A reason to blog

I was blog-surfing tonight and found a link to this article by Elder M. Russell Ballard. This is a transcript from a speech he made at Brigham Young University Management Society in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2008. A very interesting read (if you've got a minute)....it's about all the media attention the church has received lately.

But here's the best part..... we've been counseled (well, maybe counseled isn't exactly the right word, but you know what I mean) to blog! :)
AND I QUOTE:
"But Church leaders can’t do it all, especially at the grass-roots, community level. While we do speak authoritatively for the Church, we look to our responsible and faithful members to engage personally with blogs, to write thoughtful, online letters to news organizations, and to act in other ways to correct the record with their own opinions.....
Share your experiences – those from your own life – that show how your values and your faith intersect. It doesn’t matter whether that’s face to face with another person, or whether you do it by participating from your own blog or contributing to someone else’s blog. The most important thing is that you let people know that you are a Latter-day Saint, and that your behavior and attitude always reflect the high standards of the Church and what is expected as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. Of course, you will be speaking as an individual member and not as an official representative of the Church."