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So I just was reading the comments on http://www.mormonmommyblogs.com/2012/01/julie-b-beck-and-mormon-mommy-blogs.html You can post questions for Julie B. Beck. Hawkgrrrrl has 45 likes. I think she did a good job summing up the general consensus on the blogs. Kudos and an A+ for representing women everywhere. I hope you post is answered specifically.
Hawkgrrrl rules! You know if I could ask Sis. Beck anything…I would ask why….why…for the love of all things holy…does she go to the same hair stylist as The Donald? My second question would be…Can I please pay for a new do for you?
All my other questions would be useless
But some I would like to ask is this
Do you think Alma the Youngers mother didn’t make him wear his ‘white shirt’ to church on Sundays because she was mother who didn’t know?
Do you think Eve slacked on getting Cain to church on Sunday because she was a mother who didn’t know?
And lastly
Our Heavenly Parents have had quite a few children rebel, is that because they let them wear flip flops to church on Sunday?
yes her Mothers who know irks me to no end. It’s like she quite doesn’t get the freedom of choice thing, that if a parent does everything and the child still goes wayward it’s the parents fault, because a good mother won’t have wayward kids…ever.
Aw, shucks! Personally, I don’t care if anyone answers these questions. These are just, IMO, questions that leadership should be pondering. They have taken an action or stance that has benefits as well as drawbacks, but the drawbacks are real and need to be evaluated in all these cases. Generally speaking, each of the things I pointed out is something that I’m sure someone with good intentions did for an aim they felt worthwhile. For example, preaching the ideal (the seminary teacher stance is an example of this line of thought). I’m sure there’s some truth to the belief that by putting an ideal out there as an example, you might increase the % of people who achieve it. However, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have negative consequences or that those negative consequences might not in fact outweigh the supposed benefit. Also, these things can change over time as society and the membership changes, and so our stances need to change to reduce the very real negative impacts to the church.
I say to the church because the members are the church. If members don’t stay because of a policy that is merely a human preference or choice, that damages the church unnecessarily. Instead of attacking the members who struggle with these things, we should give both sides of these stances a proper airing and rethink some policies. Leaders who don’t listen to feedback don’t think much of the people who give it.
hawkgrrrl wrote:Leaders who don’t listen to feedback don’t think much of the people who give it.
Well said. Too often, I think priesthood leaders start being tempted with “unrighteous dominion” by thinking they have the keys and the spirit, and so that trumps any feedback by members who should be sustaining their decisions. Having said that…many, many Bishops and SPs are caring and thoughtful leaders that lead with humility, and are effective at it.
I am wondering when the podcast will air and what topics will be covered and covered in depth.
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