- Attention all Young Women leaders! Do you know about the awesome resources just a few clicks away? Lesson plans, clip art, mutual activity ideas and more, all at your typing fingertips.Begin with Beginnings New. This wonderful resource not only has ideas and lesson resources, but also promotes discussion on various topics confronting todays young women leaders. I love this site!Now Girlfriend Gab is devoted to providing ideas, advice and inspiration. And with articles on physical fitness, inspirational videos, as well as news pieces, it does just that.Another nice blog directed more toward teens, is LDSblogs.com: Teens & Seminary: Young Women. Scroll down through these posts on the different values in the Young Women program.While not necessarily blogs, these websites can also be awesome resources:LDS.org: Young Women
- SugarDoodle: Young Women Program
- LDS Young Women Forums
- YW Connection
- MormonShare.com: Young Women
And now for some other inspiring posts from this week:Power Pick — Mothers Day for the Motherless and the Infertile is thoughtful, sad, beautiful and insightful all rolled into one profound post. One woman chronicles her journey in learning to accept and even love Mothers Day, with moving results: So this year, I am looking forward to Mothers Day with a greater joy than ever. If I were not infertile, I would be considered well within child-bearing years, so I have time and ability to begin alternative processes of becoming a mother. I understand that infertility NEVER limited my ability to be a mother, it just meant I needed to take a different path. And there is nothing even remotely wrong with that. Nothing at all.Background Check — Would you pay to advertise your LDS blog, in the hopes that those of other faiths would come check it out? As I perused the comments at Ongofu (Swahili for converted, if you were wondering) I was struck by the number of obviously non-Mormon comments reacting favorably or asking questions about the posts presented. So I asked, and Rusty answered: I actively market my blog using social media platforms, and even pay for advertising under the generic categories of Christianity, Religion, Church, as well (of course) as Mormonism. How cool is that? Launched January 31, 2008, Ongofu is a non-confrontational introduction to Mormonism… focusing on topics of hope, inspiration, and encouragement that benefit everybody. Some favorite posts include Spiritual Entropy,Beware the rear view mirror,Standing out from the crowd and A windshield wiper for life. Rusty hopes that the religiously diverse nature of my target audience will spur valuable conversations and intermingling of all religions in an environment where I can help keep things healthily respectful. The tremendous response Ongofu has gotten by the non-LDS crowd also shows me that the consumer base searching for 'Mormonism' is indeed, not always Mormon. To me that justifies the late nights I spend writing posts. It also tells me there's a market for blogs like mine and an anxious and ready consumer base. Go for it! New Blog —Keepapitchinin began exactly two days ago with a Salutatory. Whats Keepapitchinin? Well besides being fun to say, its another of the long line of blogs named after old LDS/Utah periodicals. The original Keepatpitchinin was a comic newspaper the Mad Magazine of its day published at Salt Lake City sporadically from 1867 to 1871. This new version will include history, culture, current events, on-this-date posts and anything else that catches her fancy. Her, being Ardis Parshall, will be using her real name unlike the original editors George J. Taylor (son of apostle, later President John Taylor), Joseph C. Rich (son of apostle Charles C. Rich) and Heber John Richards (son of apostle Willard Richards), who used pseudonyms. Welcome to the Bloggernacle Keepapitchinin!Quotable Comment — I would love to be a level 14 archelder (preferably if the advancement came with a sword +3 damage against anti-Mormons - I would name it, schmoe-hammer). — J. Stapley commenting on the idea of having further Church advancement opportunities after entering Relief Society and Elders/High Priests Quorum at The Next Step.Techie Tip — ChaCha. No were not talking about the dance, its a new question answering service that is available on your cell phone for free (although Im guessing text messaging rates apply). How cool is that? Joel Dehlin gives us the info at Everybody loves to cha-cha-cha.And with that, Im dancing away!