For anyone interested, I have now (finally) set up a YouTube channel for Heavenly Ascents. I have been contemplating doing this for some time, but have now gone ahead and done it.  YouTube is an important medium — a great place to share your message. I have been impressed and inspired by many of the contributors whose videos I’ve taken the time to look at, and decided that it would be worth my time to get in on the fun.

Having said that, I don’t think that I will ever be a masterful producer of great YouTube videos — although I have a blog and try to take advantage of some of the technologies involved, I am not really that savvy when it comes to all this technical stuff.  I have uploaded two videos so far, both of which are based on blog posts from way back in June 2008, soon after I began this blog.  I will be the first to recognize that they are not of an especially high quality.  However, I do take courage in the fact that, in my opinion, the second one is quite a bit better than the first. I will post them here so that you can judge for yourselves.  They are based on the first two posts of my analysis of Margaret Barker’s book Temple Themes in Christian Worship. (And if you find these videos to be really pathetic, I am totally with you — let’s all hope that I can learn from my mistakes and produce something better in the near future).

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Besides (occasionally) uploading material of my own, I intend to gather some of the best videos I can find and put them together on my YouTube channel.  I have been placing them in playlists that cover various categories, including “The Church of Jesus Christ,” “Old Testament Studies,” “Book of Mormon Studies,” “Temples,” and more. These categories will likely change and expand as I find more videos to add to my channels. Due to my busy schedule, my collection will probably grow rather slowly — but I promise to share any and all great videos that I come across.

You can check out my channel by going to: http://www.youtube.com/user/davidjlarsen01

To see my several playlists, you may have to click on the “Playlists” button at the top of the screen, in the center.

To see all of my own videos that I have uploaded, click on “Uploads.”

Also, there is the option to “subscribe” to my channel so that you will be notified whenever I post a new video.

While visiting my channel, if you scroll down the page a bit you can see a list of other channels that I think are especially noteworthy. Please click on the links to those channels as well, as they all have really great content (much better than mine).  Even if you’re not much of a YouTuber, I can assure you that you will find some very enlightening and inspiring material on these channels.

If anyone has any suggestions or tips for me regarding how I can make more interesting, exciting, or helpful videos, please contact me. I will happily accept any criticisms, comments, or complaints.