I’m glad the First Presidency’s letter inviting all members to read the Book of Mormon before the end of the year has gotten a little play in the Bloggernacle, but I think it needs more emphasis. Just like Frank, I think this is an invitation we need to take very seriously. As with all things, blogging is the answer.
The natural thing to do would be for me to put together a calendar and show you exactly how much you need to read a day, what chapter you need to be in on October 10 and November 10 and etc. But that’s just not me. I’m an organizationally challenged guy with inspiration that runs in fits and starts. So you’re on your own in figuring out how fast you need to read.
What I think sounds more fun is to discuss the reading as we go. Assuming we can all generally keep up a decent pace of reading, I’d like to blog about specific parts of the Book of Mormon, in a very non-comprehensive, take the insights as they come kind of way. My hope is that by the end of the year we’ll have ten to fourteen useful discussions, each growing out of principles taught in each of the major books of the Book of Mormon. Maybe I’ll invite a guest blogger to handle Jarom and Omni for me, but you get the idea. Hopefully, we can generate some discussion about the Book, and create a community focused on motivating everyone to accept the First Presidency’s invitation.
I’d also like to say that this is a poaching-immune idea. In other words, how great would it be if every blog out there made an effort to post thoughts culled from reading the Book of Mormon? What if the Bloggernacle suddenly became a rich repository of Book of Mormon reflections over the next four and a half months? If you’re considering doing so, don’t let the Steve-bot scare you off this one.
Anyway, without further ado, on with the BOMBlogging . . .