So we talked about a couple of parables. Then we got distracted and talked about something else. Don't really remember what that other thing is, but I remember it was pretty interesting.
Never knew the Church had floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Interesting.
Peter: The "bringing forth out of his treasure things new and old", to me, is symbolic of conversion, if not converts themselves (conversion of lifelong members too). When we experience conversion, what we bring to the table from our lives before then are "things new and old"...building upon the good things we had before, getting rid of the ones that need to go, etc. Each of us are 'householders' of our own life experiences, and conversion requires a careful examination of the point in our lives when the change comes...what to keep, what to throw out, what new things you take on right away, what new things will take time to integrate, etc. "Boom".
Having taught SS, I do see it as a 'sifting'. There is no roll taken in that class...counts are taken in sacrament & there's a roll in EQ/RS. None such in SS...it is totally free-will and, as such, a sifting.
Cris LaPierre is the stake clerk. Richard Gordon is the stake exec sec.
Church attendance was a second topic suggestion of mine. I made an issue of it because it seems like people come into your sacrament meeting all throughout the meeting, and I questioned whether showing up to sacrament is worth it after the sacrament is passed, since that really is THE reason you're at church at all on a Sunday. Don't take it off the second topic list until you discuss it in this context...or wait until Laura and I come back on the show (Peter approached me about it at Institute Thursday night) so I can speak my piece about it.
Next time I'm with you guys, I might tell you the story of what happened between me and Bishop Hughes...
And about my issues with the Diet Coke 'cult' within the Church...
Potential Topics (strikethroughs have been brushed on already)
what temple stuff we should talk about
hymns that don't rhyme proper method for passing the sacrament
church attendance Book of Mormon geography amount of meat we should consume why Mormons tend to be Republicans proper church attire EFY
questioning our leaders
paying money for scripture apps responsibility of LDS artists Mormon movies proper method for passing rolls R-rated movies (115)
the Sunday three block schedule
ward choir home teaching
examples of when the scriptures are wrong role of women
phones in sacrament meeting. first day on the mission people we don't want in the Celestial Kingdom(93) caffeine crazy pulpit stories humility fasting favorite Book of Mormon characters
Mormon urban myths Halloween Christmas movies airing of grievances Battlestar Galactica Fast and testimony jokes
rapture -- what's happening? lava-lavas and kilts vacation on Sundays loud laughter
sex seer stones limbo (121) great and spacious building activities(120) outer darkness (112) depression (119) demonic possession(124) life on other worlds (123)
new LDS scriptures
OSC gay stuff
environmentalism
abortion
definition of seeking good things
Dungeons & Dragons
Ward conference
Ghosts
Never knew the Church had floats in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Interesting.
ReplyDeletePeter: The "bringing forth out of his treasure things new and old", to me, is symbolic of conversion, if not converts themselves (conversion of lifelong members too). When we experience conversion, what we bring to the table from our lives before then are "things new and old"...building upon the good things we had before, getting rid of the ones that need to go, etc. Each of us are 'householders' of our own life experiences, and conversion requires a careful examination of the point in our lives when the change comes...what to keep, what to throw out, what new things you take on right away, what new things will take time to integrate, etc. "Boom".
Having taught SS, I do see it as a 'sifting'. There is no roll taken in that class...counts are taken in sacrament & there's a roll in EQ/RS. None such in SS...it is totally free-will and, as such, a sifting.
Cris LaPierre is the stake clerk. Richard Gordon is the stake exec sec.
Church attendance was a second topic suggestion of mine. I made an issue of it because it seems like people come into your sacrament meeting all throughout the meeting, and I questioned whether showing up to sacrament is worth it after the sacrament is passed, since that really is THE reason you're at church at all on a Sunday. Don't take it off the second topic list until you discuss it in this context...or wait until Laura and I come back on the show (Peter approached me about it at Institute Thursday night) so I can speak my piece about it.
Next time I'm with you guys, I might tell you the story of what happened between me and Bishop Hughes...
And about my issues with the Diet Coke 'cult' within the Church...
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