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My son got married this weekend. Of course, the folks at church who are his age have been married 10-15 years, but better late than never, I suppose.
 
We had rain, but it stopped for the outdoor wedding and every time we had to do something, so that worked out (big shout out, HF!).
 
Now for the grandkids!

My son got married this weekend. Of course, the folks at church who are his age have been married 10-15 years, but better late than never, I suppose.
 
We had rain, but it stopped for the outdoor wedding and every time we had to do something, so that worked out (big shout out, HF!).
 
Now for the grandkids!

My son got married this weekend. Of course, the folks at church who are his age have been married 10-15 years, but better late than never, I suppose.
 
We had rain, but it stopped for the outdoor wedding and every time we had to do something, so that worked out (big shout out, HF!).
 
Now for the grandkids!

Here is one:
 
In 1924, Elder George Albert Smith, then an LDS apostle, was visiting with a local church leader on the roof terrace of a hotel overlooking San Francisco Bay.
According to Chad S. Hawkins' book, "The First 100 Temples," Elder Smith “ceased talking and for several minutes gazed intently toward the hills above Oakland” before again speaking to his friend W. Aird MacDonald, Hawkins wrote.
"Brother MacDonald, I can almost see in vision a white temple of the Lord high upon those hills, an ensign to all the world travelers as they sail through the Golden Gate into this wonderful harbor," said the future president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "A great white temple of the Lord will grace those hills, a glorious ensign to the nations, to welcome our Father's children as they visit this great city."
Those prophetic words were fulfilled 40 years later when President David O. McKay dedicated the Oakland California Temple in November 1964.

A lot of generalities here, I think that the OP is looking for very specific examples. President said X  and X happened sometime later.

In 1968 [then] Apostle Monson prophesied of the building of the [then] communist East Germany temple.in Freiberg. [see article here]

To the Boys and to the Men, from President Hinckley, in 1998, seems rather prophetic in hindsight even though Hinckley himself put things rather modestly:
 

Jeesh.  I was happy to meet members of my ward at the reception. People showed up that I didn't know, but who became good friends. I was surprised that people would come to see a stranger get baptized and then share that good feeling afterward. My experience at my baptism has been one of the primary reasons I have gone to almost every convert baptism in my ward.
 
How different we all are and how differently we perceive experience.

Since the 1970s, I have known people who've undergone reassignment surgery. I think I understand the psychological and physical issues that would make someone make this decision. OK.  But...
 
1) Bruce has way more money than most of these people, who suffer until they can get all of the surgery (and many can never afford to get everything done)  I'm sure it has been a hard road for him, but it's a lot harder for others. I'm just not impressed that he's such a courageous person. There are people who commit suicide because they can't make the change. Again, not impressed. 
 
I kinda feel guilty for thinking this way, since I believe people can do what they want with their money. But the old hippie girl in me would like to read that he's set up some kind of fund for those who can't pay for all the surgery.
 
2)  I've seen untouched pictures of him after the car accident. Not so great. Now we've got a pic of him as a fabulous woman. So not only do women have to compare themselves to other women, they now get to do it against someone with surgery, who's never had a baby, and who is what, 6' tall? and whose every picture will be Photoshopped so that the media can say what a great looking woman he is.
 
I'm confused on one hand and tired of it all on the other hand.

Jeesh.  I was happy to meet members of my ward at the reception. People showed up that I didn't know, but who became good friends. I was surprised that people would come to see a stranger get baptized and then share that good feeling afterward. My experience at my baptism has been one of the primary reasons I have gone to almost every convert baptism in my ward.
 
How different we all are and how differently we perceive experience.

Jeesh.  I was happy to meet members of my ward at the reception. People showed up that I didn't know, but who became good friends. I was surprised that people would come to see a stranger get baptized and then share that good feeling afterward. My experience at my baptism has been one of the primary reasons I have gone to almost every convert baptism in my ward.
 
How different we all are and how differently we perceive experience.

Jeesh.  I was happy to meet members of my ward at the reception. People showed up that I didn't know, but who became good friends. I was surprised that people would come to see a stranger get baptized and then share that good feeling afterward. My experience at my baptism has been one of the primary reasons I have gone to almost every convert baptism in my ward.
 
How different we all are and how differently we perceive experience.

Since the 1970s, I have known people who've undergone reassignment surgery. I think I understand the psychological and physical issues that would make someone make this decision. OK.  But...
 
1) Bruce has way more money than most of these people, who suffer until they can get all of the surgery (and many can never afford to get everything done)  I'm sure it has been a hard road for him, but it's a lot harder for others. I'm just not impressed that he's such a courageous person. There are people who commit suicide because they can't make the change. Again, not impressed. 
 
I kinda feel guilty for thinking this way, since I believe people can do what they want with their money. But the old hippie girl in me would like to read that he's set up some kind of fund for those who can't pay for all the surgery.
 
2)  I've seen untouched pictures of him after the car accident. Not so great. Now we've got a pic of him as a fabulous woman. So not only do women have to compare themselves to other women, they now get to do it against someone with surgery, who's never had a baby, and who is what, 6' tall? and whose every picture will be Photoshopped so that the media can say what a great looking woman he is.
 
I'm confused on one hand and tired of it all on the other hand.

Jeesh.  I was happy to meet members of my ward at the reception. People showed up that I didn't know, but who became good friends. I was surprised that people would come to see a stranger get baptized and then share that good feeling afterward. My experience at my baptism has been one of the primary reasons I have gone to almost every convert baptism in my ward.
 
How different we all are and how differently we perceive experience.

I don't recall them making specific predictive prophecies, though President Hinckley did warn of financial difficulties. I see this less as divinely inspired prophecy and more as common sense.
 
I am confident that our prophets receive revelation every day, but it's for the running of the kingdom. It is received in areas far less flashy than e.g. President Kimball's revelation on the Priesthood, but ultimately I think just as important.

It's also not a specific prophecy, but the Proclamation to the World on the Family came about during President Hinckley's time. I consider that document to be a series of very timely prophecies.

Still haven't decided what to do about the bishop. I am paying the boys who help with the chairs, since I've been told they are trying to find service projects to get money for camp.

I spoke at a convert baptism last Saturday. I was surprised that there were no refreshments, but thought maybe because ti was in the evening and people would want to go home. I've been to most of the convert baptisms in my ward over the past few years and they always had food - but then, they were always during the day, so ...

What I love about being LDS--I have tasted a lot of different recipes for funeral potatoes and green jello.

I've alwasy felt that spending 8-10 hours over the easter weekend being able to get instruction straight from the apostles, rather than your standard 3 hours from local leaders and neighbors. is pretty darn special and probabbly the closest we have to an actual church holiday outside of the the weekly sacrament.

Believe it or not, I had reason to mention Led Zeppelin the other month in my RS lesson.
 
I've been told my lessons are a little different from those of the born Mormons. 

Believe it or not, I had reason to mention Led Zeppelin the other month in my RS lesson.
 
I've been told my lessons are a little different from those of the born Mormons. 

Enjoying the conversation here.   Am still in European Freemasonry history.  The book has a picture of Smith's Masonic apron, which I found interesting.  

Many important elements of the gospel were known, taught and practised by many different organisations, mostly Protestant churches, usually in an incomplete and corrupted form, prior to the full restoration of the Gospel beginning in 1820. These practices and teachings had been around in one form or another since at least the time of Christ. I don't see why its hard to believe that the practices of Masons could fall into this same category. The idea that they date back to the building of Solomon's temple seems to be a bit hard to swallow, but I can see that they could date back to the building of the great Cathedrals in Europe during the renaissance. Perhaps they date back to the same period, and have the same roots, as that period of religious upheaval and the moving of the Spirit on certain key individuals when the bible first started to be made available to the ordinary people.

Why do many Mormons don't know church history that well?  For starters, there's no Church History course taught in Sunday School.  Even the D&C courses aren't history courses: they're lessons on doctrine and bringing people to Christ, with the occasional historical backdrop.  And seeing as Mormons are people, and most people don't go researching history in their spare time, most Mormons don't research church history.
 
In my opinion, many Mormons (particularly BIC) do get a overly-glossy outlook on figures in church history.  This happens anytime people don't study history (like people over idolizing Thomas Jefferson).  Then when they discover that history is a mess, and Mr-Awesome messed up at points, they freak out and dig their heads in the sand.  Again, this isn't just a church thing-- like try telling someone that the author of the Constitution owned slaves, some of which were his illegitimate children!
 
As to the masons specifically, I'm with you, thinking that JS was inspired by the things around him.  And I'm ok with that (Netflix inspires me all the time).  My thoughts are that God can use any item/person/routine as a vessel for His message: wether that be a burning bush, talking donkey, doves, masons, or Netflix.   However, other Mormons are of different opinions (which is their right).  
 
One thing which does irk me (and many Mormons) about the mason thing is when some anti-Mormon comes up to me and says "Jo Smith wasn't a prophet- he just stole it all from the masons!"  I highly disagree with such sediments and get sick of having them screamed at me.