tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post4812124995489759421..comments2024-03-27T06:51:19.327-06:00Comments on The Rains Came Down: About Not Belonging in the Church You Belong ToSilverRainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580230961425635077noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-57040090191130885972013-05-13T18:38:16.713-06:002013-05-13T18:38:16.713-06:00I love your honesty. I am a life long Mormon, and...I love your honesty. I am a life long Mormon, and we would totally hit it off. I was raised LDS in San Francisco Bay Area, LDS mom, non LDS dad. Only Mormon girl my age in school for years. All my friends were of other faiths, or of no faith. Our ward was a patchwork of color, size, ability, disability, etc. It was wonderful. We did not have the green jello, aproned moms and off to work daiseedebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375072309441148556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-42232341855161249482013-05-01T22:33:13.757-06:002013-05-01T22:33:13.757-06:00Thanks for this. I've been thinking a lot lat...Thanks for this. I've been thinking a lot lately about some friends who have gone into inactivity and then a sister I was recently asked to VT, also inactive -- why. It comes down to the same thing, none of them feel like they belong. So it's given me a lot to think about. I'm trying to think of ways I can minister to them so that they do feel welcome and needed.The Atomic Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898486879415952446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-89198620877867871942013-04-30T08:34:47.110-06:002013-04-30T08:34:47.110-06:00Ive olways thought it was indicative that the scr...Ive olways thought it was indicative that the scriptures localize compassion and charity in the Bowels. The part of our body that has to deal with all the crap :P ;)<br /><br />http://www.lds.org/scriptures/search?lang=eng&query=bowels&testament=dc-testament<br /><br />Also, I've noticed that Pres. Uchdorf seams to have made making room for differences his theme over that last few Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636740926033505057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-66346850467476008712013-04-30T08:34:28.318-06:002013-04-30T08:34:28.318-06:00Ive olways thought it was indicative that the scr...Ive olways thought it was indicative that the scriptures localize compassion and charity in the Bowels. The part of our body that has to deal with all the crap :P ;)<br /><br />http://www.lds.org/scriptures/search?lang=eng&query=bowels&testament=dc-testament<br /><br />Also, I've noticed that Pres. Uchdorf seams to have made making room for differences his theme over that last few Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636740926033505057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270245506969727628.post-61222380890999990872013-04-30T06:46:51.973-06:002013-04-30T06:46:51.973-06:00"For us, true religion may look more like sit..."For us, true religion may look more like sitting next to someone at Church, smiling at someone who says something controversial and let them know they are appreciated. It might be speaking up ourselves and displaying our vulnerabilities and other-ness when the Spirit moves us. It may just look like going to Church even when it hurts so very much."<br /><br />SR, it is always these Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.com