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Love the replies. :lol: Just wanted to update. Wife was reading tonight, I sat next to her watching TV. She finishes reading, puts her BoM away, looks over at me and says: "I'm sorry, it's just too boring". I replied: "No need to be sorry, it really is boring" :lol: I asked her how her list of thing...

My wife decided to take Nelson's challenge. She hasn't read the book of mormon for a while. Anyway, I told her to make notes about the scriptures she liked, similar to what I did for her during my faith crisis. So, last week she was reading the violent story of Nephi beheading Laban. She turns to me...

Here's a good one I just came across. Bring Me The Horizon - Mantra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvZxPWmnqeo Lyrics: [Verse 1] Do you wanna start a cult with me? I'm not vibrating like I ought to be I need a purpose, I can't keep surfing Through this existential misery Now we're gonna need some r...

Ok, there are many things that have strengthened me to keep traveling the middle way. Reading and posting on here and other outlets, talking with my gay brother who left the church, etc. But there is one particular event recently that has really given me strength. On one of my business trips, I had ...

Holy crap has it been 3 years already? I remember you posting about your son and his mission like it was last week on the old board. Congrats! That has to be a huge relief. Personally I haven't told either of my kids as I was waiting for the natural conversation to come out like yours did. Congrats...

Yes it is. I don't need disrespect. To often these calls are used to try to manipulate the teacher though. I understand, I'm sure there are those who are called for that reason. I don't believe it is like that in my case. Autocorrect makes mesound like a jerk. Mean, not need It's all good, no worri...

Last week I was having a discussion with our oldest son, just the two of us. A little background. He came home after serving 2 months of a mission, diagnosed with depression, having suicidal ideation. This was almost three years ago (he is 21 now) and he's only been to church a few times since then....

I fully support what you're doing! I'm just not in a position to join you.

Guess who? Someone who said yes when they should have said no. You may be right. No matter what happens it is my journey, and I'll learn something from it. Yes it is. I don't need disrespect. To often these calls are used to try to manipulate the teacher though. I understand, I'm sure there are tho...

My guess is Sam Young will be next.

Where is Bill Reel's announcement? I couldn't find it.

I'm curious to hear what/how you'll be teaching and how long you can get away with it. Good luck! Yes, we'll see. My first lesson I focused on what are the qualities of a good leader. I had people read from some Ted talks (idea from Mormon Sunday School podcast), then had the class come up with the...

dogbite wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:17 am

Guess who? Someone who said yes when they should have said no.

You may be right. No matter what happens it is my journey, and I'll learn something from it.

Thanks everyone! I was actually hesitant to accept the calling. Partly because I loved teaching the 13 year old sunday school class, and partly because I'm not sure how I will cover some topics.

oliver_denom wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:28 pm

That's awesome. Having a good, well crafted lesson and discussion really makes church better for everyone. Good luck!

Thanks!

ME! Just called a few weeks ago and I actually accepted. Never taught it before, ever. First lesson last Sunday went pretty well. The next one is going to be more difficult, about the "mantle" of prophets. I'm teaching every other week, so that should help me recover better before teaching the next ...

....and the answer is: Oral sex! Although monogamy fits into the foundational narrative of the church! The post was ironically started by a poster named BJ64! The quote comes from the poster known as LePeel who represents 0.0001% of the world's population who believes the practice "darkens the divi...

A couple of songs on my repeat list.

Flora Cash - You're Somebody Else
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mCSFNsYmcY

Bad Flower - Ghost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLUEPJCs660

What's the counselor's advice with all this? That I need to get my wife in for counseling. She won't, I've tried. She went in a few times for her anxiety/OCD and didn't continue. The counselor did say she thought I was someone who could stay in the church, that I've been managing it really well. Th...

One of these times when she says she just hates going to church, ask her if the church was not true, would you want to know? She just might say she does want to know if it really is true or not. I actually asked her this early on in opening up to her. It's been a few years, but back then she answer...

Of course, that friend is me, and reading it I just cried. It brought back a flood of emotions. I told her I was sorry for breaking her heart, and we ended up having a good discussion. This is excellent that you can share your true feelings with each other! This is what really helped me and my DW d...