There are many beautiful places to visit in this big world, but none have the unique history and majesty of Scotland. Those traveling o Great Britain often comment that they wish they had spent less time in London and more time traveling the green mountains, rolling hills and quaint harbors of England’s northern reaches.
A team of Brigham Young University students and faculty members recently created a new free online tutorial for the Personal Ancestral File program that is available at www.paftutorial.byu.edu to anyone interested in family history.
With all the talk of undocumented workers trying to capture a piece of the American Dream, it is nice to take a step back and see a story about how one young man achieves it. Goal is reminiscent of a hundred other sports hero movies, but it is not without good sentiment and a nice storyline.
If you hadn’t noticed, the father’s of the world are gone. Whether it be having children out of wedlock or two lesbian women having a child, one thing that is happening at an alarming rate is that fathers are disappearing from the landscape. Given the statistics for fatherless homes, our society is going to be in serious trouble. Here are a few alarming numbers from credible studies relating to this issue:
The Stadium of Fire in Provo, Utah, is usually one hot event for the July 4th holiday. This year, however, it was not only cloudy above the stadium, but a lot of the haze seemed to settle within the stadium. In short, this year’s event was unfocused, lacking in crowd appeal and lackluster in “fire” power.
TWO MORMON LEADERS CREDITED WITH INFLUENCING AMERICAN HISTORY
According to the monthly magazine The Atlantic, two early Mormon leaders are considered among the 100 Most Influential Historical Figures in American History. The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, is listed as number 52 on the list, while American Moses and the Father of the West, Brigham Young is listed as number 74.
You remember it, don't you? Bill Cosby updates the Noah story. God calls upon a skeptical Noah who responds in modern terms and questions God's wisdom until it starts raining. In response, the modern fashioned Noah suddenly finds religion and faith. "Just you and me God, just you and me."
It is a classic skit and it deserved a film version. Morgan Freeman, who reprises his role as God from "Bruce Almighty" and Steve Carrell, who makes a second appearance as the Everyman character, make this reincarnation true to form. It is funny. It is reverent and you need to see it with your kids.
Mitt Romney is finally defending himself from the attacks by Evangelicals. Sadly, he is still not explaining in detail the differences between Evangelicals and Mormons.
Here is a little help for our political friend, Mitt. A real explanation for those who want it.
If you love point-counterpoint, dig-in and see if you learn anything.
Having seen the first installment of the series, some may question whether Nicolas Cage and his entourage of conspiracy-theory treasure hunters could strike a cord a second time. The answer is somewhat mixed, but in the end, it is hard to argue that this latest episode was still very entertaining and deserving of a Saturday afternoon with the kids.
The storyline picks up after the first film and we now see our hero treasure hunter, Ben Hunter (Nicolas Cage), and his ex-girlfriend (Diane Kruger) on the outs. At the same time, a strange southerner (Ed Harris) asserts that a famous ancestor of our hero was actually involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a charge Gates takes personally.
At the Beehive Standard Weekly, our Internet analysis tools allow us to see what some people are searching for on search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and the like. Time and again, we see searches for "Mormon Underwear" coming up in our keywords section.
There appears to be some appetite for those who are curious as to the undergarment that some Mormon men and women wear. Rather than the void being filled with some anti-Mormon lunatic or those who might only desire to ridicule, we thought it would be appropriate to give a discrete response to those who might be genuinely curious, but who don't want to read the bigoted slander that exists on the world wide web.
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