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I have to admit when I first heard that people were discussed in meetings like these I was horrified! As a manager in my previous job, confidentiality was/is very high on my list of essentials and I felt that these councils went against that. Not much to do about it though so I try and ignore that i...

I agree .... urgh! I haven't heard any quite that bad, but it was father's day here this week and some of them were bordering on it. Though to add a little lightness, I do find some of the testimonies about "brethren" quite amusing. One of the older ladies recalled how her relationship with the prie...

Thanks for all your input. I am finding all this so hard because the more I learn the less clear things become. I was better off in blissful ignorance, not thinking too hard about things. I am comfortable taking the sacrament when I listen specifically to the prayer: O God, the Eternal Father, we as...

MayB your story really resonates with me. My husband is inactive and has let all the decision making up to me and it is a heavy burden. I too am thinking through all the things you have mentioned. I have no advice, otherwise I may have my own decisions, but thanks for your post as it helps me crysta...

As a late convert, and very uneducated in church ways, I find I often have a very watered-down or sketchy understanding of some things. I currently partake of sacrament, my understanding was that you don't have to be perfect to take the sacrament it is a remembrance of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ,...

Great thread and insight - thank you!

Simply - No I am who I am, not underwear will change that. Pre church I was modest anyway, it certainly didn't change that. It is like my pre church days, my sister said to me that she likes wearing sexy, matching underwear because it makes her feel better. It never did to me. So we are all differen...

I am not feeling distressed, more frustrated. To be honest, I don't want him at church if it is just for the sake of the family. If he set a good example whilst at church I may think differently, however poking the kids and sticking his tongue out at them whilst the sacrament is being passed is just...

Obviously no one knows another person's mind, but I am going to lay out my current scenario with my husband and see if someone can see something sane from this :) - his family is very strong in the church, he was born into it - has a testimony, fully believes in the church, has no faith crisis, he d...

5. Be nice to other people, and they will be nice to you. Visit the widows, the sick and the shut-ins. What does it matter if the BofM is not historically true, if the poor widow down the street is lonely? . That, to me, is everything in a nutshell! The church and it's members do some really great ...