175th Annual General Conference

I know I said my previous post would be the last thing I write about Mormonism for a while, but I can’t pass up this opportunity. I watched most of conference this weekend and I’m wondering which talks inspired or interested people the most.

I was personally intrigued by Elder Russell M. Nelson’s talk about his wife and preparing to meet God. That’s certainly one I’ll study thoroughly when the transcripts get posted on Thursday. I’m also more than a little curious about the church’s new missionary program, Preach My Gospel, announced by Richard G. Scott.

Anyone else have a favorite talk you plan to study in more detail later?

Testing Blog by Mail

I’m writing this blog entry in an email and sending it to my wordpress software via a secret mail account I’ve set up on my server.

I’m not sure why anyone would do this, since it seems less convenient than blogging by internet. The only place I can think of where I have email but not internet is on my cell phone, and how much blogging will I honestly do from my cell phone?

Nevertheless, I suppose this is an interesting feature.

Update @ 12:31 pm: Well, I thought I had email on my phone, but apparently I don’t. This feature is utterly useless to me.

Mormon Literature

This will be my last post on Mormonism for a while. I honestly never intended for this blog to center around Mormonism, but it’s a hard subject for me to avoid given my background and the concern I have for my friends and family.

The purpose of this post is to ask an honest question. I’m trying to learn all I can about Mormonism. In my statements here and elsewhere I’d like to portray LDS doctrine as accurately as I can without resorting to ad hominem or straw man arguments. To that end, I’m asking the LDS folks who read this blog to please recommend some positive reading material. I’m interested in reading the classics I never read before—preferably books that most Mormons would recognize and trust.

Since so many commenters claim that I don’t understand the Mormon concept of forgiveness, I’m currently reading The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball ((Being such an old book, I was worried that it may have fallen out of popularity, but I was encouraged by the clerk at Seagull Book & Tape. When I brought it to the counter she told me she had just purchased herself a copy and was really enjoying it.)).

Other books on my list include:

Are there any classics I’m leaving out ((In case anyone wants to recommend The Book of Mormon, I should mention that I’ve read a few times already and am currently a fourth of the way through it again.))? Any on the list above I should avoid? Especially any on the list above you’ve never heard of or know little about?

Thanks are offered in advance for any counsel provided.

Janene's Blog

I installed a copy of [WordPress] on my wife’s website a couple weeks ago. Since then she’s been thinking a lot about what she wants to blog about. I don’t think she’s arrived at any conclusions, yet, but at least she got the ball rolling today.

Please give a warm blogosphere welcome to my lovely wife over at “Janene’s Blog”:http://www.janeneday.com.

P.S. She isn’t a big fan of Homestar Runner (gasp!), so if you could keep the HR inside jokes to a minimum, she would probably appreciate it. Thanks.

Janene’s Blog

I installed a copy of [WordPress] on my wife’s website a couple weeks ago. Since then she’s been thinking a lot about what she wants to blog about. I don’t think she’s arrived at any conclusions, yet, but at least she got the ball rolling today.

Please give a warm blogosphere welcome to my lovely wife over at “Janene’s Blog”:http://www.janeneday.com.