tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post4843069790939191921..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Spirituality and Righteousness Are Not Primarily Communal, Church PursuitsPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-21904624245013440142011-08-25T17:39:54.908-04:002011-08-25T17:39:54.908-04:00Awesome = "We can pray all we want for a good...Awesome = "We can pray all we want for a good harvest, but we won't have much of a crop unless we work the ground. Focusing on the crop, and thinking about the crop, and praying about the crop, and talking about the crop, and having meetings to talk about the crop, won't do much good unless someone dependably and meaningfully tills the ground and pulls the weeds."Richard Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921970283086332560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-18378985296064732232011-08-24T18:09:48.256-04:002011-08-24T18:09:48.256-04:00Well said, ji. I agree totally with everything yo...Well said, ji. I agree totally with everything you've written in these two comments.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-91286200714683120172011-08-24T12:02:18.851-04:002011-08-24T12:02:18.851-04:00Perhaps like you, I find that I don't attend c...Perhaps like you, I find that I don't attend church meetings for what I can get out of then -- whether they enlighten or entertain me is not important -- rather, church attendance is secondary to my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. I attend meetings BECAUSE of my faith, and I hope it is my faith, rather than my attendance, that defines me as a Latter-day Saint.<br /><br />A pattern of jinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-38175755039330238372011-08-24T11:10:35.282-04:002011-08-24T11:10:35.282-04:00I have sometimes thought that a ward council's...I have sometimes thought that a ward council's main focus should be on providing meaningful and dependable activities and programs, rather than focusing on the spirituality and righteousness of individual ward members. Within that structural framework, so to speak, of activities and programs and sacrament meetings and Sunday involvements, each person at his or her own speed can tend to his jinoreply@blogger.com