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Also, you had mentioned about your DD possibly not deciding to go the TR route. You may want to be prepared for your bishopric initiating a yearly youth interview that then also becomes a limited use TR interview. I believe that in most wards they do this as a Standard Operating Procedure. I am sur...

Thanks for sharing what you did to prepare your son for the interview. I had not thought about going over the questions in private first, but should DD decide to go the TR route, I will be sure to do so.

The point is that the us vs them thing is separate from what Bushman asserts about the church being more cosmopolitan and "one of many." It's mostly opposite the us vs them view. I personally believe we are one of many and I know a handful of people who believe it. I vaguely recall something along ...

Regarding the "Us vs Them" or more "Cosmopolitan" views championed by people, I think it depends... Here are some of what I would consider are the key factors: a) What are the teachers teaching/Is there space for a more nuanced, cosmopolitan viewpoint? I know when I teach, this is pre-quisite for me...

For me, a faith crisis is a period of intense grief - and like any other form of grief, is never "over".' It's grieving for a different life, or a different understanding. It's figuring out how to move forward, making choices to become a better person. The crisis part eventually settles down - it to...

My wife does the Zoom RS meetings and usually I'm in earshot (although I have made some effort not to be of late). This is nothing like what they do. You're in a lucky ward Amy. I make the lessons lucky by bringing myself to the table and focusing on creating inspiring spaces for everyone - includi...

After asking those questions, I pointed out how the birth of Christ was both a point of change and a point of celebration and gave specific examples. QUOTE – President Holland First Presidency Devotional “He was the Alpha and Omega (Revelation 21:6) in the great plan of mercy who would eventually ‘...

I taught our branch Relief Society yesterday. I also had the privilege of having my mother and parent-in-laws attend. Overall, I think it went well. We have a lot of sisters with children trying to hold it all together, and a lot of grandmas:) I started and ended with asking them to silently conside...

I go down this line of questioning periodically. The painful root of my faith transition was that I felt that I had changed and was trying to connect to God understanding better my communication limitations and being willing to assume that answers that I thought were God speaking to me might just be...

Not quite as expansive as your example, SD, but I think about my daughter while reading this. My ASD/ADHD daughter struggles with identifying emotion, dealing with emotion, and the motivation to connect with people (why bother with so much emotion) ... This makes it interesting because she will act ...