
Read More..>>A Matter of Timing…
Posted on October 17, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 27 Comments
Today in 2006, no one cares that the Methodists had segregated congregations until 1968.
No one.
Of music and money
Posted on October 15, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 15 Comments
Bryce’s post about playing the piano brought several comments bemoaning the lack of pianists in wards and branches. I find myself wondering if someone in my bishopric reads this blog because today in Sacrament Meeting a new Sunday school class was announced. During Sunday school, any who are interested are to meet the […]
Read More..>>Harry Reid: The land of his inheritance
Posted on October 13, 2006 - Filed Under Any | 41 Comments
I’ll simply link a few editorials on our Mormon minority leader Harry Reid and the recent reporting about the $700k windfall from a recent land deal, and then I’ll link the response from TPMMuckraker.com that Jonathan Green referenced on T&S.
We report, you decide.
1)Washington Post on Harry Reid.
2)The Philadelphia Inquirer on Harry Reid.
3)TPMMuckraker.com defends Reid.
