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We talk about Christ organizing the church, but the reality is that Paul started the entire movement after the crucifixion. We have Paul’s report of a vision. His conversion. His name change. His organization. Did he have a WWJD bracelet and act accordingly ? We don’t know. When our oldest daughter died, there were members who were shocked that we chose to bury her in her favorite dress and hat. Her outfit was not white. Apparently, white is the cultural norm .. But the outfit we chose was the norm for our daughter. We both spoke at her funeral. We had non-LDS friends ask if the church MADE us speak. They thought maybe it was a church requirement. WHAT??
.. And we had a patriarch’s wife tell us that our daughter wasn’t being healed because we didn’t have anyone with the right kind of faith to pray over her. That the right person could DEMAND healing from God. She had her husband show up in ICU to give our daughter a “more correct and righteous” blessing. Our daughter still died, and years later, I am still insulted that she thought our prayers were not worthy enough. To have someone state that they doubted my worthiness before God because my daughter wasn’t healed was so offensive. There aren’t even words to describe the depth of that offense.
And our daughter would’ve LOVED the idea of sharks
Back in the 1970’s, cremation was seen as outside the cultural norm in the US. I had always assumed that the church was just trying to avoid any burial practice that was seen as odd. But that cremation was acceptable in areas where is was seen as a norm.
The Church tries so hard to herd us all into the area under the curve. I have always wanted to see a GA stand up and counsel, “No member is allowed to be more than ONE standard deviation from the mean. Exceptions are ONLY allowed in athletic success, financial success, academic achievement, and musical ability”
Welcome! I give a flashlight to every little kid I know when they get baptized. I tell them that a flashlight is a lot like the holy ghost — it helps you find the right path in the dark.
The idea of us all hanging out with our flashlights is a great image ..
My daughter married 18 months ago. She wanted to go through the temple in advance .. To understand the ceremony. It wasn’t allowed. She took out her endowments 3 days before her wedding. She was floored by the ceremony. Stunned. And appalled. She walked away feeling that her way into heaven was dependent on her husband — that in the eyes of the church, her husband stands between her and God.
I wish she had been allowed to take out her endowments far in advance, and THEN decide whether or not to choose a temple wedding.
There is a lot of social pressure involved with the wedding invitations out, the wedding planned, and THEN going through the temple without an idea of what you are expected to promise. To have to tell non-LDS family that they cannot be there, when you yourself really don’t know what you are signing up for .. That is a lot to ask a person.
