Seeking help from readers in Canada, the UK, and beyond
Streaming services Deseret Video+ and Living Scriptures seem to work differently in different countries — as, of course, do DVDs. I could use your feedback.
I’m asking a favor from readers of this blog who live, move, and have their being outside of the United States of America.
Recently, during our extensive travels overseas (which are, alas, far from over for the year), I’ve been made aware of limitations in the distribution of Witnesses and Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon that I had not expected. It turns out that streaming rules vary in surprising ways from country to country. And that DVDs that are playable here in the States are not always playable elsewhere. In recent weeks, we’ve learned about problems in both Canada and the United Kingdom, both of which represent reasonably large potential audiences for the two films. (We’re not expecting to reap profits from those audiences; we simply want people to see the films.)
So I’m posing a question, particularly to those of you who might be in the United Kingdom or Canada, but also, I think, to any of you who happen to be in such locations as Australia and New Zealand and, for the matter, in Asia, on the European continent, and so forth:
Do American DVDs or BluRays work where you are? Are you able to stream Witnesses or Undaunted: Witnesses of the Book of Mormon where you are? The former, in particular, is now available for streaming via Living Scriptures, Deseret Video+, and Amazon’s Prime Video. But it seems that those streaming services work differently in different countries, leaving me somewhat unsure of where our two films are actually accessible to those who want to see them.
I’m interested in feedback on this question because I’m about to make contact with a distribution company based in the Los Angeles area that should be able to help in this regard. And I need to know exactly where we need help.
Nibley Lectures: Time Vindicates the Prophets — Two Ways to Remember the Dead
Between 7 March 1954 and 17 October 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of thirty weekly lectures on KSL Radio that were also published as pamphlets. The series, called “Time Vindicates the Prophets,” was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to call themselves Christians.
This lecture is a discussion of better ways to remember the dead.
Stephen O. Smoot is the guest for the Interpreter Radio Roundtable on Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 38, “A Marvellous Work and a Wonder” on Isaiah 13–14; 24–30; 35. He joined the panelists for the roundtable, who were Neal Rappleye, Jasmin Rappleye, and Hales Swift. The roundtable has been extracted from the 7 August 2022 broadcast of the overall Interpreter Radio Show, with commercial and other interruptions removed, and is now available for your edification and delight. The complete two-hour 7 August 2022 program can be heard, at absolutely no charge (we’re a volunteer organization that functions very frugally on the basis of donated funds) at https://interpreterfoundation.org/interpreter-radio-show-August-7-2022/. The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard Sunday evenings, each and every week of every year, from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640. Or, if that doesn’t work for you, you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com. Please be aware that we have had some technical difficulties with this show. We will replace this recording with a clearer version as soon as it becomes available.
Once again, Jonn Claybaugh has generously shared notes for teachers and students of the Church’s “Come, Follow Me” curriculum.
And now for some links to items that have recently caught my notice:
Hanna Seariac delves into one of the great mysteries of the faith:
I’ve read at least one of his books, and I very much admire what he’s accomplished. I think that there may be useful lessons to be learned from his success:
Wall Street Journal: “Pastor Timothy Keller Speaks to the Head and the Heart: The founder of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church preaches conservative Christianity to a cosmopolitan flock”
I don’t think that I’m going to be able to attend. But it sounds interesting. Perhaps they’ll record it and/or stream it:
“Holy Envy: Living Faithfully with Religious Difference (Wednesday, September 07)”
It turns out — I must have been out of town and missed the memo — that it was, in fact, arson:
What a mess. And, it increasingly seems, a wholly unjustified one:
Deseret News: “BYU on trial in the court of public opinion: BYU volleyball incident made national headlines, but where do we go from here?”
As the old Chinese curse is supposed to have read, “May you live in interesting times.” And we do:
National Review: “Irish Teacher Imprisoned for Continuing to Teach after Refusing to Use ‘Gender-Neutral’ Pronouns”
National Review: “Trans Toddlers and Secret Abortions: Elite NYC Private Schools Use Summer Reading Lists to Push Radical Agenda”
DailyWire.com: “I Underwent Gender Transition Surgery: Here’s What The Media Doesn’t Tell You”
Cassandra Hedelius on substack: “A video is worth a million words: The term “family friendly” is not among those words.” (This is a follow-up to her article “What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU: BYU was right to remove an LGBT “resource pamphlet” from freshman welcome bags, but the public doesn’t understand why. It disturbingly promoted a drag show and gender “transition” to students.” By the way, I was able to see the YouTube videos by simply clicking on the relevant “Watch on YouTube” links.)
