tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post3480235567714788759..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Inclusion vs. Exclusion: Some Things Make Me Want to ScreamPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-38090112489043586632015-02-11T08:30:16.037-05:002015-02-11T08:30:16.037-05:00Anonymous, I know I got only one side of the story...Anonymous, I know I got only one side of the story - but this is a trusted friend who kept it really simple, focusing only on the fact that only those in the chapel were allowed to partake. I didn't get into reasons, since, as I said to Glenn, I can't think of any reason that I believe is justified. <br /><br />Also, thanks for your follow-up comment. I appreciate the fact that you Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-63197356335845722512015-02-10T20:42:56.218-05:002015-02-10T20:42:56.218-05:00Although I should add that the main purpose of the...Although I should add that the main purpose of the post... Inclusion over exclusion... Is one I completely agree with. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-27297211802814743882015-02-10T20:08:47.604-05:002015-02-10T20:08:47.604-05:00While I don't agree with the Bishop's choi...While I don't agree with the Bishop's choice I'm willing to believe that there might be more to the story than we know. These kinds of stories about what this-or-that Bishop has done are all around us. Without knowing the particulars it is a little dangerous to pass unilateral judgement. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-43889110879937332052015-02-06T13:04:18.430-05:002015-02-06T13:04:18.430-05:00+1+1Richard Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921970283086332560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-40100672714215181702015-02-04T21:40:29.243-05:002015-02-04T21:40:29.243-05:00Wow. I've never heard of that policy. I've...Wow. I've never heard of that policy. I've been in alot of different wards as a youth and an adult. The deacons have always given the sacrament to members waiting in the foyer. As a Young Men's leader, I've always instructed the deacons to visit the foyers.<br /><br />Sounds like the Bishop is doing his will instead of HIS will.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-38391874609665775682015-02-03T13:22:35.264-05:002015-02-03T13:22:35.264-05:00I understand that reasoning, Glenn - but I still b...I understand that reasoning, Glenn - but I still believe, personally, that such a decision is a mistake. <br /><br />Just to use stark examples, a parent of young children struggling to get them to church by herself/himself - or a widow(er) - or someone driving straight to church after an all-might shift - or anyone else for whom arriving on time is a real difficulty simply ought not be "Papa Dhttp://thingsofmysoul.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-85817446651942240142015-02-03T11:29:41.065-05:002015-02-03T11:29:41.065-05:00"I hope my friend's Bishop, who probably ..."I hope my friend's Bishop, who probably is a good, sincere person trying to do the best he can, recognizes the error of his decision and changes this particular decision - and I hope others do not make the same mistake."<br /><br />And maybe the Bishop did not make a mistake. In the branch, now a ward, where I began to grow up, the Chapel doors were closed during Sacrament. It Glenn Thigpenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289698106336334148noreply@blogger.com