The list was compiled considering the following counsel from George Albert Smith: “All safety, all righteousness, all happiness are on the Lord’s side of the line . . . All that enriches our lives and prepares us for eternal joy is on the Lord’s side of the line” (Conference Report, Oct. 1949, 5-6).
Key quotes, ideas, principles, and scriptures are provided for most of the movies on the list. These “keys” unlock the principal messages in the films and provide a basis for discussing the stories together as a family.
The first 2 pages of the list give ideas and guidelines to parents on how to make wise media choices. Steve suggests that parents do the following:
Hold family councils to decide what your media standards are going to be.
Spend enough quality time with your children that you are the main influence in their lives.
Make good media choices yourself and set the example.
Limit the amount of time your children watch TV or play video games or use the Internet.
Use Internet filters.
Locate computers and TVs in much used common rooms.
Take time to watch appropriate media with your children and discuss with them how to make choices that will uplift and build rather than degrade and destroy.
To find more information about a movie you are considering, you may want to use the following sources:
Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) By far the most comprehensive database anywhere, including user comments, user ratings, memorable quotes, and external reviews.
Decent Films (decentfilms.com) Movies reviewed from a moral standpoint. Rates them on recommendability, artistic and entertainment value, moral and spiritual value, and audience.
Christian Spotlight at the Movies (christiananswers.net/spotlight) Gives helpful reviews and moral guidelines. Occasionally reviews are not in harmony with Church standards.
Screen It! (screenit.com) Provides detailed reviews and cautions for parents on the content of movies. Some sections are free.
Conversations is a one-hour radio program featuring people of interest to the LDS community—General Authorities, Auxiliary leaders, and faithful Latter-day Saints. Some are joined by their spouses, who contribute an additional dimension. Each has an interesting story and a unique perspective. These discussions are done in a style which allows the listener to become acquainted with those being interviewed in an informal way. This is particularly interesting with the featured general authorities, who are known to most only in formal settings.
Conversations offers advice, wisdom and interesting stories that will lift your spirit and inspire your thoughts. The purpose of the program is to teach the gospel, strengthen individual testimonies, and encourage increased spiritual strength.
The Mormon Channel is planning more episodes of Conversations and is open to suggestions of guest ideas. Submit your ideas to radio@ldschurch.org. They are looking for members who have a compelling, true, and inspiring life story to tell.
It’s like a nationwide yard sale. Upillar.com offers unlimited free classified ads, like Craig’s list, but the advantage of Upillar is that it’s clean, family-friendly, and safe. It was started by a man from St. George, UT. The company has software and a team of people who review listings before they are posted to be sure they are safe and clean. Their site claims that “we work hard to keep our site free of inappropriate content – from porn listings to calls for sexually focused meet-ups. That way, you’re free to let your kids list and shop online here!”
You can promote your business, post a job, sell your car or home, or sell your junk for free.
Learn more by watching these videos. If you use Upillar.com, let us know what you think of it.
Think the new FamilySearch is all about searching through complicated census records, death indexes, or birth certificates? It’s not an original research tool, like the original FamilySearch Web site (FamilySearch.org). What you’ll find at new.FamilySearch.org is a site where you can build your personal family tree and prepare names for temple ordinances.
The new FamilySearch is the new version of Temple Ready. It lets you locate or add names of family members who need temple work done, then process and print a family ordinance request right on your home computer.
The names found on new FamilySearch are those that have already been submitted to the Church–correctly or incorrectly–in some form or another. The 1.3 billion records come from temple ordinance records (like the International Genealogical Index), Church computerized databases (like Ancestral File and Pedigree Resource File), Church extraction programs, Church membership records, and information entered directly into the system by users.
What you can now do is verify and correct the information, link your ancestors into a massive family tree of all mankind, and get their temple work done. What makes it cool is that you’re no longer working alone–this is a collaborative effort with every other member of the Church. You can see what the entire church community has done and tie your line into everyone else’s.
Therefore, use the new FamilySearch to build your family tree and clear names for temple work. Continue to use the original FamilySearch for original research.
This new site is now accessible to all LDS Church members, except 5 temple districts in Asia. You’ll need your membership number and confirmation date to create an account. Before long, a new feature called Family Tree will allow the general public to build, share, manage, collaborate, and preserve their family histories online.
Fight the New Drug (FightTheNewDrug.org) is a youth-oriented, non-profit organization dedicated to raising global awareness on the addictive and harmful potential of pornography.
Started by four Utahans, this youth-led movement intends to confront one of our generation’s most damaging and unchecked problems with education and openness. Rather than pushing a political, religious, or moral agenda, the group focuses [...]
The Church has created a widget to donate to the Haiti earthquake relief. To post this on your blog or Web site, click the Share tab on the widget, then click one of the icons, or copy the embed code to your site. Please help spread this widget to increase donations for this worthy cause.
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This year, Relief Society and Melchizedek Priesthood classes and quorums are studying the revised Gospel Principles book. The Church would like your comments about your experience as a student in these classes in January. Please answer a few brief questions to help them develop effective Church curriculum.
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Using cell phones during class
One-fourth of teens’ text messages are sent during class, according to a new survey. The poll found that teens send 440 text messages a week on average — 110 of them during class. That works out to more than 3 texts per class period.
This is in spite of widespread classroom bans [...]
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints appeals for help to relieve the suffering in Haiti.
Please consider contributing to the “Humanitarian Services Emergency Response.“
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Most young people have a cell phone and an iPod and nearly one third own a laptop computer. And a recent survey shows that the more media kids use, the less happy they tend to be.
An article in USA Today titled “Kids less happy as they’re more plugged into TV, music, Web?“ reports that heavy media users [...]
Yesterday, USA Today published an article titled “Kids’ electronic media use jumps to 53 hours a week.” In it, they reported that kids spend more than 53 hours a week with electronic media (cellphones, iPods, video games and computers)–that’s 7.5 hours/day! What do they do with electronic media? They listen to music, watch TV and movies, [...]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has just launched a new Web page about self-reliance. The new page includes study resources about becoming self-reliant and caring for the poor and the needy, including articles, scriptures, and other online materials.
Self-reliance is a simple concept that encourages each of us to take responsibility for our [...]
Tired of listening to radio stations that only play some music that you like? Don’t want to risk hearing offensive songs? Pandora Internet Radio may be the answer for you.
Pandora is your own, personalized, free radio station that you can access on the Internet, smartphones, and other devices. A radio station just for you, with [...]
Learn from a humble woman’s example how the power of prayer can work miracles in our lives. To learn more, read President Thomas S. Monson’s address about prayer
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Zytu Search Safe has created a safe browsing environment that is both entertaining and useful. You can watch thousands of videos and photos and be confident that you will find only family-friendly material. You can also upload and share your favorite videos and photos in a safe environment.
Zytu.org has created a content rating system similar [...]
A friend of mine, Steven K. Jones, has compiled The Good List: Using Movies From the Lord’s Side of the Line and has agreed to share it with others.
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