Cameron Moon

“One reason people rush so quickly to the vulgar satisfactions of judgment, and love to revel in their righteous outrage, is that it spares them from the impotent pain of empathy, and the harder, messier work of understanding.” - Tim Kreider #RSNB #EUEA

.@SenJohnCurtis @SenMikeLee when will you find a conscience and speak up?

Mitt Romney was right about pretty much all of it

@EricCMeadows As an (almost) lifelong Utahn, I 100% agree with this. I love Utah, it’s a great place to live. But I served stateside (Washington) and have seen this all happen. Living in Utah is great. But the kingdom needs to built everywhere.

Latter-day Saints Should Put Down Roots Outside the Hub of Utah: Building Zion Where We Are: I have hesitated to write this, but I’m going to be bold. The reason I post so much about Wisconsin is because I want good members to move here. It’s a wonderful place and we need you here. Anyone who lives outside the intermountain west has experienced the same thing on a regular basis. Ask anyone, and they will tell you this has happened. A ward, always eager for more families in an area with few members, has one move in due to a job transfer. They are enthusiastically welcomed in and integrated into the ward. After a year or two, the family then moves back to Utah. The ward feels deflated and discouraged. This happens all the time. Another scenario also frequently happens in these wards. Again, ask anyone, and they will tell you this has happened as well. A well established family has a college-aged child who decides to go to school in Utah. They leave the ward to move to Utah, and then they meet someone from there, get married, and stay there. The native ward feels deflated and discouraged. The parents of that child then feel pulled to move to Utah to be closer to their children. This is not an anti-Utah post, but a plea to people to consider putting down multi-generational roots in other places, too. When these remote wards lose good families, they completely change the dynamic of the primary or youth programs. Marriage-aged members have fewer potential prospects and have no choice but to look towards Utah. These remote wards also lose out on experience that comes from multi-generational experience in the church. If every college-aged member in my area stayed here and had families here, and every family that moved here stayed, the size of our wards and stakes would easily be double what they are now, but sadly, the pull to Utah is often a net-negative to the growth here. Lastly, Utah is increasingly becoming unlivable. Now may be the time to move to other places. Our forebears were willing to go to new places to establish a new Zion. We should be willing to today.

SEC: MOST OVERRATED CONFERENCE OF ALL TIME.

Fascinating detail from Jeffrey R. Holland’s obituary in the Salt Lake Tribune. Anyone who says the brethren are deaf to criticism, hostile to dissent, or uninterested in outside perspectives is simply wrong.

On my mission, there was a burned CD that someone (maybe me?) titled "Hollandpalooza"—a compilation of talks Elder Holland had given when he was president of BYU. The CD was a coveted possession, and it circulated throughout the Texas Dallas Mission in 2007-2008. For young men and women earnestly experimenting with Christian discipleship, the talks were perfect—inspiring, challenging, erudite, and, of course, beautifully written and delivered. They shaped my spiritual worldview at a pivotal moment in my life, and I continued to learn from him for the next 20 years. I'm grateful for the life he lived and the wisdom he shared.

@mckaycoppins This is perfectly said and exactly captures my experience with those same BYU talks when I was a missionary. It was a window into adult discipleship and so shaped my approach to church membership. Devastated that he’s gone.

I parked my car in downtown SLC with 2 Runnin' Utes tickets on my passenger seat. Someone smashed my window and left 2 more. Stay safe out there 🙏

11 Win Seasons since 1990: -BYU 8 -Notre Dame 6

Getting blown out in the Conference Championship matters for a Big 12 team like BYU, but doesn’t matter for an SEC like Alabama who had more losses and a bad loss to a 5-7 team? Unbelievable SEC bias.

The real problem isn’t the SEC. The real problem is ESPN.

BYU got punished for losing convincingly but Alabama didn't? Blow it up

Watching the AAC game right now and the ESPN announcers just showed the logos for Miami, bama, & ND and literally said “Now that BYU is out of the way it’s a 3 way battle between these teams.” I'm not a consipracy guy but this is so blatant it's not even a conspiracy. Such a joke

I really hope that Kalani Sitake doesn’t take heat for this loss. BYU came out ready to play. Texas Tech is just flat out the better team.

The amount of work I will get done this week as a result of being off twitter is going to be unbelievable.

@stoolpresidente Don’t give up on us next season Dave. We need you.

I have a flight to catch

@court_iorg I think bear’s injury is limiting the plays they can successfully run

I’m so sick of A rod

I have to say—I understand why the Utes are so insufferable about their rose bowl appearances. This is unlike any game I’ve ever been to, and it hasn’t even started. It’s emotional. Seeing BYU in this venue, with all the stuff that went on this week, It’s something else. Go Cougs