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Imagine my disappointment when I discovered that this was not yet another, "I met this really cool person, but s/he happened to be Baptist . . . " 

I like Abba. I can't think of anything more embarrassing than that, and it shows my age, too! In defense, I would point out that I also like Black Sabbath.
Best wishes, 2RM.

Yes, I do. I'm the father of five, and so have had five very intimate chances to experience what you're dealing with. Here are a few tips and things to remember:
Just go to Church. Even if you spend the entire time sitting in the hall, go anyway. You can enjoy the Spirit and maybe chat with some fellow Saints, and at least for the sacrament meeting, you can still partake of the sacrament and listen to the speakers even in the foyer. Stay for both hours. Within a month, your baby can go into the nursery, and you'll be able to attend gospel doctrine and Relief Society. This will not last forever. It's actually a very short time, even if it seems like forever. Children grow up very fast. Two years might sound like a long time, but trust me, it is not. Two years from now, your baby won't be a baby any more, and you and he (and who knows, maybe your husband) will be regular and welcome faces in your ward. Go for that picture and make it a reality. You have lots and lots and lots of company. You're treading the same path that countless others have walked before you, including many in your ward. The only people who might not be understanding are those who haven't yet gone down that path, and in the Church, that's not many people. (And most of the childless are sympathetic to the plight of parents of young children, too, so odds are few if any will be anything other than sympathetic and helpful.) As for how to handle a toddler at that age in a sacrament meeting, let me offer you some insights into what worked for me during the sixteen or so years that I dealt with very young children at Church.
Do not expect to be able to hear most of the talks. Just accept that for the next year or so, you won't be hearing much. If you do, BONUS! But have the expectation that you're going to Church and, while there, deal as best you can with your baby, because that's the most likely reality. Do it anyway. Infants and most very small children (about 18 months and younger) cannot really be disciplined, so don't try. Your job is to keep them as happy and comfortable as possible. Distraction often works very well for such children. More on that below. Now, the children will adapt to conditions they're exposed to, so by going the sacrament meeting you're helping them to set their own expectations. If you never go to sacrament meeting, they will never understand that it's a normal environment and get comfortable with it. If your child is mildly fussy, distract him with a soft, quiet toy like a teddy bear or a teething ring. As long as he's not screaming or being very loud, try to stay in sacrament meeting and teach him to be content. If your child is screaming or very loud, take him out to the foyer in consideration of others in the meeting. Sure, it seems unfair that you have to miss the meeting. Welcome to parenthood. We make all sorts of sacrifices for our children and for our neighbors who would otherwise be inconvenienced by our children. This, too, shall pass, and all too quickly (see "This will not last forever" above). NEVER, EVER, EVER LET YOUR CHILD RUN UP AND DOWN THE AISLES DURING SACRAMENT MEETING. Sorry if this seems stupidly obvious, but judging by the number of times I have seen this in Church, apparently it's not as obvious as all that to some people. If you do see other parents allowing their children to do this, please understand that that is an example of poor decision-making by the parents, not a signal that you should do the same. Be the responsible parent, not the other kind. I have noticed during my (extensive) time sitting in the foyer that many people don't "do" the foyer right with their children. When they go into the foyer, they drop their kid and let him run around while they (the parents) chat with each other.
DON'T DO THIS.
If you do, you are teaching your child that if he fusses and screams, he gets to go out and run around. What small child wouldn't want that? OF COURSE he's going to scream! He gets to run around if he does!
Here is the key to proper foyer etiquette with your child, based on long experience. This is so important that I'll give it its own heading:
HOW TO TAKE YOUR CHILD OUT INTO THE FOYER DURING SACRAMENT MEETING
When you take the child (toddler, say about two years old or more—remember, younger children just get held, fed, and comforted) into the foyer, it's a classic time-out situation. You sit the child on your lap while you both sit facing the corner or wall. If the child wants to get up, you don't let him. Sitting in the foyer is just that: Sitting. Do not be harsh or angry. You aren't mad at your child. Just make sure the foyer is as boring as you can possibly make it. No toys. No food. No books. NO TALKING AT ALL (that includes you, Mom). All you do is sit with your arms folded and stare at the wall. If your child gets restless, he's not allowed to do anything about it.
Just stare at the wall.
Boooooooring.
That's what you want. Boring as all get-out. Staring at the wall. Nothing to do, can't talk, no playing or reading or anything.
Staring at the wall.
After your child has successfully stared QUIETLY at the wall for a sufficient time (about one minute per year of age, so a two-year-old would be looking at the wall for about two minutes—maybe half that time would be sufficient to start out with), you then quietly and kindly ask your child if he wants to go back in. Maybe one time in a hundred he will say "No!", in which case you stare at the wall some more for a couple of minutes.
Eventually (almost always the first time, and never more than the second time for my children), when you ask if he wants to go back in, he will say "yes". You then remind him that when we're in sacrament meeting, we have to be quiet and reverent all the time. That means he can't talk out loud or make noise or scream. He can read his soft book or play with toys or whatever, but no noise. Will he be quiet when we go back in the chapel?
Of course, he will say yes. So back in you go.
And guess what happens? He gets loud again, sometimes 20 minutes later, sometimes two minutes later. What do you do?
Take him out into the foyer again, rinse, and repeat. Same drill. Stare at the wall.
I don't think that even the most recalcitrant of my children took more than two or three weeks of this before they realized that they were much better off being quiet during the sacrament meeting. Of course, they slipped up and occasionally still had to be taken out, but it was manageable. A fond if somewhat embarrassing memory is my taking my toddler daughter out into the foyer when she wouldn't calm down, and as we walked up the aisle with her in my arms, her screaming at the top of her lungs in a tearful and almost panicked voice, "NO!! DADDY!! NOT THE FOYER!! I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE FOYER!!"

"Beam me up, Scotty" was never actually uttered by Captain Kirk or any other Star Trek character.
I have often found that "common" knowledge (and sense) isn't really that common, and things that "everybody knows" are often strangely lacking in people's memory. The "Mandela Effect" phenomenon is probably real and deserves its own name so we can identify it and talk about it, but the name itself is likely a misnomer. But people tend just to nod their heads and say, "Yep, that's right, that's how it is."
You know, it occurs to me that unethical people might take wrongful advantage of this weakness in human psychology. Here's to hoping that never happens!

Public schools started out as community schools.  This has evolved into state schools and now federal schools.  Obviously there is a lot wrong with the USA's public schools.  But first for me is that the highest paid professionals in our education system have nothing to do with education but rather insure the school they work for qualifies for federal funding.  For me this is a problem of fucus - that there is something far more important than educating our kids and they are the most powerful influences in education.
I have no problem with funds coming from wherever into education - what I have a problem with is the strings that are attached to outside of community funding.
 
The Traveler

I think that, in general, the pursuit of knowledge and understanding is always a worthy pursuit. It is sometimes a good idea to first pursue and obtain understanding, and then, only after you have it, to assign a value and purpose to that increased knowledge and understanding. 
To the specific point of the value or utility of finding out the causes of same sex attraction, here is what Jeff Robinson said in his address at the 2018 FairMormon conference. Jeff has been running his own private practice for 25 years "assisting individuals experiencing a conflict between their experience of same-sex attraction and their religious beliefs and/or personal values." 
   When I meet with the clients seeking help in dealing with the conflict between their same-sex attraction and their faith, I ask them “If you could get an answer to any question regarding this issue what would your question be?” The great majority of them respond by asking, “Why? Why do I have these feelings?” Much of their confusion, shame, and hopelessness, appear to hinge on their not understanding why they have these feelings. Thinking clearly about cause seems central, not only to decreasing their confusion and shame but also to recognizing what reasonable and credible options are open to them.      
https://www.fairmormon.org/conference/august-2018/thinking-differently-about-same-sex-attraction

Your friend isn't exactly correct about the meaning of "logos": According to Wikipedia, it is "derived from a Greek word variously meaning "ground", "plea", "opinion", "expectation", "word", "speech", "account", "reason", "proportion", and "discourse".[1][2] ....Despite the conventional translation as "word", it is not used for a word in the grammatical sense; instead, the term lexis (λέξις, léxis) was used.[11] However, both logos and lexis derive from the same verb légō (λέγω), meaning "(I) count, tell, say, speak".[1][11][12]" 
It is important to read the term in context. The symbolic if not literal  meaning of Logos in Jn 1, is creation/creator,  which ties into Gen. 1. Both chapters open with "In the beginning." And, as explained in Gen. 1, the means by which God created was, "God said..."--i.e. God created by speaking or saying (logos *the word") and the  elements obeyed. Also God commanded, and Jesus obeyed and formed the heavens and earth,  making Jesus the creator.(the Word). 
This is made evident in verses 3-5 of Jn 1:  
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Thanks, -Wade Englund-

Thank you all so much all of your comments have been so helpful. And thank you for reminding me to follow up discussion with an invite for the girls to pray and seek their own witnesses and understanding for their questions. These have really helped the girls develop and discuss openly with each other. Thank you! ❤️ 

Fasting, prayer and resolve to remain disciplined.  Nothing of value has ever been accomplished without discipline.
Your first role as a mother and caregiver is to love your husband and in every way complete his life as a husband and father.  Likewise his first role is to love you and complete your life as a wife and mother.
Yes - for much longer and much better than we think we know each other now.
It is an outward manifestation of your intelligence and spiritual awareness.
Spend more time with those that are offended by it.
Because it is a matter of love and sacrifice - not just towards G-d but toward those that covenant and attend the temple.
It is the kind of harm that trying out murder would be to see how fun it might be.  Except it is harm you do mostly to yourself.
 
The Traveler

I just listened to the press conference discussing the upcoming project to restore the Salt Lake Temple.  The link below provides photos of what the update to the SL Temple will look like.  One of the interesting notes that came out of the Q&A with the press is that discussions around this overall project began while Pres. Hinckley was the prophet with the hard core planning taking place over the past 2-3 years.  Some comments I picked up while listening to the news conference and Q&A:
 
The renovation project will take 5 years.  The temple will close December 29, 2019 and reopen in 2024. There will be a public open house prior to a re-dedication at completion of the project.  Historical note:  there was a brief, 1-day tour/open house the day prior to the original dedication where local civic leaders were invited to attend.  It is anticipated the public open house will be HUGE. The foundations of the temple will be isolated from the bedrock upon which it’s built for earthquake protection.  The manner will be similar to what was done with the Santiago Chile temple. Major upgrades will be made to HVAC, mechanical, etc. systems within the temple. The South Visitor Center and Temple Annex will both be removed.  The Annex will be replaced by redesigned entry facilities including a new “Grand Hall” (see photos).  The South Visitor Center will be replaced by two “visitor pavilions”, no additional details given on these as they haven’t really been fleshed out. The large, granite walls along North Temple and South Temple streets will be removed and replaced with fencing and gating that will provide much more open views of the temple.  There will also be enhanced access to the immediate area around the temple.  There was no discussion of whether the walls around the western half of Temple Square would be updated as well. The Main Street Plaza will also be reconfigured.  Refer to the photos for what it will ultimately look like. The endowment will be available in 86 languages following the project.  The ordinance will be available via film as well as continued live presentations. Efforts will be made to renew interior features to their original condition and pallet.  E.g., wall, floor and ceiling colors (much more colorful than now), murals will be refurbished, etc. Slots are filling up fast for sealing rooms for the rest of 2019. Members currently assigned to the SL Temple will NOT be assigned to other temples during the project.  They are invited to attend any available temple. Other temples in the area are preparing for anticipated increased patronage. Sister missionaries will continue to serve on Temple Square during the renovation as Temple Square (think west of the temple) will continue to be open to the public. The temple will be covered with scaffolding for a significant portion of the project. This is the link to the newsroom article with photos and a replay of the news conference:
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/plans-unveiled-salt-lake-temple-renovation

This is applicable of a lot more than money - for example:  It also applies to time.  Nothing of importance has ever been accomplished in any endeavor without discipline.
 
The Traveler

I am thinking that we see keys (types and shadows) of the past and future in the present.  See Ecc 1:9-11   Seeing how we receive and magnify callings - plus all that I understand of agency.  I believe we choose not just to follow but how and to what extent. 
I believe I chose my wife.  I do not believe G-d left me out of the loop to determine how I would serve in mortality.   I believe G-d wants his children invested.  I believe even the name of the church implies the will of G-d.  First the church is called “The Church of Jesus Christ” – because Jesus is the chief corner stone.  But the Church also has “of Latter-day Saints” as part of its name.  I believe because we have a part and say in things.  We sustain our leaders and all things are done by councils starting with the great council in the Pre-existence.  I think Satan is the one the provides a editorship.  G-d works his will through councils and agency.
 
The Traveler

I am thinking that we see keys (types and shadows) of the past and future in the present.  See Ecc 1:9-11   Seeing how we receive and magnify callings - plus all that I understand of agency.  I believe we choose not just to follow but how and to what extent. 
I believe I chose my wife.  I do not believe G-d left me out of the loop to determine how I would serve in mortality.   I believe G-d wants his children invested.  I believe even the name of the church implies the will of G-d.  First the church is called “The Church of Jesus Christ” – because Jesus is the chief corner stone.  But the Church also has “of Latter-day Saints” as part of its name.  I believe because we have a part and say in things.  We sustain our leaders and all things are done by councils starting with the great council in the Pre-existence.  I think Satan is the one the provides a editorship.  G-d works his will through councils and agency.
 
The Traveler

I believe this thread touches on a number of core principles in the Plan of Salvation.   I believe the single biggest conundrum is that we only have empirical evidence of a very small  part of the plan of salvation - that is the events between birth and death.  Paul makes this point in saying that we see through a "glass" darkly.   The whole or complete truth is beyond our scrutiny, observation and knowledge.  We only have a shadow at best of our pre-existence and what will take place after death.  Revelation concerning our pre-existence and after death existence, I believe by design is vague.  Thus the first great principle that we live by in mortality is faith.  And only faith in Christ can lead to salvation - but from my personal observations - only a small minority of mortals are aware of Christ and the fullness of Christ.  This means that our portion of faith in Christ must propel us through our mortal journey.  We must seek for that which is better than what we currently possess.  I believe this is the great key and secret of seeking after Christ by faith.
Some principles I believe to be true:
#1. All things were and are known from the beginning to the end.  Isaiah 46:10 tells us that not only does G-d know all things – but that he does not keep secrets but reveals truth as a “light shining in the darkness”.
#2. Agency.  There are many debates concerning agency.  I like to think I have a handle on the concept but I have realized that my concepts differ somewhat from others concerning agency.  But I do not believe we can observe or  understand agency in mortality by observing our circumstances between birth and death.  I believe that to understand agency we must have a belief in a pre-existence and an existence that continues after we die.  I believe the exercise of agency in the pre-existence will have direct effects on our mortal experience – and that the exercise of agency in mortality will have direct effects on our post mortal experience.
I would now say something about our mortal experience.  As an engineer I design and implement changes in complex industrial manufacturing systems.  I have experience and have learned the principle of testing before putting critical changes into production.  Almost always I am not testing to determine to reject any change.  In essence I test to determine if the change is ready for operations – and what needs “tweaking” to get something ready.  I have learned that most testing – of necessity – needs to focus at what I will call the extreme boundaries of operational requirements.  For example, if a particular robot is capable of producing 100 widgets – what happens when it is scheduled to produce 101 widgets?  Or what happens when the time is increased – will the robot continue to produce 100 widgets over many consecutive  intervals?  Producing one widget is also a test but not one that will indicate if the robot is ready for production.
I believe the greatest tests of mortality will center around just a few requirements that I believe need to be tested to extremes before we are ready for production (being one with G-d).  One battery of test will center around pride.  Another battery of test will center around anger management.  A third I am sure will center around marriage, chastity, sexual purity and a man and a woman becoming one flesh.  Surely there are more but I will stop here because of this thread.
For anyone walking around in mortality thinking they have “finished” their mortal testing and have passed – my only response is – you are an idiot and are failing the pride battery of tests.   I could say something similar concerning anger management and of course marriage and sex.  Concerning marriage and sex – Jesus once said concerning those whose sins are obvious – let those without sin cast the first stones at the sinners.  I would like very much to cast stones at those that sin or fail the tests I think I have passed.  But that is a failure of the pride battery of testing.  But I will say this.  There is a principle in the plan of salvation called sacrifice.  In order to past the battery of tests for marriage and sex – sacrifice is necessary.  For most (perhaps all) sacrifice is the single most important principle.  Christ is the example of sacrifice when he said, “Not my will but thy will be done.”  (Referring to the will of G-d the Father).  I am convinced that no one will pass the battery of marriage and sex tests unless they willingly sacrifice their individual sexual will and become a saint willing to complete (including sexually) their spouse.  And a spouse for a man is a woman and for a woman is a man.
 
The Traveler

Neal A Maxwell, But for a small moment. Sept 1 1974 BYU Devotional.
The following are a few excepts from the devotional...  I think you may have mis-represented his definition of customized curriculum.  I recommend that you review the devotional, as it is exceptional.
“I believe with all my heart that because God loves us there are some particularized challenges that he will deliver to each of us. He will customize the curriculum for each of us in order to teach us the things we most need to know. He will set before us in life what we need, not always what we like. And this will require us to accept with all our hearts—particularly your generation—the truth that there is divine design in each of our lives and that you have rendezvous to keep, individually and collectively.  ...
If God chooses to teach us the things we most need to learn because he loves us, and if he seeks to tame our souls and gentle us in the way we most need to be tamed and most need to be gentled, it follows that he will customize the challenges he gives us and individualize them so that we will be prepared for life in a better world by his refusal to take us out of this world, even though we are not of it. In the eternal ecology of things we must pray, therefore, not that things be taken from us, but that God’s will be accomplished through us. What, therefore, may seem now to be mere unconnected pieces of tile will someday, when we look back, take form and pattern, and we will realize that God was making a mosaic. For there is in each of our lives this kind of divine design, this pattern, this purpose that is in the process of becoming, which is continually before the Lord but which for us, looking forward, is sometimes perplexing. ...
A second trap into which we can fall is the naïveté that grows out of our not realizing that the adversary will press particularly in the areas of our vulnerabilities. It ought not to surprise us that this will be so. The things that we would most like to avoid, therefore, will often be the things that confront us most directly and most sharply. ...
You’re soon going to go out into a world full of marshmallow men. Like the act of putting a finger into a marshmallow, there is no core in these men, there is no center, and when one removes his finger, the marshmallow resumes its former shape. We are in a world of people who want to yield to everything—to every fad and to every fashion. It is incredibly important that we be committed to the core—committed to those things that matter, about which our Father in heaven has leveled with us through his Son, Jesus Christ, and his prophets.”
 
 
 

I was raised a republican - my father was a prominent and influential party member.  But I fell out of favor because of corruption in the republican party (both in Utah and Maryland).  I joined the Democratic Party and you are so right about nightmares and you could add migraines.  Ending my membership in the democratic party ended my nightmares and migraines.  I can now honestly blame all the nations problems on just about everybody else and how they vote.  Other that being able to blame republicans and democrats for everything there  is no advantage in being a libertarian - except for the being able to sleep at night thing and the occasional attempts to explain my politics to family and inlaws. 
 
The Traveler

That's one of those nightmares that keeps me going.

You could always become a Republican and dream that everything will always eventually turn out to be alright - as long as we keep the government out of it.  Or be ultra extreme like me and become a libertarian. 
 
The Traveler

Not really. Effectively, nuclear power is unlimited. If we extracted uranium from seawater (which would cost ten times as much as mining it, but still be waaaaaaaay cheaper than anything else), it will naturally replenish itself for hundreds of thousands of years with no diminution in the uranium seawater concentration. And we can always use thorium as a breeder material, which is about FOUR HUNDRED times more common than the uranium used in reactors.
The key is to abandon the horrific solid pellet fuel reactors that today constitute 100% of all nuclear plants and move to molten salt reactors. This would boost efficiency (because the reactor runs much hotter), be immensely safer, and solve almost all of MoE's nightmares.

I'm not sure that's feasible with the long commutes many people have.  Within a short range and high population, I think a push for greater use of (and improved) public transit is a good idea... but for longer commutes the problem is this:  I live almost exactly at the midpoint between Washington DC and Baltimore.  If I commute to work in Baltimore, I may be one of hundreds from my area going up there, but we all have different final destinations.  Carpooling is useful if there are others in the same building who happen to live in the same neighborhood, but that tends not to be the case.
It didn't seem to be directed at us, no worries.  Still, it's never a bad idea to be extra clear about stuff.  Thanks!

@Mores @unixknight and others.  Do not hold your breath waiting for new refineries.  Federal (including environmental) regulations make new refineries impossible.  This is not all bad - living next to (in the neighborhood of) a refinery is a death sentence.  With the pressure of the "Green new Deal" do not bet your paycheck (money) on gas prices going down in the long run.  I am not advocating the Green new Deal - which would be a dawn of another "Dark Ages" but we do need to rethink a few things.
We need to break the habit of running around with one person in a car - it should be the great exception not the rule.  Freeways should have 4 HOV lanes and one LOV (low occupancy vehicle) lane. 
Here is a thought and political argument for revealing current political stupidity.  The one ever increasing factor to pollution (climate change) that is never actually politically addressed is population growth.  In the USA the single most contribution to population growth is immigration - including both legal and illegal.  It is foolish and stupid to attempt or pursue any "Green Deal" and ignore illegal immigration.  We cannot have "Greenness" and massive population growth fueled by ever increasing immigration - unless of course we eliminate (significantly) already existing populations.  Anyone, especially politicians, that support both greenness and increased immigration (especially illegal immigration) are outright lying about what they know or are trying to accomplish.  Just from the standpoint of pollution (and climate change if that is important to you) - there should not be even one person illegally in this country.  Politically - believing in (or thinking of) doing something about climate change (or any pollution for that matter) and living in (supporting in any way) a sanctuary city or concept friendly to illegal immigration is proof that you are too stupid to vote or participate in any political arena.  (please note the last paragraph is not directed towards @Mores or @unixknight)
 
The Traveler

Kinda?  
The big issue in the U.S. is that when  Three Mile Island happened, people went nuts and panic set in even though the actual amount of radiation that leaked out was less than a single medical X-ray, and that's if you were standing right at the fence line of the plant.  That didn't stop the media (which was sensationalist even back then) from running stories to scare people and get people to tune in.  (Essentially, clickbait before there were clicks.)  
The other big scare was Chernobyl, though if one knows anything about the way nuclear reactors are designed and the difference between U.S. and Soviet designs, it's easy to see why an accident like that can't really happen here.*
I'm not sure parts interchangeability would be the fix, though I don't see that as a bad thing.  Also, they can be privatized and regulated.  No reason we can't have the best of both worlds.  It's also worth noting that because of such tight regulation, nuclear power plants actually result in less radiation release into the atmosphere than coal burning power plants.  It's true.  Coal plants often burn coal that contains radon gas, which isn't regulated by the EPA or the  NRC because the radon is naturally occurring.  The coal is burnt in the plant and the radiation is released into the atmosphere.  To switch from coal plants to nuclear plants would result in less radiation released into the atmosphere.  My source on that?  A conversation with a former engineer at a nuclear power plant in my state.
It's understandable to be concerned about a hundred nuclear plants in the U.S., but keep in mind that the Navy runs more reactors than that in our warships.  Every single submarine in the fleet, whether it's an attack sub or a ballistic missile sub, runs on nuclear power.  Our entire fleet of aircraft carriers do as well.  According to Wikipedia, we currently have 11 supercarriers, each of which is powered by two reactors, plus 69 nuclear submarines with one reactor apiece.  That's a total of 91 in current service, not counting ones under construction.  Only one nuclear powered U.S. Navy sub has been lost and that was back in the '60s, and it wasn't due to a reactor problem as far as we know.  
*The reason Chernobyl happened and why that can't happen here is in the design of the reactor.  Soviet reactors were just scaled up versions of the reactors used in their nuclear submarines.  One feature of their reactor cores is they use carbon to absorb stray neutrons from the reaction.  The Chernobyl power plant was running a safety test with the reactor improperly configured.  As a result, the carbon caught fire and the pressure from the heat caused the reactor to blow apart.  It was not a nuclear explosion.  Carbon burns really really well, and the burning carbon released all the trapped radiation into the atmosphere in a very dirty cloud of smoke.  What do we do in the U.S.?  Instead of carbon to absorb trapped neutrons, we just use water.

If there were only one economic, job-related lesson I could go back in time and teach myself, it would probably be: Play to your strengths. I would have been far more successful by worldly measures if I had done so. It's not unlikely that I would have been more successful in spiritual endeavors by following this advice, as well.

Yeah...paint me highly skeptical of being able to save any significant part of a 600-year-old structure damaged by fire, and being able to restore it to a usable condition while meeting modern fire and other safety codes. Didn't work so well with the Provo Tabernacle. Maybe, as in Provo, they can save parts of the original shell and basically rebuild it from the inside, with updated safety infrastructure while keeping the original outer shell.

I wonder what will happen concerning homosexuality when Christ returns.
I will predict two things.   #1.There will be no homosexual marriages, or any homosexual acts or public acceptance of homosexuality. 
#2 There will not be anyone that rejects homosexual individuals and wishes them harm or any degree of retribution, punishment or unkindness.  
Perhaps I would add one other thought - I do not believe there will be political actuations or differences - but that those that receive Christ will be of one mind and heart.   I am not sure who will be ready (especially me) but if I get a chance - my plan is to beg and plead for forgiveness.
 
The Traveler