The Parable of the Cement Pylon

Years ago I heard a story about a person who was driving down the freeway and approaching an interchange with two possible directions the driver could choose.  One person in the car was telling the driver to go right and another person was telling the driver to go left.  The driver was unable to make [...]

Projected Increase in Online Advertising

Despite a declining economy, industry experts are projecting an increase in online advertising spending.  eMarketer’s projection, benchmarked against the latest Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) data, puts online ad spending at $25.7 billion in 2009. That is 8.9% over the $23.6 billion that will be spent in 2008, and pretty good considering how other advertising formats are [...]

Forever Strong

The following blog entry is a review of a movie I recently watched, titled Forever Strong. 

Warning: The movies I like the best generally get poor reviews with movie critics.  “It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of my all-time favorite movies.  I love the epic battle between good and evil and do not think it is [...]

Finding Peace While at War

One of my favorite scriptures describes a holy man named Moroni who lived during the year 72 B.C.:
If all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children [...]

Elder Ballard Article about Sharing the Gospel Online

As many of you know, I am passionate about online missionary work.  This is a topic that Elder M. Russell Ballard has been discussing lately as well.  Earlier this year I had one of the most amazing experiences of my life when David Neeleman and I were able to site down will Elder Ballard and [...]

Free Scriptures App for iPhone

Lee Falin has released a free scriptures application for the iPhone named “The Scriptures”.  This version contains all of the standard works for the LDS Church and the ability to search for a word or phrase across all of the scriptures. It does NOT yet contain foot notes, Topical Guide, Bible Dictionary, scripture marking ability, [...]