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So, since I haven't worn my heel spur boot all week since it was rubbing sores onto my leg (it's wearing out), I decided that it would be disingenuous, and set a bad example for my kids, to not wear a shirt and tie. I wore a white short-sleeve shirt with one of my bulletproof Wembley ties from the 70's in a brown, baby blue, orange plaid with white floral stitching over the top; it's breath-takingly ugly---I love it.
So, a couple of observations/predictions I'm going to make.
1. I used corn syrup and curled the edges of my mustache up like this:
Even though it was the first time I've worn a shirt and tie to church in six months, no one commented on that....everyone came up and made jokes about the mustache, which was my plan. I didn't want to get the back-slapping, "You look good in Sunday clothes" lines from all the men, so I took the focus off my dress by making my mustache outlandish.
2. I haven't had a calling since I was released as EQP in May. I've battled some really debilitating health issues since last November, and I think the obispado was giving me a break/making sure I wasn't apostate. Now that I wore a shirt and tie, I got the raised-eyebrow nod of approval from two of them today. I bet if I do it again for conference, that I'll get a calling shortly thereafter. I'm calling it.
3. I hate the idea of "Sunday dress." My wife says that you behave differently when you're dressed up; I don't. I'm so uncomfortable with pants on and a tucked in shirt and a leash around my neck, that I am often thinking about how happy I'll be when I get home and can take my monkey suit off and just relax. I think this idea of Sunday Best is cultural, and the white shirt is a western idea that we've tried to impose upon all cultures. I think my embroidered white guayabera is far more formal than a boring white oxford. But, does God want us to be formal. He's in robes in the temple (and you'll notice that he doesn't have a stupid tie on under his the way we have to in the temple).
What do yall think about the Sunday Best attitude? Before you answer, I think all of us, myself included, should think about the doctrinal reasons behind things, and the cultural reasons, and decide if it is one or both that seem to compel us to get all dressed up.
So, a couple of observations/predictions I'm going to make.
1. I used corn syrup and curled the edges of my mustache up like this:
Even though it was the first time I've worn a shirt and tie to church in six months, no one commented on that....everyone came up and made jokes about the mustache, which was my plan. I didn't want to get the back-slapping, "You look good in Sunday clothes" lines from all the men, so I took the focus off my dress by making my mustache outlandish.
2. I haven't had a calling since I was released as EQP in May. I've battled some really debilitating health issues since last November, and I think the obispado was giving me a break/making sure I wasn't apostate. Now that I wore a shirt and tie, I got the raised-eyebrow nod of approval from two of them today. I bet if I do it again for conference, that I'll get a calling shortly thereafter. I'm calling it.
3. I hate the idea of "Sunday dress." My wife says that you behave differently when you're dressed up; I don't. I'm so uncomfortable with pants on and a tucked in shirt and a leash around my neck, that I am often thinking about how happy I'll be when I get home and can take my monkey suit off and just relax. I think this idea of Sunday Best is cultural, and the white shirt is a western idea that we've tried to impose upon all cultures. I think my embroidered white guayabera is far more formal than a boring white oxford. But, does God want us to be formal. He's in robes in the temple (and you'll notice that he doesn't have a stupid tie on under his the way we have to in the temple).
What do yall think about the Sunday Best attitude? Before you answer, I think all of us, myself included, should think about the doctrinal reasons behind things, and the cultural reasons, and decide if it is one or both that seem to compel us to get all dressed up.
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