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I did a post on the Twenty Temples announcement, curious as to the motivation (particularly when temple attendance seems to be down). Anyway, the discussion was pretty good, but I also think I did a reasonably good job laying out the possible motives: https://wheatandtares.org/2021/04/07/twenty-temp...

SamBee: There was one guy (and his wife) in a ward I was in decades ago who totally used F&T meeting to lobby for being called as the next bishop. Our current bishop was close to the end of his tenure. He did this the way Mrs. Elton talks about forming a musical club in Emma. He would say, "I know t...

I love this comment upthread, and it applies so much to our relationship with the Church in various situations: the church needs me to have a TR more than I feel the need to have one Sometimes we need the Church more than it needs us, and sometimes the reverse is true. It's just an interesting pheno...

When I was a missionary, we were visiting a family that was partly active. Their adult daughter was there, and she normally didn't go to Church, and I mentioned that the next day was F&T meeting. She threw her head back and laughed right in my face: "Why on earth would I want to go to that? They're ...

I teed up this discussion on Wheat & Tares also. https://wheatandtares.org/2021/03/24/no-tithing-refunds/ Here's my overall view of it (my latest comment in the thread): I simultaneously hold conflicting views: 1) I’m pleased for the Church that through its wise management, it is now not only solven...

This experience got me thinking back to my own missionary Christmas which was actually one of the best Christmases I ever had (sounds sad, but it was really an awesome Christmas with 8 of us who were great friends all celebrating together). https://wheatandtares.org/2020/12/23/a-missionary-christmas...

Arrakeen: GOOD suggestions. Too bad the Church doesn't take suggestions. I was surprised because during the summer, before we moved, the missionaries weren't allowed to come inside. Our cases are WORSE now, not better (AZ was 4th worst state in the nation last I saw), and suddenly they are allowed t...

About two months ago we moved across town. We are in a new ward. We don't know any of the neighbors. We finally met the bishop & counselor, and the RS pres stopped by unannounced, and we didn't hear the bell, but she left cookies and a handwritten card. We've been to Church once since moving, but th...

I've found that I forget to check in here more than about once a week anymore. I am a little more active in the online groups, although even there, I am less involved than I used to be. Mostly, I just feel like I like the people in these groups, but without Church going on, there's not much to discu...

I told my daughter that if a bishop ever goes on some kind of prurient fishing expedition with her in an interview, she should know that he is a perv and not someone in whom she should confide. I advised her the best thing in that situation is to give him the simplest answers that will get him to ba...