I’ve often heard stories of investigators visiting our church and being thunderstruck by all the noise from the congregation. “Golly, you people are loud,” a friend of my wife’s once said. This was back in high school and she had invited him to a sacrament meeting. “Loud?” she asked. “What do you mean?” “All those…
Put your hands together, brothers and sisters. It’s time once again to play your favorite after-church guessing game . . . Guess That Calling! Cue cheesy game-show music. And heeeeeeeeere’s your host. Applause HOST: Thank you, Mr. Announcer Voice. And welcome, everyone, to today’s show. Our three lovely contestants, Ted, Pam, and Gidgidonni, all have…
You’re in Sunday School. The teacher just asked someone to read a scripture. Let’s say Hebrews 11:1. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Once the scripture is read, the teacher leans forward and asks, “So, according to this scripture, what is faith?” The response? Total silence….
If you’ve never heard of The Singles Ward or God’s Army, chances are you’re either not LDS or you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years. Mormon filmmakers have been capitalizing on our culture for some time now. There are a truckload of these movies. So many in fact that if your DVD collection only…
Recently returned missionaries love to talk about their missions. It’s their conversation topic of choice. In fact, if the conversation isn’t about their mission, RMs will inevitably turn the discussion in that direction. FRIEND: Say, it sure it hot today. RM: Hot? This ain’t hot. On my mission you could fry an egg on the…
There are two types of people in this church: people who introduce themselves to strangers and people who don’t. In my experience, the latter is the majority. Most people don’t feel comfortable walking up to the new person in the ward and introducing themselves. At least not immediately anyway. And why is that? What are…
