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For some reason after reading this thread I was reminded of this testimony on Mormon Scholars Testify. Not your typical LDS testimony, that’s for sure. I MUST have a copy of the talk! Please, please share it. I guess I’ve never realized how lucky I’ve been to be in my ward. Hooker boots and stripper shoes were the biggest hit at our latest R.S. meeting aka Enrichment night. We also had to switch around our R.S. presidency meeting because one of the counselors had an AA meeting. But still there is work to be done and so we must have flowerdrops talk to share!
Steve-hpias wrote:observant wrote:Passed his wife in the store, DC in hand. I love stuff like that. Obviously his own wife thinks he’s
🙄 Hi Observant! I’ve really enjoyed reading your contributions to the board so far. I’ve seen a couple of rather humorous instances where a husband and wife in the church aren’t on the same page. One of the best occurred while I was on my mission. We were having a combined PH/RS 5th Sunday meeting and the bishop (a hothead and a tyrant if ever there was one) was presenting a lesson on which expressions of marital intimacy were appropriate or not. I was about to ask my companion if we could go hang out in the hallway because I didn’t feel this was worth my time (being single and super-celibate and all), when the BP’s wife stood up mid-tirade, yelled “You big fat hypocrite!!” and stormed out.
😯 We all stood and gave her a standing ovation.
]I’m suggesting this for a 5th Sunday lesson and requesting the bishop give it.
😆 😈 Maybe it really isn’t funny though. Nah, it’s funny.
I think the general consensus is that excommunications are way down. As an interesting side note about exing: the sister to my BIL was just re-baptized after having been excommunicated many, many years ago. She wasn’t active when she was ex’d so doing so was really pointless as she’d not had anything to do with the church except baptism. She now thinks everyone should be ex’d so they can be re-baptized. She a real fan of excommunication now.
😆 Another brother is becoming active in the church and she thinks for sure he needs ex’d first!I have the new CHI at my house and the comment my husband made about it: It’s thinner.
Brian Johnston wrote:It depends on whether you pay for the insurance policies with pre-tithe or post-tithe dollars. The proceeds could be exempt, but this can be a gray area if it ever comes to a full-blown celestial audit. The angel assigned to your case might take an aggressive position. In those cases, you need to file an appeal and take it up the chain to the heavenly courts above.
Trust but verify and document everything!
😆 Quote:Heber 13: I guess where I’ve gotten to is that I don’t have to answer all my questions or work through all problems to go back to believing in what I do believe in (and call myself a believer), while I still doubt some things and keep working through some mysteries. I’ve just found peace and comfort in approaching it that way, because while I still seek truth, I can benefit from believing in the beautiful parts of the gospel that benefit me.
I think this is reflection of my feelings.
I LOVE that I’ve found Staylds.com!
I cant’ really think of a lot of things that I’d find off-limits at church. I don’t even mind politics as long as the person agrees with me. 
SD, that counselor’s attitude about printing off the home teaching list is just completely annoying and
🙄 I know that our bishop gets lots of bills in the mail to pay for trained counselors. He’s under no delusion that he’s a professional counselor. We had a bishop that would run his hands through his hair and say, “Oh, Godfree” <---- not the way it's spelled but how it's pronounced. I’d like to add that to the slang for today. I voted for Obama.
😈 I’m so sorry people tell you that you do not belong because it is not true! I find it incredible that people are so mean and clueless.
I’m new here but I’d like to say, Welcome!
Sounds like it was a great experience for both you. Nicely done. BTW, the new CHI is
thinner.Maybe they’ve just rearranged stuff and that streamlined it. Or maybe they are giving fewer written guidelines. I should make some comparisons before the old one goes away. I’ve started to think about my relationship with church (and church history) as much like a marriage. What would I do if my husband told me some things about his history that I hadn’t known before? Things that weren’t very flattering. I would be upset. I would feel deceived. I would be frustrated. But would I walk away from him? No, unless I was in danger or my children were I would not just be able to give up or walk away from my marriage. I have made covenants to him (just like we have made to the church) that I would not want to break. I know the benefits of staying married to him and that far outweighs the negative. (Oh, and the negative seems to happen a lot!) All too often we are expecting or have expectations from the church that it just cannot live up to nor should it be expected to.
So if you can see how my marriage/church analogy works it helps me to keep things in perspective. The church isn’t perfect and neither is my husband but the value from both exceeds the negative.
