Today's current event relates to our most recent module topic of the LDS Church's use of technology to "hasten the work." This article about the recently reopened Church History museum in Salt Lake City highlights the use of modern technology in some of the reimagined exhibits within the museum. It's a short article, but it's enough to show some of the many uses the Church has for modern technology. We do genealogy work online, we can use smartphones and tablets to share gospel media, and the Church History Museum can more effectively connect us to our church's past with interactive exhibits and more. After all, I think much more can be said about a lot of historical topics than there exists room in a museum exhibit to display on a placard. Technology provides a way to fit more information in a small space and make it interactive at the same time.
In this talk from March 1995, President Howard W. Hunter said "The role of technology in this work has been accelerated by the Lord himself, who has had a guiding hand in its development and will continue to do so. However, we stand only on the threshold of what we can do with these tools. I feel that our most enthusiastic projections can capture only a tiny glimpse of how these tools can help us—and of the eternal consequences of these efforts." I, for one, am very excited to see what continues to come of technological progression and how it changes the operations of the church.
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