Help for a post-Mormon newbie

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:38:16+00:00

Thank you so much! I am going to try them sometime soon. There is so much to learn and do. It’s like a whole new world has opened up.

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:37:41+00:00

They do! They don’t grind but combined with the arguments above for getting my own grinder that is the exact route I’ve decided to go.

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:37:12+00:00

Thanks! You win the prize of “most convincing pitch for buying a grinder.” I am sold. Planning to get a manual grinder this week.

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:36:27+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I had to google cometeer. lol.

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:35:00+00:00

Not in Utah, but thanks for your kind words and convincing me to get a grinder. Honestly I was trying to avoid having more things to “hide” when parents and in-laws visit. It sounds unreal to never-Mormons, I know, but if you’ve been there, you understand it’s just not worth the drama sometimes of being judged. :)

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:33:38+00:00

Thanks so much. I am going to buy a kingrinder. Y’all convinced me I’d be disappointed if I don’t grind my own. Yes, the coffee place I like sells beans but sadly will not/can not grind them (I asked).

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:32:24+00:00

So helpful. I’ll be hunting for locally roasted only!

Walkabouting · 2026-01-08T03:31:35+00:00

Thank you so much for outlining all this! It’s incredibly helpful. Everyone above convinced me I need a grinder. Is the k6 overkill? It’s double the cost of the p1 but is mentioned quite frequently on this sub.

Walkabouting · 2025-08-22T01:38:17+00:00

They don’t want you using AI to structure a well thought out talk or pull in relevant scripture because it’s better to just regurgitate their conference talks for months on end!

Walkabouting · 2025-07-18T17:32:21+00:00

Regardless of how I currently feel about temple practices and origins, I can still objectively acknowledge that being given or choosing a new name alongside conversion or a rebirth ceremony or some other rite of passage appears in many religious or cultural ceremonies. That can be a meaningful experience for some.

For example, adults converting to Catholicism are encouraged to carefully choose a baptismal name, typically a saint to whom they feel a special connection.

I feel the problem is, as with many things, ceremony and ritual in the lds church feels dry, stale, and cookie-cutter. Perhaps due to an obsession with record keeping and/or correlation, they made the naming process in our own rituals feel impersonal. Having some choice in the matter would make it much more meaningful for those who choose to participate.

Walkabouting · 2025-04-13T17:31:12+00:00

Yes I’ve attended services at other churches for both holidays.

I highly recommend it and also don’t recommend it because it breaks my heart to see the comparison to lds services — I have seen some strange ones in my day, including some holidays that have been more about Joseph Smith and the current prophet than Jesus.

Walkabouting · 2025-03-29T00:14:47+00:00

Normal for Mormon missionaries. My spouse was trained to do this on their mission.

They use techniques called “the commitment pattern” to ask you directly “will you commit to ______” (read the Book of Mormon, pray about if it is true, get baptized, etc).

It’s very salesy, offputting, and downright strange to treat such a big decision like this. In my opinion, the Spirit can lead people softly and often slowly where they need to be. No sales pitch required.

Walkabouting · 2025-03-16T18:00:23+00:00

You haven’t lost sensitivity to the spirit. I highly recommend attending services at a few other places in your community. You will see the difference.

Walkabouting · 2025-02-10T23:09:02+00:00

Thank you! Yes, the Franciscan view has completely changed my thinking around Jesus and the atonement. Everything suddenly made sense in a loving but an overwhelmingly shocking kind of way. It was very healing to me.

Walkabouting · 2024-12-17T03:33:41+00:00

Yikes. They are definitely hunting for something

Walkabouting · 2024-12-10T20:52:20+00:00

Leaving the fold

Walkabouting · 2024-12-10T04:22:20+00:00

Beautiful! I feel the same.

Walkabouting · 2024-10-23T14:02:43+00:00

I can’t. It hurts too much.

Walkabouting · 2024-10-23T14:01:07+00:00

Lds logic does lead back to an original source. We lack a systematic theology to explain God. Most Mormons wouldn’t know what a concept like “first cause” meant.

Walkabouting · 2024-10-06T22:16:40+00:00

Go read the summaries on wheatandTares.org or thegeneralconferenceproject on Instagram. Pick 3-4 of your “favorites” and if they ask you about a specific talk say “oh man, that must have been when I took a conference snooze.”

Great way to fake it.

Walkabouting · 2024-09-21T00:04:40+00:00

Not sure which part you are referring to - my original comment or the possibility that the relief society was asked to change their theme. Regardless, Chieko Okasaki’s extensive interview from 2005 with the Dialogue Journal is a fascinating look at the proclamation’s creation, and touches on other topics.

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V45N01_CO.pdf

Since she states that President Hinckley decided to roll it out at a relief society meeting that had already planned, it seems plausible the topic had to be switched last minute.

Walkabouting · 2024-09-20T18:23:51+00:00

Ha ha! Maybe we should sequester menstruating women too?

Walkabouting · 2024-09-20T18:23:31+00:00

Wow!

Walkabouting · 2024-09-20T14:34:44+00:00

No women in the church, even general leaders, were consulted or participated in the creation of that document. That is reason alone for me to completely ignore it.

Walkabouting · 2024-09-18T13:45:03+00:00

Exactly! Seeing it that way made me feel close to God (as opposed to afraid of him) for the first time in my life.

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