Tagged with "What They're Saying About Us"
Elder Dallin H. Oaks honored for championing religious freedom
MR says: A great honor--Elder Oaks received the Canterbury Medal from the Becket Fund, a non-profit public-interest law firm that seeks to protect religious freedom. Speaking to what he termed the most influential audience he's ever addressed on the subject, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of...
The mainstreaming of Mormonism
MR says: "Seeing the word 'Mormon' sprinkled all over the media today like popcorn salt means members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints need to have a good sense of who they are and must learn to factor in all types of assumptions and opinions." I remember, as a missionary in Bolivia,...
Mormon Works vs. Evangelical Grace? Not So Fast
MR says: A recent piece ran in Christianity Today about using Mormonism as a model for engaging youth. This is a great response by LDS writer Jana Reiss, clarifying (yet again) that Mormons believe in grace before works. This month, the evangelical magazine Christianity Today asked three experts on youth...
HuffPost: Don't Judge a Book of Mormon By Its Cover: How Mormons Are Discovering the Musical as a Conversion Tool
MR says: A must-read. Fascinating look at how *The Book of Mormon* musical is impacting membership and (more importantly) how the Church's changing teaching methods are more relevant to people today than traditional methods. "For a religion to be vital, it needs to show it's relevant to people. And the LDS Church seems well aware of that."
Mormons become 'real people' for "Book of Mormon" musical cast touring upstate New York
MR says: Mixed feelings about the way some of the actors discuss Mormons and Mormonism, but awesome that they went to the heart of it all for greater perspective. Mormons became "real people" for the cast of a touring company of the Broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon,” after touring LDS Church...
Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | 8 May 2013
MR says: Three articles in the news this week that got things right. Intermountain Catholic: Mormons Honor Benedictine Sisters' Legacy Reaching out to those of other faiths and recognizing their important contributions to society is an important part of Mormonism. This happened in late April when, as...
'Verge' magazine highlights Mormons, LDS FamilySearch in video and article
MR says: This is a long and very good article on the increasing popularity (and business) of ancestry. The article talks about genealogy as a central tenet to Mormonism and mentions the free resources the Church provides. In March nearly 7,000 people traveled to the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake...
What older newspapers reported about Mormons
MR says: Brief and fascinating read. Tom Kemp has searched extensively for mentions of Latter-day Saints in older newspaper archives. And for the director of genealogy products for GenealogyBank, a newspaper digitization archive, the biggest surprise was the amount of positive information he found from the...
Media personality leaving Houston area for high-level Mormon post
MR says: Local highlight of one man recently called to the First Quorum of the Seventy. Great photo gallery at the full article. After 35 years in the Houston area - first as an Oilers' Luv Ya Blue-days quarterback and then a longtime KHOU-TV sports director - Giff Nielsen and his wife, Wendy, are heading to...
Provo ranked the most ‘flirty’ city in U.S.
MR says: Another distinction for BYU's hometown. The article makes a big deal out of political affiliation and likeliness to flirt (apparently conservatives are more likely to be flirtatious). A new study by Flirt.com shows that Provo may not only be one of the most conservative cities in the United States,...
Jewish Viewpoint: Learning from Mormons on Interfaith Marriage
MR says: A complimentary piece that admires how young Mormons approach marriage (both in and out of faith) and faith from a long-term perspective. Concludes that Mormons have an admirable confidence in their message and community. When it comes to interfaith marriage, is there anything that Jews can learn...
British Mormons take on 'The Book of Mormon'
MR says: Yay! A great, positive piece talking about the true beliefs of Mormons, as coinciding with the recent launch of the "I'm a Mormon" media campaign in the UK. Usually UK papers try to slide something horrible in the article, but not in this one. There was a moment on the red carpet outside London’s...
Newman's Own CEO commends BYU students for 'charitable motivation'
MR says: This president works on innovations to solve social problems and recently came to work with the BYU students on such projects. A recent trip to Utah filled one man with hope for the future of philanthropy. Robert H. Forrester, president and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation, traveled to BYU last week...
News Roundup: Highlights from April 2013 General Conference
Get top articles about the 183rd General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including news and complete coverage of talks. LDS Church Sees Changes in General Conference - KSL Photos and Multimedia of General Conference - Newsroom.LDS.org President Monson...
Boise names LDS Temple one of 150 'icons' to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial
MR says: Some nice background on the Boise Idaho Temple, which was named one of the city's icons for the sesquicentennial celebration. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Boise Temple is the second LDS temple in Idaho, after the Idaho Falls Temple, built in 1945. Gordon B. Hinckley, who later...
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