Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson follows his article about reforms he'd like to see in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with a piece about what he likes about his faith.
You’ve heard my wish list for changes, but there’s still much to admire, believe and cherish in my faith just as it is — and it begins and ends with Jesus.| March 28, 2022, 12:00 p.m.20 things I would change
That emphasis has always been inspiring, captivating, moving, encouraging — that on account of a loving Son of God, the absolute rock star of the New Testament, who was always the smartest and most powerful and kindest and humblest and wisest and most compassionate one in the room, we all have a shot at redemption in this life and the next.
In church parlance, it’s called a “cultural hall,” but to normal people, it’s called what it is — a gym. We skip over the deeper realms of the whole “ward-ball” phenomenon here, but having a gym connected to a chapel is a good reminder that surrounding yourself with the spiritual doesn’t preclude the physical, that individuals should do what they can to recite both the Lord’s Prayer and the rules to James Naismith’s game.
We can argue over exactly how and what that family unit should or could look like, and argue we will, but a doctrine that provides hope for loved ones to be together forever in one form or another is powerful stuff.This is perhaps another widely held belief in some way among other religions, but the plan formulated in Latter-day Saint doctrine spells out a reason for being here in the human form and a best hope for meaningful things to come. Speaker addresses a sacrament meeting in Ghana.
One other positive thing about this: the chance for young people to get up and stand behind a microphone and speak to a largely adult group. It’s an experience a whole lot of kids in other churches rarely get a chance to do. A Latter-day Saint volunteer, in a yellow Helping Hands vest, helps unload a semitruck of food in Houston on March 1, 2021.
Or is it now The Temple Choir at the Tabernacle? Beats me. I get it all confused with what used to be known simply as the MoTab. But let’s say it, then, like this: No other church members do meaningful goodbyes like Latter-day Saints. These services are all about comfort, not just in giving it to family members and friends of the dearly departed, but in proclaiming good hope for reunions in the future, reunions that will swamp with great joy the sadness of a relatively brief adios.
But advantages come with continuing revelation as well, allowing the church to change for the better, if it will.
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