I learned in church today

[Lost Student]

Nothing about academic freedom?

I got the feeling that my SP doesn't care about BYU academic freedom too much and probably never raised the issue with Pres. Samuelson, so I didn't ask.

[bluegoose]

Today in church nothing really stood out as weird or improper, I stayed awake in all my meetings, and nothing offended me.

Guess I was just lucky.

I wish I could say the same. We had the FT Elders speak. They gave very safe and very boring talks. Of course I had already attended the morning church block, so I was on mental fatigue alert. But they were still boring talks. The senior companion shifted into full blown general authority voice mode which just lulled me in a series of short, but very restful, cat naps that even a restless 5 year old daughter couldn't stop.

[Clark Addison]

I wish I could say the same. We had the FT Elders speak. They gave very safe and very boring talks. Of course I had already attended the morning church block, so I was on mental fatigue alert. But they were still boring talks. The senior companion shifted into full blown general authority voice mode which just lulled me in a series of short, but very restful, cat naps that even a restless 5 year old daughter couldn't stop.

Humblebrag

[bluegoose]

Humblebrag

Can you think of anything worse than falling asleep on the stand in front of 300 adoring parishioners?!?! How embarrassing!!!

[SteelBlue]

I was the SP's youth speaker yesterday in a ward conference. Right before the meeting started he said, "So, did you find a way to work Jimmer Fredette into your talk"?

Jimmermania = cool SP's

[PaloAltoCougar]

Not a doctrinal point, but... Our ward b-ball team achieved an unblemished 0-7 record during the regular season, and never came close to a win. Seeded last going into the stake tournament, however, our ward ended up winning everything, including the wrath of every other ward in the Pleasanton Stake. Our co-MVPS (actually awarded during yesterday's priesthood meeting by a high council visitor) were our bishop (Carlee Payne's pops) and Mark Bigelow, who coincidentally moved into our ward at the end of the regular season. He said he enjoyed the tournament more than the one where McNamara went off.

[CardiacCoug]

Not a doctrinal point, but... Our ward b-ball team achieved an unblemished 0-7 record during the regular season, and never came close to a win. Seeded last going into the stake tournament, however, our ward ended up winning everything, including the wrath of every other ward in the Pleasanton Stake. Our co-MVPS (actually awarded during yesterday's priesthood meeting by a high council visitor) were our bishop (Carlee Payne's pops) and Mark Bigelow, who coincidentally moved into our ward at the end of the regular season. He said he enjoyed the tournament more than the one where McNamara went off.

Plesanton is not ready to say Bienvenidos a la Bigelowmania, I guess.

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[Lost Student]

Not a doctrinal point, but... Our ward b-ball team achieved an unblemished 0-7 record during the regular season, and never came close to a win. Seeded last going into the stake tournament, however, our ward ended up winning everything, including the wrath of every other ward in the Pleasanton Stake. Our co-MVPS (actually awarded during yesterday's priesthood meeting by a high council visitor) were our bishop (Carlee Payne's pops) and Mark Bigelow, who coincidentally moved into our ward at the end of the regular season. He said he enjoyed the tournament more than the one where McNamara went off.

That's awesome. I see Danny Bower once in a while around here and he told me that when he played intramural ball during his law school days, he would disguise himself so the opposing teams wouldn't recognize him right off the bat.

I would move into his ward just to see the other teams' reactions after some guy wearing a hat and eye protectors went off on them.

[fusnik]

Not one kid in my primary class knew what the Sermon on the Mount was but these kids knew that TSM: could wiggle his ears, was a Navy chaplin, was a bishop at a young age, and one felt a bolt of energy through their body when he shook his hand.

[All-American]

Not one kid in my primary class knew what the Sermon on the Mount was but these kids knew that TSM: could wiggle his ears, was a Navy chaplin, was a bishop at a young age, and one felt a bolt of energy through their body when he shook his hand.

Children are being taught to love and honor a living prophet of God instead of learning the name scholars have given to three chapters of the New Testament? Outrageous.

This must have been very difficult for you. Are you okay?

[fusnik]

Children are being taught to love and honor a living prophet of God instead of learning the name scholars have given to three chapters of the New Testament? Outrageous.

This must have been very difficult for you. Are you okay?

Obviously you should read the Sermon.

I didn't think it was necessarily a bad thing just interesting.

I'm sorry the subtleties of worship with children is lost on you.

[venkman]

Not one kid in my primary class knew what the Sermon on the Mount was but these kids knew that TSM: could wiggle his ears, was a Navy chaplin, was a bishop at a young age, and one felt a bolt of energy through their body when he shook his hand.

Good thing the last two Primary lessons are on the Sermon on the Mount then, right?

[TripletDaddy]

I didn't know T Mo could wiggle his ears. Thanks.

[Moliere]

Not one kid in my primary class knew what the Sermon on the Mount was but these kids knew that TSM: could wiggle his ears, was a Navy chaplin, was a bishop at a young age, and one felt a bolt of energy through their body when he shook his hand.

Maybe they were confused since you kept saying it was a Sermon on a mount and not a Sermon on a plain (or "level place" according to the NSRV):

6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

I'm going to wager the kids knew that Jesus taught us to be nice to each other and to help the poor, which is probably more important than knowing where Jesus delivered the sermon since even Matthew and Luke can't agree on where it happened.

[wuapinmon]

I taught Sunday School and EQ today. In my EQ lesson, which was about the Lord's Health Plan or something like that (Lesson 29 in GP), we got to talking about clothing as a tangent. Someone brought up that the white shirt and tie made them spiritual, and I brought up that it didn't for me.

The issue kept getting pressed, so I pointed to a Jesus at the Tree of Life painting that showed him in flowing robes, and said that we never see Jesus in a shirt and tie. I then offered my opinion that "Jesus in a shirt and tie would look like a tool."



Maybe I regret saying that.