BYU Devotional: Derek Marquis

Derek Marquis spoke to us last Tuesday.  He's had quite a bit of experience in broadcasting, and shared a great message about the media and the influence it has had on society over the years.  He especially talked about its influence for good.  After all, thanks to miracles such as radio, television, the internet, and texting, it has become easier than ever to spread the Gospel to all the world as has been commissioned by the Savior.  He played for us a sound clip of a recording by President Wilford Woodruff  of him bearing his testimony of the Savior and Joseph Smith, recorded onto a wax cylinder clear back in the 1800's!  And since then, technology has continued to progress in leaps and bounds.  The Lord's servants have always used these advances to advance His work, and Bro. Marquis encouraged us to do the same.  We should take a look at the technologies available to us and determine what more we can do to use them to spread the Gospel and participate in the conversations going on about the Church!

A new look at the Good Samaritan

The other day I was reading an article called The Good Samaritan: Forgotten Symbols.  It was very interesting!  It showed connections to this memorable parable by Jesus Christ that I'd never thought of before.  You can go here to read it.

Bring them in!

We talked a lot about serving others in church today.  I especially liked what we talked about in Sunday School.  The Mormon handcart companies were mentioned, particularly the Martin and Willie handcart companies and how Brigham Young had sent forth volunteers to go and rescue them.  He said,