The future is looking very bright for BookofMormonOnline.Net.  Recent events and circumstances have opened many new doors in terms of scope and involvement of others, and this website will now be going through a transitional phase.  As the additional personnel and resources that will from here on out be involved in development situate themselves, and, as plans for the future are made and agreed upon, blog posts and continued site development on my part will be suspended. Please stay tuned for more updates about the major developments that this site will soon be undergoing.

Back in 2005, when President Hinckley issued his challenge to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year, there was some discussion in the Bloggernacle about whether a version of the Book of Mormon existed in plain English. Well it turns out that versions do exist, but I undertook to create a new one, mostly for my own edification. The exercise requires one to consider the ramifications of every word and punctuation mark, and I have learned a great deal in the process.

But it is also exceedingly slow, and I do have other projects to work on. It took me over a year to finish 1 Nephi. (2007 was mostly spent polishing it, but I have since moved on through 2 Nephi 6). Since we are studying the Book of Mormon in Sunday School this year, I thought it might be helpful to share what I have so far. KC’s website seemed like a compatible venue, and he has kindly agreed to host it.

Following the standard four-year rotation program, this year’s Sunday School lessons center around the Book of Mormon. One of the goals of this blog is to provide both preparatory and follow-up blog posts related to the week’s lesson. Of course, because every ward has slightly different scheduling protocols and since Stake Conference days throw things either forward or backward at different times throughout the year for different stakes, it will be impossible to cater to the schedule of each ward, but even so, there will be some value in coordinating with the Sunday School lesson plans as we explore the Book of Mormon text.

I am currently assimilating a team of guest bloggers who will contribute to the efforts here, and if any of you readers feel inclined to participate as well, please contact me, and we can get you set up as an author here.

The Church has published a Class Member Study Guide that corresponds to each week’s lesson. The Sunday School blog posts will use this as a guide and will display and discuss some of the recommended scriptures as well as the span of chapters covered in the lesson’s material.

This should be a good opportunity for those who sincerely do want to take Book of Mormon study seriously, but often get distracted or lose motivation. Simply subscribe to this blog, and we can all be uplifted as we feast upon the word together.

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