Monday, December 12, 2011

Rodcast 84: Jon's Big Day

My grand re-entrance into activity all happened on Sunday!

Also: hot Revelation action!

Also: to pray or not to pray... too much?

Also: poll results!

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Next week: hot beard action!

6 comments:

  1. Maybe I should introduce myself to you guys sometime. After all we never actually met. I'm fascinated by this podcasting medium and I have lots of ideas for making my own podcast, but I still need some technical help. The best podcasts are like yours. Where the hosts just have a conversation and share their opinions and stories and such. That is great content.

    Anyhow, I stopped going to the single's ward this past summer. (I'm still single too) It's been great to be in a regular ward after so many years at the institute. I recently got a calling in my new ward too.

    It sounds like you have a lot of people who want to talk about evolution. I have some ideas about the humble person topic, and Christmas on Sunday.

    PS: A Christmas poll idea: Which text is better. "Saints and Angels" or "Heaven and Nature"

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  2. Pete, you can call me "Vitamin E" if I can call you "Pete-Diddy."

    The first Sunday in January sounds good. I don't see a spirited, hateful argument happening but we'll see what we can do.

    Like Jon, I don't remember squat from primary either. Even the phrase "Sharing Time" felt like a blast from the past. Side note: Don't let the polygamists know about Once There Was A Snowman. Popcorn Popping is one thing, but the sanctity of OTWAS must be protected.

    As for beards, I'm all for them as long as the the person can grow a proper one. Not all beards are created equally. If the beard is too wispy or uneven or just looks bad, shave it.

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  3. Sound clip to get "I wasn't judging at all" about 29 minutes

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  4. Possible side-topic for this week: Is it still ok to say "Merry Christmas" to people if we don't know their religion or should we be saying "Happy Holidays" just to be safe?

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  5. Wm. = William. Promise.

    Maybe the gospel writer symbol thing has something to do with the Catholic Church. I remember learning those symbols in Religion/Theology class back in the day...and I've seen them portrayed in church art with their symbols near them in the picture. Check out: http://moodycatholic.com/Saints_Symbols_of_Gospel_Writers.html. Love the rosary at the top of this page, btw...

    The Children's music book in the Church is the Children's SONGBOOK, not Hymnbook. They are songs, not hymns.

    Like I mentioned before, the first few weeks I taught SS, we had opening hymn and prayer. After that, I realized it wasn't critical to have the hymn, but the opening prayer...yes...important. Invites the Spirit to start with and thanks the Lord for the experience at the end. The ward I was in at the time had sacrament last, so the closing prayer was also a time to request the Spirit remain with the class members as they departed to the final meeting.

    And yes, I know what you were talking about with the HTML. Underestimation there, Peter.

    I was kind of amazed at all the different situations you discussed as to whether or not to pray/sing for. One of the best-thought-out 2nd topic convos in quite awhile.

    "Are your prayers more awkward before sex or after sex?" That's also one of the more awesome quotes in a long time. Probably 3-4 minutes from the end. Worth waiting for (both the quote and the, uh, context). I laughed and laughed.

    I HATE BEARDS! (There's my comment...and that goes for both types)

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  6. I love and totally agree with the idea of leaving open prayer brackets in meetings.

    Wm's real name is William and Theric's real name is Eric. I have heard Theric's story about why he chase to start going by Theric - something to do with Eric being too common of a name in school. Maybe Wm chose his nickname just because it looks cool. I'll send you their contact info. Thanks for getting those books. I can't wait to hear what you think. Even if you dislike them.

    There was a call for entries on Monsters and Mormons and a lot of people submitted stories.

    On my mission we prayed before all discussions and it was a big thing because people always got us confused with the Jehova's Witnesses - who would refuse to pray with people in their houses. So yeah, people really appreciated us praying with them as much as possible.

    I think we should not sing hymns on HT visits because you are sitting 5 feet away from each other and looking right at eachother, so singing to them would feel too awkward.

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