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New Jerusalem, Anyone?

Posted by Eric Nielson on October 30th, 2006

Our tenth article of faith contains the phrase:
that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent;
In compliance with the Lord’s command in Section 52 of the Doctrine and Covenants the elders of the church traveled from Kirtland to Missouri. After they arrived the prophet Joseph Smith received a revelation which is Section [...]

Brother of Jared: Key Events

Posted by Eric Nielson on August 7th, 2006

The name of this blog is an obvious play on words regarding the chosen namesake, the brother of Jared. Simply change the ‘brother’ to ‘blogger’ and there you have the name. We have now switched to Wordpress, but will probably keep the name the same. Wordpress of Jared seems a little silly.
For my first post [...]

Diversity is Overrated

Posted by Eric Nielson on July 17th, 2006

Kaimi made an interesting post recently at Times and Seasons about Times and Seasons. He was writing about the benefits of being an inter-ideologically diverse group blog. He mentioned how many group blogs are places where birds of a feather flock together. I suppose he could have been talking about Blogger of Jared and similar [...]