A blog is more than just a place to post family pictures or a soapbox. In the eyes of one BYU professor, blogging is how he and students share the gospel worldwide. For his religion class this semester, Richard Holzapfel changed his usual scripture log assignment to an online blogging assignment where students write their thoughts and feelings on gospel subjects.

Brother Holzapfel said “I read Elder Ballard’s call for members of the Church to engage in the online dialogue about the Church this past summer.” He soon thereafter heard a returned missionary expressing disappointment in no longer being able to continue his mission work. “It hit me. We can continue doing missionary work in Provo and at BYU because ‘The world is our campus,’ and the world is alive online.”

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