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I don’t know if it was officially sponsored by the Church, but Joy School used to be a coop curriculum in the 80s. https://www.deseret.com/2011/7/28/20206386/mormon-parenting-childhood-comes-before-school

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Well of course. Just because it's remote, doesn't mean the ward members should give up all their sacrament customs.

Study pattern: Purpose Each study session has a purpose. Often it is an extension of the previous study's purpose. Begin with prayer and state the purpose. "Investigate the different creation accounts, see how they differ, and discover what the similarities and differences teach" "Learn my responsibilities and privileges as a deacon" "Select a person from my reading that I most relate to" "Find something of interest in this week's reading assignment" "Memorize 3 verses I learned about yesterday" "Cross reference my patriarchal blessing with the scriptures" Prework These don't necessarily happen in the study session (unless you make that your purpose of study that day) but these are "helps" or resources you rely on in your more general studies. This might include such things as surveying the Gospel Library App to see what's available for your subject (if studying the D&C it's helpful to have some Church history resources), learning historic timelines and facts (such as where the saints were gathered and when (for D&C), or the rise and fall of ancient empires (for OT), geography (OT, NT, BM), revelation names (D&C)), or even memorizing scripture/official declarations for when phrases come up later. Oh yeah, I did an exercise during my first NT seminary class where we searched through the NT footnotes for references to the JST and marked them with a highlighter. I went back and did that for the OT as well. You should definitely do that. Study This is where you do what you typically think of as "studying" -- sit on your keister and read until it sinks in. But don't just do that, apply some principles. Be curious - you may come across curiosities as you're reading, feel free to explore them a little bit. If they're taking too long or are distracting then make a note for a future study topic and return to the current topic (assuming the Spirit isn't driving you to the curiosity). "I wonder what it means by 'the cause of Zion'? Huh, it's come up a few times... and the Church hasn't even been organized yet....". Mosiah 19:4 "wait, was there a ceremony that I missed?" Use other resources -- student manuals and other entries (in the Gospel Library app) can provide Catch 22 context -- if you already know about it you probably don't need to look at it again, but if you don't already know then you don't know you need to look it up. This is also where you refer to previous notes, timelines, maps, from prework. Ponder -- Just because you "finished studying" doesn't mean you've finished studying. Throughout the day as you have time to reflect, ponder what you studied. This helps solidify in your memory what you studied, provides opportunities for feedback loops, and provides opportunities for personal revelation. Feedback loops -- sometimes you may come across connections from your other studies or observations (listened to some sort of counselor list out principles for building meaningful relationships and realized those are the same things God asks of us -- almost like prophets know a thing or two). These then return back to your study for additional insights Make notes for yourself -- sometimes it's helpful to diagram to get a better understanding of what's going on. This can turn into a bit of a prework tangent by creating maps, timelines, family trees and such, but mostly it's an exercise of physically organizing your thoughts. Make notes for future you -- that's a great insight you got from your study session. It'd be a real shame if you ever forgot it. Four years from now when your read the same passage again you won't remember that you thought anything of it. You don't necessarily need anything major but it should be enough to jog your memory (it may just be a new footnote referencing one of the study helps discussed earlier, then you can check the reference if you want to learn more) Share As with ponder and purpose, share helps solidify your memory. You probably remember scriptures you quoted in talks or lessons better than other scriptures because you made sure you understood them well enough that you could present them and (if teaching) could answer questions about them. Have a "good news" buddy you can share with (a "good news" buddy is someone you can share good news with and feel even better about yourself because of how well they rejoice with you). You don't have to share every time but you should be preparing to present every time you study. Case study: Purpose: Pray to "Find personal meaning from Psalm 24" Prework: 1) Psalms is the Old Testament Hymnal. It was meant to be sung probably by a choir. 2) When I read through Song of Solomon I recognized 3 character parts in it (man, woman, group). I took the time to label these and it made my reading easier (I was very pleased when I saw the NIV also did the same, labeling the group "chorus"). Study: Start reading the Psalm. "... Who shall ascend to the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath..." curious -- is that a call and response? <continue reading> "... Who is the King of glory? the Lord strong and mighty..." curious What is this? catechism? call and response? prework Let's break this down like Song of Solomon and see if I can make sense of it. Focusing on the questions, assign Caller, Responder, chorus(?) - something like Work on some variations: Ch doesn't have to be a chorus, maybe that's like the King's messenger. Then C is asking the important questions. Then R can be Ch informing them how to prepare for the King. Only 2 parts required. C in the second part could be the gates themselves singing. notes Some thoughts on the Second Coming share Pretend like I have a friend who enjoys poetry and defend my partitioning ponder Later in the day imagine the following vignette: notes: Some better thoughts

I agree that very rarely does a person participating in a debate changer their mind from the debate, but it does happen. Dave Rubin went full derp-face while interviewing Larry Elder and subsequently changed his views on black victimhood narratives. @NeuroTypicalhas more experience with online debates than I do, but I’m sure he’ll agree that the person you’re trying to convince is not the die-hard staring at you but the silent lurker sitting on the fence observing the proceedings. These individuals change their minds all the time because they’re coming to the debate wanting to be persuaded.

This reminds me of some of the examples President Kimball gave in The False Gods We Worship.

With wings like that, I’d cover my face too!

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When Cthulhu goes uWu

“Dude did you see that thing?!?!” ”Yeah, it was … I don’t know what!” ”<squealing in shock>” ”I mean…. It was…… did you see…..” ”You talking about that thing with the short nose?” <group stare > ”<still squealing in shock>”

My brother introduced the phrase to us when we lived in Texas back in the last century. Later I learned others knew the joke too. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/friend/1988/01/charades?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/friend/1989/03/brother-to-brother-part-three?lang=eng https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/friend/1997/01/doing-good-to-all-men?lang=eng

In that moment, all of Tautology Club knew they made the right choice.

Tell me you want @zil2to send you a fountain pen without telling me you want zil to send you a fountain pen.

A bridge… over troubled waters

In the US that directive is called a living will. The Church uses strong language against euthanasia (violates the commandments of God) but notes that what you describe is not euthanasia. Here’s the relevant section in the Handbook of Instruction:

@prisonchaplain When gay marriage was in the courts, the Church of Jesus Christ filed an amicus with the Family Proclamation to show our interest in the decision. I know Assemblies of God has official faith statements, do you have one on the family? Or is there a body of statements from National Councils on the topic?

And then there’s this

You forgot to include quotation marks. ”Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity.” This backlash comes with prophetic warning:

Anyone else read this and hear Nibley say “that’s not bad for Xerox”?

@mordorbund shouldn’t you get a life or something?

Bear from Song of the South holds Magic Kingdom hostage after being “erased from Disney history”

Winnie-the-Pooh getting a shakedown for not paying for his honey habit

Ugh! What does the bear’s race have to do with anything?

Just curious, why sadface?