BCC’s "I Have a Question" series plus Linked In requests

I love the “secret” verse to Hie to Kolob:

There is a secret additional verse to If You Could Hie to Kolob:

“There is no end to intros;

There is no end to dictionary definitions;

There is no end to introducing your family;

There is no end to quoting from the Ensign.”

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Posts about what to take out/put in a new hymnal are the worst because they get my hopes up! I just don’t see them investing in a new one. I’d love to be wrong.

In the meantime, sing all the good hymns we have and loosen up on what can be performed as special music and choir pieces. There is so much gorgeous, powerful music out there. What are we so afraid of? We could also borrow a little from the Children’s Songbook, like “Beautiful Savior.” The program person could reduce and print for sacrament meeting.

The article had me chuckling — especially the Book of Mormon/Church pictures reframed as invitations to join LinkedIn networks. Genius!

Perhaps I will start out my next talk in church this way:

1. “When brother so and so asked me to talk, I said to myself ‘ there is no way I am going to start out my talk with a story about how Brother so and so asked me to give a talk”. Oops, just did it.

2. When brother so and so asked me to talk, he asked me to be genuine. So I am going to tell you about my lifelong struggle with spelling, grammar, reading, speaking, and my inability to say more than a paragraph at the pulpit without breaking into uncontrollable sobbing”.

3. When brother so and so asked me to talk, I said No, but when he agreed to give me a hunsky I agreed wholeheartedly So, my talk is on the blessings of pure service.

4. When brother so and so asked me to talk, I let out a volley of expletives that I thought would scare him away. But he was persistent, so my talk today is about the importance of holding a temple recommend.