Well Consig, if it's any consolation, I've been called to teach two classes in my ward. I teach EQ once a month, and teenage Sunday School every week.
Sometimes I'll say wacky stuff just to see if anyone's listening. Last week in EQ we had the thought provoking question "What can we do to encourage young people to prepare to be married in the temple?"
I suggested that when you talk to the youth, any time you mention a marriage or wedding that was outside the Temple, use "air quotes" around the words "marraige" and "wedding".
Consig, would you consider teaching a GD class each week here online? In sync with the weekly Church scheduled lesson material perhaps.
We could be your 'class'...
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
liz3564 wrote: Everyone has a right to vent. What you fail to realize is that those who vent about different things normally do so because they have a lot invested in what they are venting about.
If you have not seen positives regarding the LDS Church which Consig has posted, then you have not read him very thoroughly. ("Mote-beam" and all that. )
I think that consig has been focused on his release from sunday school for quite some time. It has influenced him negatively more than it really should have toward the LDS church. And I think that it clouded his better judgement. Now a couple of years later he discovers that he was blacklisted from teaching sunday school. So, the story continues.
Consig has expended much emotional energy about his release before he discovered the blacklisting. He was not the same after the release on MAD. He needs to settle this issue sooner than later and it should have been done immediately. He needs to find peace of mind about it.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
why me wrote:I think that consig has been focused on his release from sunday school for quite some time. It has influenced him negatively more than it really should have toward the LDS church. And I think that it clouded his better judgement. Now a couple of years later he discovers that he was blacklisted from teaching sunday school. So, the story continues.
Consig has expended much emotional energy about his release before he discovered the blacklisting. He was not the same after the release on MAD. He needs to settle this issue sooner than later and it should have been done immediately. He needs to find peace of mind about it.
Interesting though that Consig still attends Church despite the situation...
“We look to not only the spiritual but also the temporal, and we believe that a person who is impoverished temporally cannot blossom spiritually.” Keith McMullin - Counsellor in Presiding Bishopric
"One, two, three...let's go shopping!" Thomas S Monson - Prophet, Seer, Revelator
Drifting wrote: Interesting though that Consig still attends Church despite the situation...
True. But if he is walking around with a cross on his shoulder, he is not having the spiritual moments that he could have. He needs to get this all settled and put away for his own peace of mind. That being said, I have a friend who was placed on probation and even after his probation was lifted, he was eventually told by the branch president that he is unworthy to have callings. This caused a lot of bitterness and he is still carrying it around with him. Take the bull by the horns and solve the probelm In both cases, my friend's and consigs they need to speak up and put those people who are wrong in their place through the proper channels.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
why me wrote:True. But if he is walking around with a cross on his shoulder, he is not having the spiritual moments that he could have.
Tell it to Jesus, pal.
You are not Jesus and nor do you have to play the part. Get rid of the cross on your shoulder and live in peace. And forgive those who may have offended you.
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world. Joseph Smith We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…” Joseph Smith
why me wrote:You are not Jesus and nor do you have to play the part. Get rid of the cross on your shoulder and live in peace. And forgive those who may have offended you.
I'm not sure Consig is the type to be offended--not even with the effort you put into it.
That's General Leo. He could be my friend if he weren't my enemy. eritis sicut dii I support NCMO
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