This Newsweek article is a very positive look at all of the Mormons who have competed in the reality TV shows recently. I have never seen any of these shows, so this was a huge eye-opener for me. I’ve seen several posts in the Bloggernacle discussing various shows, but I had no idea of the amount of Mormons out there in the various shows. As far away from Utah as I am, I also had no idea that people were actively organizing and rooting for Mormon candidates and that Family Home Evenings were spent watching these shows.

These types of articles are great positive publicity for the Church, especially now when we are once again fighting the PR battle.

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There was a decent scene in the otherwise forgettable movie “Singles 2nd Ward” in which a mother gives her kids an increasing amount of food during Sacrament meeting. I can’t remember all of the details (see how forgettable the movie is?), but I seem to recall at some point she pulls out milk and cereal, bowls and spoons, etc, and begins serving her kids. And then the irreverent non-Mormon visitor gets hungry and offers one of the kids some money for his sandwich. Anyway, I got a smile out of it (but please don’t write outraged comments telling me how much you hated this movie, because you’ll get no argument from me).

I was thinking about this the other day as my wife pulled out a Clif bar for my two-year-old.

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