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Latter-day Saint Christian. Random musings on Scripture, History, Culture, Lived Religion & Liturgy. Not a hater.

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David T @improvementera.com · Jan 22

Here's a link to my essay at Wayfare. There's a free trial, but the subscription is worth it. So much good stuff in Wayfare.
www.wayfaremagazine.org/p/then-shall...

Then Shall They Fast

Years ago, a loved one died, and I was led to wonder if it might have been my fault.

www.wayfaremagazine.org

David T @improvementera.com · 1h

a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .

ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting at a desk and saying it 's so ... it 's so beautiful .

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David T @improvementera.com · 9h

Uchtdorf quoting Stephen King in his #GeneralConference footnotes was not on my bingo card!

David T @improvementera.com · 2d

Hope we get an Oaks press conference with @pfstack.bsky.social able to ask direct questions like we did last time.

David T @improvementera.com · 2d

Rasband didn't help with that.

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 3d

The point of Jonah is not Nineveh’s repentance but Jonah’s fury at God’s mercy. It is a scathing parody of nationalistic religion that wants God on 'our side' and cannot stomach the possibility that God’s love extends beyond our religious and political borders, especially those considered 'enemies'.

David T @improvementera.com · 2d

*an, not angry 😅

David T @improvementera.com · 2d

I think he felt he needed to say something for the 30th anniversary, didn't plan it to be angry otherwise landmark talk.

David T @improvementera.com · 2d

I found it interesting how Oaks went out of his way to make sure people weren't framing this conference as his inaugural conference as the President. Big vibes that his talk would have been different if it was a planned First Talk As Prophet talk.

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David T @improvementera.com · 3d

Studies could be done on all the very specific and clearly intentional and calculated ways Elder Rasband intensified the linguistic rhetoric around the nature and origins of the FamProc.

David T @improvementera.com · 4d

That was a fantastic session. #GeneralConference

David T @improvementera.com · 4d

#GeneralConference

David T @improvementera.com · 5d

So is this still going to be a thing? Haven't heard anything about it since it was announced in 2021.
mi.byu.edu/seek-this-je...

David T @improvementera.com · 5d

That's what I figured, but I wondered slightly if yesterday's Memorial Broadcast would sort of fill the respectful observance prior purpose.

David T @improvementera.com · 5d

Really looking like we're not gonna get a pre-Conference reorg! #ApostolicInterregnum

David T @improvementera.com · 6d

That, and maybe closing in on what the final look will be for the actual physical book?

David T @improvementera.com · 6d

Oh, just noticed they changed the icon for Hymns For Home and Church from the Christus to a music note.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

In the days after a shooting at a Mormon church in Michigan, members raised money for the families of the victims — and the family of the shooter.

Mormons raise nearly $200,000 for family of gunman who attacked their church

In the days after a shooting at the LDS Church in Michigan, members of the church raised money for the families of the victims — and the family of the shooter.

www.washingtonpost.com

David T @improvementera.com · 9d

Rules are rules.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 9d

While I’m at it: You guys know what to do!!

youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica

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Church Newsroom @newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.social · 10d

Statement on Violence at a Chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/statement-violence-chapel-grand-blanc-michigan

Statement on Violence at a Chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan

A tragic act of violence occurred today at a chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org

David T @improvementera.com · 10d

There's a lot going on there. Looking for more details.

David T @improvementera.com · 10d

I read this as Elder's quorum is about to begin in my own ward.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10d

BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say.

Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say

Police say multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down. Local police said in a social media post that the shooting occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit.

David T @improvementera.com · 13d

www.churchhistorianspress.org/article/news...

Publication from the Church History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

www.churchhistorianspress.org

David T @improvementera.com · 13d