Author: Jared Jones

Latter-day Saint Video Vault: “The Church Sports Official” Prepares You to Make the Call

Latter-day Saint Video Vault: “The Church Sports Official” Prepares You to Make the Call

Posted by | Jul 3, 2020 |

Latter-day Saint Video Vault celebrates decades of uplifting, funny, weird, and sometimes cringe-worthy Mormon-related videos, most of which are now found on YouTube. Join Jared Jones every other Friday as he breaks down one of these classics. Major League Baseball players are beginning to take the field, and the NBA will soon be on the court. Now might be the perfect time for you to brush up on your arm chair officiating so you can make the right call while you watch people move the thing to the other thing. In the spirit of fair play—and something that’s not...

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Latter-day Saint Video Vault: “The Trophy Case” Does Not Reward Fathers

Latter-day Saint Video Vault: “The Trophy Case” Does Not Reward Fathers

Posted by | Jun 19, 2020 |

Latter-day Saint Video Vault celebrates decades of uplifting, funny, weird, and sometimes cringe-worthy Mormon-related videos, most of which are now found on YouTube. Join Jared Jones every other Friday as he breaks down one of these classics. This Sunday many people around the world will be observing Father’s Day. What better way to celebrate than taking a look at a film featuring a father behaving badly—1980’s The Trophy Case. The Trophy Case was produced by Brigham Young University and features the first church film performance by Shawn Stevens as disillusioned son Randy Jensen–the star quarterback, who despite having everything,...

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Latter-day Saint Video Vault:”The Maze” Still Guides

Latter-day Saint Video Vault:”The Maze” Still Guides

Posted by | Jun 4, 2020 |

Latter-day Saint Video Vault celebrates decades of uplifting, funny, weird, and sometimes cringe-worthy Mormon-related videos, most of which are now found on YouTube. Join Jared Jones every other Friday as he breaks down one of these classics. One of my first seminary (or youth Sunday school—I am not sure which) movie memories was a short film called The Maze. The 10-minute film from 1992 tells the story of some high schoolers on a field trip to a maze. It was produced for use with New Testament curriculum. The film opens with an overview of the maze. We fly through...

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Latter-day Saint Video Vault:”Man’s Search for Happiness”: So Nice they Made it Twice

Latter-day Saint Video Vault:”Man’s Search for Happiness”: So Nice they Made it Twice

Posted by | May 21, 2020 |

Latter-day Saint Video Vault celebrates decades of uplifting, funny, weird, and sometimes cringe-worthy Mormon-related videos, most of which are now found on YouTube. Join Jared Jones every other Friday as he breaks down one of these classics. There are many recent church films used to tell the story of the search for truth. I’ve written about some of them in this column. The story is familiar. Individuals or groups of people ask key questions: Why are we here? Where are we going? How do we find the answers we seek? Today’s feature could arguably be the beginning of that...

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Latter-day Saint Video Vault: “Feed My Lambs”: A Youth Leadership Parable

Latter-day Saint Video Vault: “Feed My Lambs”: A Youth Leadership Parable

Posted by | May 7, 2020 |

Latter-day Saint Video Vault celebrates decades of uplifting, funny, weird, and sometimes cringe-worthy Mormon-related videos, most of which are now found on YouTube. Join Jared Jones every other Friday as he breaks down one of these classics. As approach Mother’s Day I wanted to recognize how fraught with peril it is to mark this day. Pandemic aside, this is a difficult time for many. Some want to be mothers but are not. Others don’t have the relationship with a mother that they want. Others are mothers but constantly feel inadequate. This is the second Mother’s Day I’ve written this...

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