Queen_Celeste

Well, I am no expert on Fashion, or Dance clothing, or the like but I do know what the church teaches on modesty. “Because the way you dress sends messages about yourself to others and often influences the way you and others act, you should dress in such a way as to bring out the best in yourself and those around you." (For the Strength of Youth, Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1990, p. 8.) I remember teaching modesty to a group of 16 year old girls at EFY a couple of years ago. Our group name was "Shamefacedness" and we weren't even provided a scripture, but in personal scripture study one of the girls found the scripture that referanced our group name and taught me a little something as well. We had thought it had to do with modesty, but this added a new light. 2 Tim 2:9 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest capparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; And right at the bottom of the page was the footnote saying it was from the Greek meaning modesty or reverence. Of course it makes sense that modesty and reverence would be related and somewhat interchangeable, but I had never really comtemplated the two together or as synonyms. The Lord gave us our bodies and we have the priveledge to use them and clothe them. We should remember that the clothes we wear reverence the gift we were given. I am afraid I cannot answer whether or not dancing costumes should have covered backs or if they can show off your hips, but I do know that the Lord gave us the guidelines for a reason. If we draw near unto Him, He will draw near unto us. Likewise, if we treat our bodies as the wonderous gift we have been given by the Lord, we will cover them in a suitable manner. I remember I was once told I should act as if the Savior could walk in the room at any moment. I believe the same goes for clothing our bodies. If you are clothing yourself in a way that you would be comfortable in the presence of the Savior, then you have nothing to worry about.

I like the idea of naming a baby out of the scriptures, however be prepared to use a middle name. I had a friend named "Craig" and later found out his first name was Moroni, but in kindergarden it was hard to pronounce and he was called macaroni...so he went by his middle name of Craig. I tried to be slightly less common with naming my daughter Alice and ran into a friend from college with an Alice of her own. Great minds think alike. It doesn't matter what others think is right for the kiddo, its not thier child. Besides if the name is horribly wrong, I am sure you will be prompted with a different name at the birth. Afterall, John the Baptist was a great example of going against tradition to be named through inspiration.

My husband and I are going and staying with his sister. We are bummed that they never announced the tickets were available, and so we we might not get to actually attend. Aparrantly all the tickets have been claimed for the whole stake??? We are bummed that it didn't get down to the ward level, but its not like the church will be any less true via a TV than in person. Ah the joys of a student ward.

I don't know how long after being baptized you can get a patriarchal blessing, but I do know its less than a year. I know this because a friend got a recommend and received her blessing when she had only been baptized for a few months. There was something that was never answered in a way I wanted earlier about lineage... When you receive your blessing you are given your lineage. Lots of people are of the tribe of Ephriam, the tribe given the primary responsibility to lead the latter-day work of the Lord. (In lds.org Gospel Topics, under Patriarchal Blessing.) D&C 113: 3-6 Has more info about it. Before I received my blessing, my bishop counseled me to study the scriptures about the tribe I would be named to. There are specific blessings given to each tribe, as well as specific responsibilities. As for people thinking different people could not be of any of the tribes of Israel, come on now. When the tribes were scattered, you don't think they got to Asia? They got to the Americas across many waters, of course they made it to Asia. (Ok this paragraph is personal opinion, but it could be true, you never know.)

Well, I understand your concern. If my daughter was looking at those sites I would probably question her on it. Its normal for people to be curious. I imagine he ran across someone at school with some affiliation with Satan worship and looked into it. Or he might have even run across Anton LaVey's name and found his connection to the group. (LaVey is the founder). I would suggest you pray about it and bring it up to your son. If you are still concerned or scared, talk with your bishop. He will likely give you great insight and counsel (thats what bishops do and thats why we love them).

I am in Kansas. We have our meetings Thursday evenings. We have big meetings once a quarter, but we have smaller group things once a month, or once a week. For example, we have a walking group that meets Tuesday afternoons, and a book club that meets every other month. WE have also had Yard sale days where we all meet and go to yard sales together as well as seasonal things like a Halloween thing downtown.

There is nothing wrong with the term mormonism. I used to be somewhat offended by the name, but if I am called after a prophet that compiled a sacred record (the book of mormon) then I must be doing something right.

My husband and I listen to the scriptures while we have dinner. we cover alot more that way, and its easy to jstu sit there and listen to more chapters. We are much farther in our listening to the book of mormon than our reading of the book of mormon. its not the same as reading, but after a long day at work staring at a computer screen, its a nice rest for the eyes.