Credentials Pt.2
Continuing on my post from last week by the same title, I read an article on MSN today that sheds light into the topic of credibility. A 22 year-old university student from Dublin, Shane Fitzgerald, decided to try his own sociology experiment on Wikipedia. He made up a quote and put it on the page of a recently deceased composer named Maurice Jarre as having been said by the deceased person. His plan was to see whether the inaccurate quote…
Credentials
I’ve often thought that the empowerment of technology has a big downside to it: it allows anybody to speak their mind no matter how much (or how little) they know about something. When anyone can have a blog, or leave a comment on a blog, it can appear that the playing field is level and that all opinions hold equal weight. I’ll go on record and say that I don’t buy into that thinking. So then, we must look at…
Top 60 Church Blogs
Kent Shaffer, from churchrelevance.com, recently did some internet research and determined the top 60 church blogs. If you are wondering what other people are reading or if you’re looking for some new sites to broaden your horizons than check out his list.
Blogging for the New Year
I know that many people will be enacting their own New Year’s Resolutions starting today. If being a better blogger makes it on any of your lists, then here is a great site to give you ideas to improve your blog.
OTR – Dr. Andrew Jackson
I had the opportunity to spend a lunch with Dr. Andrew Jackson for an Off the Record interview. No, I’m not referring to our 7th President. This Andrew Jackson is an author, blogger, networker, and spiritual-activist. He recently released a book called Mormonism Explained: What Latter-Day Saints Teach and Practice. He also runs the website smartchristian.com in addition to a number of other sites. His website is “a blog outlet providing lifestreaming stuff, top-quality information and breaking news on religion,…

