I learned in church today

[DU Ute]

Someday you rebels will simply shop on Sunday without any thought of anything other than that you need to buy something at the store, regardless of who sees you.

Past feeling. So sad.

[Moliere]

Today was Stake Conference. I learned nothing.

Ours is coming up and MJ wants to sing in the choir. I think she does it only to laugh at me from the stand as I try to deal with almost a half dozen little kids during two hours of talks.

Funny. I would shop worry-free on Sunday (although honestly I almost never shop at all regardless of the day of the week) because clearly I would only be observed by somebody else who was also shopping on Sunday.

It gets really awkward when you are buying wine to cook with of course

[bluegoose]

Today in High Priests group I learned that the center of the Basque nation is actually in Boise, Idaho, and not in Northern Spain, a common misconception held by many for the last 2,000 years.

[myboynoah]

Today in High Priests group I learned that the center of the Basque nation is actually in Boise, Idaho, and not in Northern Spain, a common misconception held by many for the last 2,000 years.

The BSU Cycling Team

[Drunk Tank]

My wife got a primary calling and this was her first week teaching. I am finally free to stop ditching hall class during Gospel Doctrine! :rockon2:

My son was also ordained a Deacon yesterday. It was a good day.



BTW, I have attended church every week (all 3 hours) for the last month and a half (except when I was in Nashville) which is a record since I think I had only been to church approx. 6 times the whole year. People have finally quit asking who the new family is and I am thinking about joining the choir. WTH is wrong with me?!? Next thing you know I will be speaking in Sac. Meeting and have a calling. I need to slow down.....

[falafel]

Exactly. I had to do an ox-in-the-mire run to the local grocery store today to pick up a couple of things for dinner that I missed yesterday. I never worry about running into someone from the ward for that very reason. When I do I just nod and wink at them.

Interesting that you don't care if you see others at the store on Sunday, but yet you still feel the need to explain here that the "ox was in the mire."

[Katy Lied]

Yesterday in T-mony a young guy stood up (toward the end of the meeting) and started out: I am insanely competitive, and I just noticed that 6 men and 6 women have gone before me. So I am here on behalf of the men.

That started a run of people up to the pulpit, man, woman, man, woman in turn. We were preparing to close when one priest dashed up for one last testimony. That was the tie breaker.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Yesterday in T-mony a young guy stood up (toward the end of the meeting) and started out: I am insanely competitive, and I just noticed that 6 men and 6 women have gone before me. So I am here on behalf of the men.

That started a run of people up to the pulpit, man, woman, man, woman in turn. We were preparing to close when one priest dashed up for one last testimony. That was the tie breaker.

That sounds very spiritual.

[pellegrino]

Ours is coming up and MJ wants to sing in the choir. I think she does it only to laugh at me from the stand as I try to deal with almost a half dozen little kids during two hours of talks.

I should clarify that the primary reason I learned nothing was because I wasn't there.

[Tone Loc]

Yesterday in T-mony a young guy stood up (toward the end of the meeting) and started out: I am insanely competitive, and I just noticed that 6 men and 6 women have gone before me. So I am here on behalf of the men.

That started a run of people up to the pulpit, man, woman, man, woman in turn. We were preparing to close when one priest dashed up for one last testimony. That was the tie breaker.

Wait a minute, this doesn't make sense. The young man said he noticed 6 men and 6 women before him. Including him that would make 13, 7 men, 6 women. Then you said it went man, woman, man, woman, and finally the priest who broke the tie. According to my count that is 10 men, and 8 women. There was no need for the priest at the end.

Also, that would be 18 people bearing testimony (did it include the member of the bishopric that started it off?). Typically the announcements and sacrament take until approximately 25 after the hour. Assuming your numbers include the bishopric member, that would leave 40 minutes for 18 testimonies. At just over 2 minutes per testimony, you leave me no other choice but to call b.s. on your story.

I am sure there is a logical explanation. I'll wait for the response.

[pellegrino]

Today was awesome!!

It was open mic day in Sacrament meeting and an investigator got up early on, chronicled her troubles with her own church and her isolation, and then expressed her love for all of the young families who doing their best to get their children to church and to build community. It was a very touching and I wouldn't be surprised if this woman gets baptized in the next month or so, which would be a good thing for her, I think.

Then we had a singamony. An older Taiwanese brother sang a version of "The Lord's Prayer." He wasn't very good, but it was very heartfelt and moving. I loved it, even though everyone in the audience was squirming, including the bishopric.

[The_Tick]

I spoke today. It felt really good.

I am not sure what I said, or if it really mattered to anyone, but I went on for 25 minutes and cried a bit.

My SP hugged me afterwards.

I am exhausted.

[myboynoah]

It was Primary Program day yesterday, our youngest's last. He's very happy about that.

Anyway, great program, kids said funny things (one referenced Jesus at one point, then after a slight pause added a "Christ" to clarify; made me laugh thinking of Jesus Martinez), kids sang loud and out of tune, and some heartfelt messages from the children. They made an effort to have the children write their own parts, and that was nice (even a shoutout for taking care of the environment through responsible trash disposal).

The bonus was that they sang both "Follow the Prophet" AND "Praise to the Man." Totally. Freaking. Awesome.

[pelagius]

The bonus was that they sang both "Follow the Prophet" AND "Praise to the Man." Totally. Freaking. Awesome.

With old school "stain Illinois" lyrics or the new school "Plead unto heaven." If you went all old school then that would be freaking awesome.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

As soon as we got in the car after church HFN Jr. said loudly "Well that was pretty much the crappiest lesson ever!" Apparently one of the sisters in the primary said that she was disgusted watching football yesterday with her family and saw someone pushing after a play was over and God was not happy with that. Jr. could not get over that God doesn't have anything to do with football, and "so what if you are pushing, that's what you are supposed to do" ldc shut him down when he began questioning the intelligence of the primary leader.