tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post1208116347929963824..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Sacrament Meeting Can Be a Revelatory Worship Service - or Just Another MeetingPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-47084319152849491912013-10-24T22:02:32.237-04:002013-10-24T22:02:32.237-04:00Anon1, I agree that we need to allow people at all...Anon1, I agree that we need to allow people at all stages and with all perspectives to worship "on their own terms" (within limits, of course), and it's establishing those limits that is tricky. <br /><br />Anon2, I believe we need to reserve many topics we often hear in Sacrament Meeting to Sunday School and the 3rd hour meetings, but I regularly hear about Jesus in Sacrament Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-38040604168336922202013-10-24T21:11:29.581-04:002013-10-24T21:11:29.581-04:00I cannot agree with the overall message of the let...I cannot agree with the overall message of the letter. The classic reason for not wearing crosses as Mormons is because we focus on the Resurrection and the Atonement, not Jesus's death. We have no need to mourn Jesus in a "funeral." The Good News of the Gospel is that He lives! Our leaders sometimes call our sacrament meetings "worship" meetings, but that's mostly lipcubeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-87508428599955851542013-10-24T09:51:04.523-04:002013-10-24T09:51:04.523-04:00Of all the things we talk about in Sacrament Meeti...Of all the things we talk about in Sacrament Meeting, the one thing we don't talk about is Jesus. I cannot remember the last time someone actually read from one of the four gospels or told a story about Jesus. We seem to have forgotten whose name is on our buildings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-92086782011030843022013-10-23T17:43:11.510-04:002013-10-23T17:43:11.510-04:00I very much take the points raised here, but I'...I very much take the points raised here, but I'm also aware that it has taken time for me to be where I am now, and perhaps sacrament meeting is also a time in which to train people to attend sacrament and begin their process of engaging with the ordinance, and they may need to participate to some extent on their own terms. I often struggle with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com