LDS Discussions

Roper · Roper

The Roper boys have two yard care jobs in the neighborhood that they do every Saturday. It usually takes them about an hour per yard. Well, they're at Youth Conference this week, so I did their yard care jobs for them. Took me four hours. The heat index is 104. Even though I was resting about 10 min ever...

rayb · rayb

Is it possible to multiply and replenish the earth without having children of your own? Also it is a commandment to sealed couples, right, but could single members of the church attempt such a thing? Or would that be a silly thing to attempt without a spouse? --Ray

rayb · rayb

On a scale of one to ten, where do you generally place the opinion of your fellow saints? Whose opinions do you value more? And why? --Ray

New First Presidency member... · Cocobeem

So... is it too soon to start taking guesses at who's going to be the new member of the First Presidency? Do you think we'll find out at the Oct. conference?

PollyAnna · PollyAnna

Does anyone get to rest? -- Edited by PollyAnna at 00:59, 2008-01-05

rayb · rayb

Yesterday, I taught the 11-12 year old primary/sundayschool class. While I was teaching I noticed that one of the boys laughed at the other when they would answer the questions seriously or had been asked to say a prayer. Sometimes one would attempt to ask a question put to them in the lesson, and they...

rayb · rayb

Did your mommy nag you into doing the right thing, and now you doubt your faith because she was a big meanie? Are you scarred from being coerced into doing your hometeaching by an EQ Pres. who is really really persistent? Do the missionaries keep coming over to visit you and bug you about how you haven't g...

rayb · rayb

Here are the 7 deadly sins... Listed in the same order used by both Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th Century AD, and later by Dante Alighieri in his epic poem The Divine Comedy, the seven deadly sins are as follows: Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth...

Roper · Roper

This month's Ensign has an outstanding article entitled "Crossing Thresholds and Becoming Equal Partners" by Elder and Sister Hafen. What are some of the things you and your spouse do to work toward partnership and unity in marriage? Sister Roper and I worked in the yard together this ev...

rayb · rayb

Watching the Narnia movie. I find the part where the white witch comes for Edmond, after Aslan's forces rescued him to be most stirring. She demands Edmond is hers because he's a traitor. And Aslan arranges a deal in which the white witch is satisfied. The people rejoice, and the white witch says, &quo...

Jen · Jen

Just out of curiosity, I'd like a wide view of how people generally feel about mothers breastfeeding their babies in church. I don't want my reason for this poll to color the answers, so I'll post that later. Thanks! -- Edited by Jen at 11:40, 2007-08-04

Jen · Jen

I am profoundly sad. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1615370

hiccups · hiccups

I was reading a book where part of the plotline involved surrogacy and I got to wondering what the Church's stance on having a surrogate was. I tried a search, but all I got was hits on adoption. Anyone have any light to shed on this topic?

crazymom5 · crazymom5

I'm always in the market for new books that enhance my understanding and put life into my scripture study. What are some of your favorite books? I ask because Deseret Book has a 4 volume set on sale called "Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon". I don't live anywhere near an LDS booksto...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

Is there a correlation between an attitude of gratitude, be it to God or our fellow Saints or just our fellow man in general, and the level of true humility we as individuals allow to exist within our being? Are we meant to be islands with only tentative diplomatic relations with other islands, or does t...

Valhalla · Valhalla

I was curious if anyone had insight on criminal convictions and excommunication. My wife has an uncle that was convicted of child molestation, specifically his step-granddaughter. He did not do it. His public defender was completely worthless and screwed up and did not even try, without detail...

Cocobeem · Cocobeem

I was going to put this little story in the Family History Chuckles, but it's really not something to chuckle over. We were at a family reunion for MrCoco's family last weekend and learned some more things about some of the history... One woman in particular is becoming more and more interesting to me...

Homestar Runner · Homestar Runner

So, I'm sitting there, idly teaching the Gospel Essentials lesson on Scriptures, and wishing the air conditioning was working better. Suddenly, I was informed that an important aspect of the PoGP, is that we're commanded not to share it with people until after they gain a testimony. The lady wasn'...

Valhalla · Valhalla

Former First Quorum of the Seventy member was excommunicated in 1989Ex-LDS leader George P. Lee booked for allegedly not registering as sex offenderRan twice for Navajo Nation presidency http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6504464 By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake TribuneArticle Last Updated: 07...

Valhalla · Valhalla

How a General Authority eats a Reese's peanut butter cup:To be spoken with the appropriate, authoritative voice. Author unknown 10. Paul H. Dunn I remember back in WWII that I ate a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Back then, they were big enough to live on for a week. Being the only soldier to have survived t...

rayb · rayb

How are you teaching the Home Teaching message for August? Anyone? I'm kinda at a loss, right now. It's all about being inclusive of Singles, and a lot of encouragement for single members of the church... But it's pretty generic advice, and imo, tough to apply to the families I hometeach. But I'm sure I...

rayb · rayb

Yesterday I had the privilege of teaching 16/17 yr olds the Gospel Doctrine N.T. Ressurrection of Christ section. It didn't go over super-duper, and well, part of the challenge I identified early on in the lesson when I observed out loud, "You folks don't have any clue about what death really is...

bokbadok · bokbadok

What is your worst personal habit? What thing about yourself would you change if you could? AND... What is your best trait or talent? I have several, which are admittedly related: Vices: Pride Envy Impatience Pessimism/Cynicism Critical-ness Procrast...

arbilad · arbilad

A topic about tattoos on another forum got me thinking - how many members still get tattoos and piercings, even after Pres. Hinckley recommended against them? Obviously anyone who had a tattoo beforehand probably still has it. But don't most piercings heal over, at least mostly? My hometeache...

lundbaek · lundbaek

I've been asked to lead the discussion for the Sunday School lesson #30, on the subject of God is no respecter of persons. If you can think of any contemporary examples of how/where we mess up on this, I'd appreciate your examples or suggestions. I guess the most obvious example is that of members,...

Cocobeem · Cocobeem

We're going to a reunion for a little town, New Castle, that my MIL was from this weekend. It's fairly close to where the Mountain Meadows massacre took place, so we are going to take a look over there, too. Anyone ever been there before? A friend of mine was there last fall and had an "interesting&...

rayb · rayb

Chatting with a sister that I home teach last night, she said something deeply profound. Their family's attendance at church has been spotty lately, and the excuse that's causing all the grief is a sports tournament that one of their daughters is involved in. The dad excused his attendance, trying t...

Cocobeem · Cocobeem

When's the last time you read your Patriarchal blessing? Do you think of it as a major guiding light or too nebulous to be of much practical value? Do you consider your Patriarchal blessing when you make decisions? Have you had parts of it come true or do parts seem impossible? Do you feel like you unders...

Roper · Roper

Of course, the first is Primary Music Leader. But releases happen. So now...SCOUTMASTER! This makes the third time. Obviously I still haven't got it right, because the Lord keeps giving me another chance :) So here's my situation and question: I'm really not good at detailed planning. And I'm...

Cocobeem · Cocobeem

As we were coming over Donner Pass on our way home from vacation, my thoughts turned back to that unfortunate experience of the Donner-Reed party. Then I got to thinking... what's the big deal about cannibalism? Is there some scripture somewhere that forbids it? Is that some Mosaic Law thing or i...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Blessings of hard work? (Preview) The Roper boys have two yard care jobs in the neighborhood that they do every Saturday. It usually takes them about an hour per yard. Well, they're at Youth Conference this week, so I did their yard care jobs for them. Took me four hours. The heat index is 104. Even though I was resting about 10 min ever...	Roper	5	505	Aug 19, 2007 by Roper
	Multiply and Replenish the earth... (Preview) Is it possible to multiply and replenish the earth without having children of your own? Also it is a commandment to sealed couples, right, but could single members of the church attempt such a thing? Or would that be a silly thing to attempt without a spouse? --Ray	rayb	14	781	Aug 18, 2007 by hiccups
	The Opinion of Saints... (Preview) On a scale of one to ten, where do you generally place the opinion of your fellow saints? Whose opinions do you value more? And why? --Ray	rayb	18	438	Aug 18, 2007 by rayb
	New First Presidency member... (Preview) So... is it too soon to start taking guesses at who's going to be the new member of the First Presidency? Do you think we'll find out at the Oct. conference?	Cocobeem	25	494	Aug 17, 2007 by nitasmile
	REST??? (Preview) Does anyone get to rest? -- Edited by PollyAnna at 00:59, 2008-01-05	PollyAnna	17	773	Aug 15, 2007 by PollyAnna
	Subtle Self-deception... (Preview) Yesterday, I taught the 11-12 year old primary/sundayschool class. While I was teaching I noticed that one of the boys laughed at the other when they would answer the questions seriously or had been asked to say a prayer. Sometimes one would attempt to ask a question put to them in the lesson, and they...	rayb	12	457	Aug 15, 2007 by rayb
	Teaching Kids to do the right thing on their own... (Preview) Did your mommy nag you into doing the right thing, and now you doubt your faith because she was a big meanie? Are you scarred from being coerced into doing your hometeaching by an EQ Pres. who is really really persistent? Do the missionaries keep coming over to visit you and bug you about how you haven't g...	rayb	10	418	Aug 15, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Classifying Sins and Virtues (Preview) Here are the 7 deadly sins... Listed in the same order used by both Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th Century AD, and later by Dante Alighieri in his epic poem The Divine Comedy, the seven deadly sins are as follows: Luxuria (extravagance, later lust), Gula (gluttony), Avaritia (greed), Acedia (sloth...	rayb	16	461	Aug 14, 2007 by Dyany
	Equal partners in marriage (Preview) This month's Ensign has an outstanding article entitled "Crossing Thresholds and Becoming Equal Partners" by Elder and Sister Hafen. What are some of the things you and your spouse do to work toward partnership and unity in marriage? Sister Roper and I worked in the yard together this ev...	Roper	10	605	Aug 13, 2007 by Cocobeem
	The Promise (Preview) Watching the Narnia movie. I find the part where the white witch comes for Edmond, after Aslan's forces rescued him to be most stirring. She demands Edmond is hers because he's a traitor. And Aslan arranges a deal in which the white witch is satisfied. The people rejoice, and the white witch says, &quo...	rayb	4	363	Aug 12, 2007 by rayb
	POLL: Nursing babies in Church. (Preview) Just out of curiosity, I'd like a wide view of how people generally feel about mothers breastfeeding their babies in church. I don't want my reason for this poll to color the answers, so I'll post that later. Thanks! -- Edited by Jen at 11:40, 2007-08-04	Jen	38	655	Aug 10, 2007 by Cocobeem
	President James E. Faust has passed. (Preview) I am profoundly sad. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=1615370	Jen	3	372	Aug 10, 2007 by mirkwood
	A question (Preview) I was reading a book where part of the plotline involved surrogacy and I got to wondering what the Church's stance on having a surrogate was. I tried a search, but all I got was hits on adoption. Anyone have any light to shed on this topic?	hiccups	16	483	Aug 9, 2007 by Cocobeem
	What books do you most like for doctrinal scripture study help (Preview) I'm always in the market for new books that enhance my understanding and put life into my scripture study. What are some of your favorite books? I ask because Deseret Book has a 4 volume set on sale called "Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon". I don't live anywhere near an LDS booksto...	crazymom5	32	526	Aug 8, 2007 by rayb
	Gratitude and Humility (Preview) Is there a correlation between an attitude of gratitude, be it to God or our fellow Saints or just our fellow man in general, and the level of true humility we as individuals allow to exist within our being? Are we meant to be islands with only tentative diplomatic relations with other islands, or does t...	Cat Herder	22	706	Aug 8, 2007 by zealia
	Crime and Excommunication (Preview) I was curious if anyone had insight on criminal convictions and excommunication. My wife has an uncle that was convicted of child molestation, specifically his step-granddaughter. He did not do it. His public defender was completely worthless and screwed up and did not even try, without detail...	Valhalla	9	498	Aug 4, 2007 by Poncho29
	Emotions are just Over-rated. ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I was going to put this little story in the Family History Chuckles, but it's really not something to chuckle over. We were at a family reunion for MrCoco's family last weekend and learned some more things about some of the history... One woman in particular is becoming more and more interesting to me...	Cocobeem	68	1226	Aug 3, 2007 by Cocobeem
	No Pearl of Great Price until after gaining a testimony? (Preview) So, I'm sitting there, idly teaching the Gospel Essentials lesson on Scriptures, and wishing the air conditioning was working better. Suddenly, I was informed that an important aspect of the PoGP, is that we're commanded not to share it with people until after they gain a testimony. The lady wasn'...	Homestar Runner	12	452	Aug 1, 2007 by arbilad
	George Lee has sure fallen far, sad (Preview) Former First Quorum of the Seventy member was excommunicated in 1989Ex-LDS leader George P. Lee booked for allegedly not registering as sex offenderRan twice for Navajo Nation presidency http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6504464 By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake TribuneArticle Last Updated: 07...	Valhalla	15	810	Aug 1, 2007 by PollyAnna
	How a General Authority eats a Reese's peanut butter cup (Preview) How a General Authority eats a Reese's peanut butter cup:To be spoken with the appropriate, authoritative voice. Author unknown 10. Paul H. Dunn I remember back in WWII that I ate a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Back then, they were big enough to live on for a week. Being the only soldier to have survived t...	Valhalla	4	385	Jul 31, 2007 by mirkwood
	HomeTeaching in August... (Preview) How are you teaching the Home Teaching message for August? Anyone? I'm kinda at a loss, right now. It's all about being inclusive of Singles, and a lot of encouragement for single members of the church... But it's pretty generic advice, and imo, tough to apply to the families I hometeach. But I'm sure I...	rayb	5	380	Jul 30, 2007 by Poncho29
	Teaching Death!! (Preview) Yesterday I had the privilege of teaching 16/17 yr olds the Gospel Doctrine N.T. Ressurrection of Christ section. It didn't go over super-duper, and well, part of the challenge I identified early on in the lesson when I observed out loud, "You folks don't have any clue about what death really is...	rayb	4	375	Jul 30, 2007 by rayb
	The best and worst (Preview) What is your worst personal habit? What thing about yourself would you change if you could? AND... What is your best trait or talent? I have several, which are admittedly related: Vices: Pride Envy Impatience Pessimism/Cynicism Critical-ness Procrast...	bokbadok	18	633	Jul 30, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Tattoos and piercings (Preview) A topic about tattoos on another forum got me thinking - how many members still get tattoos and piercings, even after Pres. Hinckley recommended against them? Obviously anyone who had a tattoo beforehand probably still has it. But don't most piercings heal over, at least mostly? My hometeache...	arbilad	23	673	Jul 27, 2007 by Poncho29
	God is no respecter of persons (Preview) I've been asked to lead the discussion for the Sunday School lesson #30, on the subject of God is no respecter of persons. If you can think of any contemporary examples of how/where we mess up on this, I'd appreciate your examples or suggestions. I guess the most obvious example is that of members,...	lundbaek	11	5232	Jul 26, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Mountain Meadows (Preview) We're going to a reunion for a little town, New Castle, that my MIL was from this weekend. It's fairly close to where the Mountain Meadows massacre took place, so we are going to take a look over there, too. Anyone ever been there before? A friend of mine was there last fall and had an "interesting&...	Cocobeem	25	616	Jul 23, 2007 by Cocobeem
	Call the Sabbath a delight. (Preview) Chatting with a sister that I home teach last night, she said something deeply profound. Their family's attendance at church has been spotty lately, and the excuse that's causing all the grief is a sports tournament that one of their daughters is involved in. The dad excused his attendance, trying t...	rayb	17	433	Jul 20, 2007 by salesortonscom
	Patriarchal Blessing (Preview) When's the last time you read your Patriarchal blessing? Do you think of it as a major guiding light or too nebulous to be of much practical value? Do you consider your Patriarchal blessing when you make decisions? Have you had parts of it come true or do parts seem impossible? Do you feel like you unders...	Cocobeem	17	790	Jul 17, 2007 by salesortonscom
	The second-best calling in the church (Preview) Of course, the first is Primary Music Leader. But releases happen. So now...SCOUTMASTER! This makes the third time. Obviously I still haven't got it right, because the Lord keeps giving me another chance :) So here's my situation and question: I'm really not good at detailed planning. And I'm...	Roper	9	399	Jul 16, 2007 by Cocobeem
	Cannibalism ( 1 2 ) (Preview) As we were coming over Donner Pass on our way home from vacation, my thoughts turned back to that unfortunate experience of the Donner-Reed party. Then I got to thinking... what's the big deal about cannibalism? Is there some scripture somewhere that forbids it? Is that some Mosaic Law thing or i...	Cocobeem	50	939	Jul 11, 2007 by Cat Herder
«First < 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 12 > Last» \| Page of 12 sorted by