Latter-day Blog

I recently was looking at comments in a forum of sorts and the question was asked:
“The coming of Jesus was prophesied. Were there any prophecies about Josephs Smith or any of the other Mormon people?”

So off the top of my head I thought of a few that I could write about.

First, one of my favorites [...]

One of my favorite church videos is Mountain of the Lord as it describes events that occurred during the 40 year process to build the Salt Lake Temple. Most interesting to me was at the end of the movie with it explain that Utah means “Top of the mountains.” What I had not realized (or [...]

Stories of the Prophet Joseph Smith never cease to amaze me. The following was taken from pp 26-27 of How To Pray and Stay Awake:

One of the best known incidents in church history is when the Prophet Joseph Smith healed the impoverished and dying Saints in the swamps of Nauvoo. Have you ever wondered why [...]

It’s here! Aaron Herd has made an updated video of the stake growth to include 2005 and he says we’re the first outside the church office building to receive it. Thanks Aaron, we love it!

Download the video with this link.
(*Again, this video is about 10 MB so it may take a while to download)

Last week my wife and I went to see the new Joseph Smith movie which has replaced “Testaments” at the Legacy Theater in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. First off, you should know that I am not a big movie goer. I think my wife and I only saw one movie in the [...]

See the new 2005 version here.
This is a cool video showing the growth of the church by stakes throughout the world. I know that from experience from members in South Africa, it can be difficult to get a stake.
Click an image below to download the video: