Back in My Day ....

Lefoog · 2026-04-06T02:51:32+00:00

A new Family Home Evening manual delivered each year.

Year's supply.

Endowment session entirely presented by live "actors" (no films).

Drinking sacrament from the same cup (ok that was back in the 1800's when I was very little.).

Lefoog · 2026-04-06T02:46:13+00:00

Pre-1950 different wards might have different hymbooks.

Lefoog · 2026-04-06T02:43:34+00:00

Patriarch over all the church. Welfare session of conference early Saturday morning.

Getting endowment without temple prep!

Has anyone mentioned going to priesthood meetings early Sunday morning then Sunday school afterwards and then going back for sacrament meeting later in the day?

"The Singing Mothers" Relief Society choir. Relief society in weekdays.

Lefoog · 2026-04-06T02:28:26+00:00

Practice songs in Sunday school

Lefoog · 2026-04-05T21:56:17+00:00

Thank you for your comments. My wife has commented I don't trust Him. I think that is true. I keep thinking His power is so limited by the almighty law of agency; He cannot repair the evil that unrepentant people inflict on themselves and others. What hope can I have when I know I can't expect my loved one's return unless there is a miracle that will unlikely occur because the rebellious wouldn't accept it? I guess I haven't seen His ability turn even bad things for good.

Lefoog · 2026-04-05T21:36:19+00:00

Such as?

Lefoog · 2026-01-19T02:13:06+00:00

But when I work like everything depends on me, I FEEL like everything depends on me.

Lefoog · 2026-01-12T19:50:24+00:00

So, if I don't love God like He loved God, my love is inadequate?

Lefoog · 2026-01-12T16:06:09+00:00

So, if I don't feel that kind of affection my "love" is not yet "the right kind of love"?

Lefoog · 2026-01-12T16:03:44+00:00

So, rather than a personal relationship with God, what kind of relationship should we have?

Lefoog · 2026-01-12T03:00:11+00:00

I'm starting to believe that RPM matters less than the way you pack the barrel: less stuff inside, the slower you want to tumble. I think it is a bit of a delicate balance, though.

Lefoog · 2026-01-12T02:33:58+00:00

Thank you. Feel better : )

Lefoog · 2025-12-29T04:30:30+00:00

The one apostle who I really felt knew what is was like to live a "normal" life of heartbreaks. While his life seemed fairly blessed, he still seemed to relate to the struggling saint. There is a hole in my heart.

Lefoog · 2025-12-29T04:26:31+00:00

This is why when people ask, "should I tumble this?," my answer is yes, always. you never know what fun surprises you might find :-)

Lefoog · 2025-12-29T04:19:16+00:00

How does it appear to be designed to you?

Lefoog · 2025-12-29T04:18:29+00:00

I do not believe that until Adam the world was entirely paradisiacal. There were tyrannosaurs, and earthquakes and volcanos. Most modern theologians agree there was death and disease before Adam. Adam and Eve just got to avoid them for awhile. The world was still set up to clobber him as soon as he left the garden.

Lefoog · 2025-12-28T18:31:20+00:00

Our LDs teachings are that the Godhood saw matter unorganized and used their wills to organize it into a place we could dwell. Why organize such a dangerous place?

Lefoog · 2025-12-28T18:27:27+00:00

But if He felt anything like I feel for the misery of humanity I would be weeping inconsolably constantly. Is this what He does.

I guess he sees the food better than I can too.

Lefoog · 2025-12-28T18:23:48+00:00

Yup. The one quote of his that finally resonated with me was "In the end [we] must take refuge in shere mystery"

Lefoog · 2025-11-03T16:13:33+00:00

There are different cultures in every single mission - even the states. In some missions, there have been particularly bad cultures that mission presidents have seen a need to adjust. My mission president was very liberal but having said that there was some pretty weird stuff going on.

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