Sunday, April 20, 2008

Changing misperceptions...

So...at a recent BYU-I graduation, the graduates were encouraged to spread the gospel online and be active about changing the misperceptions of the church through the internet. I read a blog by the chief information officer of the church sites and he was saying that there is a big push to have people be "internet missionaries" every day by writing in response to false ideas or perceptions of the church wherever we come across them (even the comments on everyday news sites are bringing up some crazy "mormon" ideas...especially with the polygamy deal in Texas). I was talking to my sister Sara about this over the weekend and brainstorming ways I can help. I think it's awesome when I see people talking about our beliefs in just describing their everyday living on their blogs. Here's one of my favorite examples: http://wilkinsonquints.blogspot.com/2008/04/day-in-life.html. This LDS family lives in Austin TX, has quints, and from the first day the babies came home, have relied on the community to be in their home helping with the babies. The community has totally come through for them and they always have volunteers at their house...night and day. Even news stations take shifts and document it all. What an awesome example of a real LDS family....I doubt anyone who knows them will confuse them with the FLDS images they see on the news. Another favorite of mine is this blog I happened upon tonight: http://thegabblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/just-for-record.html I'm thinking about starting another blog (would this be four for me? ...hmm...probably couldn't keep it up) that I update once a week with things going on in my life that testify of Christ. It could randomly be happened upon and maybe I can change just one misperception of Latter-day Saints. What can you do to help with this effort online?

1 comment:

Krista said...

what a great idea! i need to right about my beliefs more often! at least link over to them too! thanks for the great idea. Ü