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Part of A Happier Ward Series – (warmth of congregation) First, this will push back on some rather darling, personal cultural teachings for a few people. If this is you – please read the quotes by Elder Oaks and Sister Beck more than once and contemplate them. My painting resembles “A Starry Night” by Vincent…
Part of A Happier Ward Series – (warmth of congregation) In Primary, we teach the children that reverence means “be quiet.” We have a generation of adults whose primary interpretation of reverence still is “be quiet.” If this happened to you, don’t feel unusual. It happened to me too. Does anyone know who came up…
5 Quotes Plus Discussion-Promoting Questions See also Teaching Helps Perhaps your chapel has been missing some people since last year? Elder Oak’s timely message encourages us to get back to the chapel and see each other on the Sabbath in Church. He makes some great points about the warmth of congregation and why we need to…
Highlights for Doctrine and Covenants 10-11 Wow, some verses in D&C 10 give me significant pause this week! Even after pondering them several times, the full meaning was above my pay grade. I could sense there was something profound in the message. At the same time, these verses seemed to contradict what I understood to…
Optional: let me read this article to you.Podcast also available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Buzzsprout, TuneIn, Alexa, and Stitcher Highlights for D&C 1 The year is 1831; the Church is 1 1/2 years old and now has 680 members. During an Elders conference, Joseph Smith receives Section 1, a revelation full of robust declarations…