Priesthood blessings
So Im giving a talk on Sunday, 3rd son leaves for Cambodia in 2 weeks. We were asked to talk on priesthood blessings.
Just wanting to get some feedback on a few concepts.
1) Does it seem like we are slipping on our duty to give blessings?
In Monson's April 2007 talk "The Priesthood - a sacred gift", he mentions that while in the Navy one week before deployment one of his bunk-mates asked for a priesthood blessing and young Thomas Monson was inspired to pull out his missionary ha
I think I might see where @JohnsonJones is coming from. So here's my little essay to explain the terms as I understand them.
The terms "patriarchal order" and "order of the Priesthood" (as the new and everlasting covenant is denominated) both contain the word "order", so there is a tendency to assume they are talking about the same thing. I suggest they are not.
The word "order" has various related but distinguishable meanings. One meaning is "sequence of structure". This is what I bel