The church has two new sites to help youth track their Duty to God and Personal Progress goals.

http://dutytogod.lds.org and http://personalprogress.lds.org.

Right now they are more informational, but they are working on making them much more interactive for the youth. The link below is a tech forum asking for an update of when they might be available. it might be a good one to bookmark if you are a youth leader and check back on occasionally.

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The new Mormon.org was released last night and it looks great! I went in and found my profile by doing a search for tech in the blank field that lets you narrow things down. Below is a link.

I also took the chance to share my profile on facebook so all my non LDS friends can read a little bit more of why I am Mormon. I think the church should add some features that allow people to easily see and share their own profile.

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Stephen Anderson is a teacher and composer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He is a good friend of mine and also LDS.  In February of this year he wrote a musical piece called “War Peace” earlier this year and collaborated with some others to build a multimedia presentation out of it.  The result is astounding.

This piece has strong ties to the Book of Mormon and the pride cycle.   He even starts out with a familiar hymn and a visual representation of the pride cycle.

Peace – Prosperity – Greed – Pride – Enmity – Revenge – Regret – Sorrow – Peace

He quotes scriptures and has a ton of political video and really put the Pride Cycle into a modern visual experience.  The whole piece is about 20 minutes long and an amazing multimedia experience.

Listening Tip:  Can you hear the different cycles?  I don’t know this for sure, but I think he musically represents all the cycles.  My guess is that he briefly starts with peace and prosperity but quickly goes into Greed and Pride and certainly ends with peace again.   He has put the score on his website for you to kind of follow along.

So full screen the video, sit back and enjoy.  Don’t worry… the pictures are supposed to be blurry at the beginning. ‘

If you enjoy this, you might also check out his facebook page and his latest CD “Nation Degeneration” (Can you guess what the topic is?)

Great stuff from LDS Media Talk:

“Last month, I told you about the Scriptures for Kids site (http://scriptures4kids.com/). Here are a few other sites you may be interested in:

- Veggie Tales (bigidea.com): Christian stories told through animation.
- Living Scriptures (livingscriptures.com): LDS videos and learning resources based on the scriptures.
- Scripture Bugs (scripturebugs.com): 3D animated musical series based on LDS scripture stories.”

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So I got word today that my Mormon.org Profile has been approved. That is pretty awesome. Since it is not live I have no idea how to link to it, so I took a screeshot. You can see the top of it at the link below.

I still think this is really neat. If you have not set up your profile, be sure to do that at http://www.mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/new-mormon-org.

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Have I mentioned before that I love all the church is doing with technology… and their website. The church now has a website on their beta site with links to all the different ways to access the gospel library and the mormon channel… and they are many!

Gospel Library
- Android
- Blackberry (Coming Soon)
- iPhone/iTouch/iPd
- Palm
- Windows Mobile (Coming Soon)

Mormon Channel
- Android
- iPhone/iTouch (iPad Coming Soon)
- Palm
- Windows Mobile (Coming Soon)

Click on the link below for instructions on adding it to each of your devices.

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This Diamond Rio song being banned from the Radio The song you are about to listen to is from a Las Vegas Diamond Rio concert.. They received an immediate resounding standing ovation, and continue to do so every time they perform it! Sadly, major radio stations wouldn’t play it because it was considered ‘politically incorrect’. Consequently, the song was never released to the public.. So America , see what you think.. If this offering speaks to your heart and you feel you want to share it with friends and loved ones, please do.

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The church just posted another great MormonMessages video… but the cool part for me is the new beta Youth site. It is really impressive. The church is really doing so much web work that is so impressive. Check out the video with the link below.

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I love Randy Glasbergen cartoons and actually use a few of them in my upcoming book. He just posted this in honor of fathers day… awesome stuff! Enjoy a laugh.

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There is great list of all the official Facebook pages for the Church posted on LDS Media Talk today. They have a bunch of them!!

I subscribe to most of these and really enjoy getting a little spiritual nourishment in the sea of farmville and mofia wars.

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