tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post5171879978862254014..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: Unsaid SermonSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-35540004951103351472008-09-24T17:01:00.000-06:002008-09-24T17:01:00.000-06:00This post and the following comments are excellent...This post and the following comments are excellent!<BR/><BR/>I remember hearing once that "we're all learning on each other's time" and this phrase popped into my head while reading this. Like M&M said in the comments, "This is such a fine line and it involves us all being humble, loving, and patient with each other."<BR/><BR/>It's important to remember that weRachel Woods, About.com Latter-day Saint Guidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816345211874650613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-25114471273505724822008-09-20T21:17:00.000-06:002008-09-20T21:17:00.000-06:00Wonderful, SilverRain. I really, really like your...Wonderful, SilverRain. I really, really like your blog - since I walk away enriched every time I read something new.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-22940703690579577472008-09-15T18:59:00.000-06:002008-09-15T18:59:00.000-06:00Recently the leaders of the church have taught muc...Recently the leaders of the church have taught much about how to bear testimony, especially in testimony meeting. I wonder if one of the reasons this is being taught is because of the 'unsaid sermon'. If we stick to the big 5 (God, Jesus Christ, true church, Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon) there is less room for an 'unsaid sermon'.<BR/><BR/>Money is another issue that can very easily be jendoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010044127553834584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-55985065812518983622008-09-13T00:13:00.000-06:002008-09-13T00:13:00.000-06:00But on the other hand, the woman who gave the (qui...<I>But on the other hand, the woman who gave the (quite benign) comment would be wise to look inward ...</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, the woman in his example does not need to look inward. Her heart was not full of malice. I think Elder Jensen was inviting us all to look outward just a bit, and to try to be sensitive to the fact that all of our lives are different.<BR/><BR/>What that woman did was not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-86441108634339059212008-09-12T07:58:00.000-06:002008-09-12T07:58:00.000-06:00What an interesting topic! I have not heard of it...What an interesting topic! I have not heard of it before. Yet as one who has had feelings of guilt or anger well upside me at the words of another, I feel the need to weigh in.<BR/><BR/>In those instances where I have heard an untold sermon, it is usually because there is something in my life that needs to change which is in direct correlation with the topic at hand. These feelings that occur Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-4646913732191139032008-09-11T18:37:00.000-06:002008-09-11T18:37:00.000-06:00Dennis—what you say is certainly true, and is the ...Dennis—what you say is certainly true, and is the other side of the coin, which I intended to address next.<BR/><BR/>Way to steal my thunder!SilverRainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-55462337948459850992008-09-11T15:51:00.000-06:002008-09-11T15:51:00.000-06:00One other thing. Kylie at Times and Seasons says t...One other thing.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=4771" REL="nofollow"> Kylie at Times and Seasons</A> says the following about Elder Marlin K. Jensen's recent remarks at a regional conference (which I saw):<BR/><BR/><I>Elder Jensen’s other example of unkindness was a woman who bore her testimony and commented how grateful she was that Heavenly Father “trusted” her to raise herAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-82825783157819634702008-09-11T15:43:00.000-06:002008-09-11T15:43:00.000-06:00Overall, I am (sort of) in agreement with you here...Overall, I am (sort of) in agreement with you here -- without having listened to the podcast you are referring to.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I think you have two different sides that are talking past each other on this issue. One side, as you have accurately stated, assumes that the guilt from the "unsaid sermon" must be caused by the speaker. The other side (your side, from my reading) does not considerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-60581808845135019412008-09-11T13:19:00.000-06:002008-09-11T13:19:00.000-06:00This is great, you explained it so well.This is great, you explained it so well.jendoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01010044127553834584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-91809447198868681252008-09-11T10:36:00.000-06:002008-09-11T10:36:00.000-06:00Thanks for this beautiful and powerful post on an ...Thanks for this beautiful and powerful post on an important issue, SilverRain. I hope that your post will reach a wide audience, because IMO there is a great deal of misunderstanding manifested in the Bloggernacle of what you termed "a vital point."Rosalie Erekson Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985594370560172873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-72277766406626787222008-09-11T09:38:00.000-06:002008-09-11T09:38:00.000-06:00well done.well done.Eric Nielsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00530011180028252442noreply@blogger.com