Salt Lake Tribune guest columnist Eli McCann writes about the Latter-day Saint tradition of fast and testimony meetings. GeneralConference
Latter-day Saints typically hold fast and testimony meeting on the first Sunday of the month.A number of years ago, my husband and I were having dinner with a friend when she started telling us about some drama that had unfolded during a sacrament meeting.
“You ever been to open-mic night at a coffee shop?” I responded. “It’s like that, except a good portion of the participants are children whose parents are whispering what to say into their ears and you frequently hear a full recounting of your neighbors’ recent vacations to Disneyland or Nauvoo, Illinois.”
An uncle of mine called once, in amazement, to tell me about an elderly woman in his Salt Lake City ward who had “borrowed” a number of theplaced at crosswalks for pedestrians to use to make themselves more obvious and visible to traffic. “These flags saved me, just like Jesus,” she said, waving two of them high in the air and managing to preach a religious sermon and provide a public service announcement simultaneously.
He shook his head in polite disagreement. “That’s the wrong move. If I was in charge, I’d tell people to get as creative as they want for these meetings.”
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