I’m over at Segullah today talking about God. Cosmic Meanie? Fairy Godmother? Just what is He? You can comment over there (or here if Segullah scares you.)
I’m over at Segullah today talking about God. Cosmic Meanie? Fairy Godmother? Just what is He? You can comment over there (or here if Segullah scares you.)
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Since I'm Mormon and church stuff comes up frequently, I thought I would provide a little glossary for terms you may not know:
First of all church is three hours long on Sunday. Whew! It's divided into three meetings:
Sacrament Meeting-the main church meeting, like Mass. The speakers are almost always members of the congregation. Anyone over the age of 12 can be asked to speak.
Sunday School-divided up by age (adults all go together) about 45 min long.
Relief Society-women's meeting, about 45 min.(the kids go to Primary, Men go to Priesthood meeting, teenage girls go to Young Womens). I'm the President of this group of women.
Celestial Kingdom-Heaven
Bishop-the leader of the congregation
Visiting teachers-all Mormon women are given a partner and assigned 2-4 women that they visit, call, give baked goods to every month.
Ward-the local congregation. It's all arranged geographically, so where you live determines where (and when) you go to church.
Mr. Hildie (a.k.a. Mister) (age 40something)-Funny, thoughtful, passionate, maddening husband.
India (girl, age 17)-Smart and always does the right thing.
York (boy, age 16)-Nerdy and proud of it.
Finn (boy, age 14)-Quiet unless he's talking about watches.
Arabella (girl, age 11)-Thoughtful and gentle.
Adelaide "Ada" (girl, age 8)-Saucy and unafraid.
Jasper (boy, age 6)-Sweet as sugar.
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Hildie, lately I’ve been leaning towards cosmic meanie. But I hope that’s the PPD talking. It’s very difficult to navigate faith for me right now, and petitionary prayer seems more like a lottery that you might win than a meaningful communication between us. So I keep asking for things, knowing that it won’t make a difference unless HF already has that in the cards for me. That’s pretty depressing after growing up thinking my prayers had more power than that.
Great post! You described your evolving thoughts on God so well. I loved what you had to say.
Sorry about the thread jack on the Segullah comments. Sheesh!