NOM

I feel bad for the missionaries. Everyone knows that members don't have referrals to give and members hate being put on the spot, but church leaders keep pushing member referrals. So the missionaries listen to the leaders and keep begging for referrals, putting everyone except the church leader in a...

Let's give Brother Quote-Writer a break. All he is trying to do is save sacred tithing dollars. See, if the FP had a statement written for them that was specific to the election then it could only be used once. Brother Quote-Writer is setting things up so a volunteer senior missionary can simply cha...

Some lady got up yesterday and yapped on and on about the BOM being a guideline for our day and how wonderful it would have been to live in the nephite cities. It was a hoot to liken it to a desire to live with Fred Flintstone. Nephites! Meet the Nephites! They're a modern scripture family. From th...

We had our stake conference last weekend which was largely forgettable (so much so that my TBM wife on the ride home said she didn't know what any of the talks were about). Apparently we were challenged at the adult session (we weren't there) to have one family prepared to take the missionary discus...

I attend and hold a busy calling. Mostly I attend to support my wife, but I do have friends at church and enjoy seeing them. I've found that focusing more on people at the local level and worrying less about leaders keeps me sane. There are a lot of great people in our ward that are trying to do the...

I finally registered using a new name. I was hoo on the last forum, but decided to switch it up for fun. I read a lot but don't say much, which is why it took me so long to register. I grew up LDS, served a mission, BYU, married in the temple, etc. Was a TBM for a long time. I started listening to p...