'To have any hope of still reaching people in the modern world or even of maintaining its institutional viability, the church may have to change as well,' writes Times and Seasons blogger Jonathan Green.
“What we’re most likely to see is basically what we see today: Everybody’s mad all the time,” with members on each side wishing top church leaders would side with their particular platforms.
Green’s advice: “Resist the instinct to displace your political outrage onto the church for what it fails to do or denounce. The church’s mission is not to do your protesting and political organizing for you.” Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper celebrates his two-run home run during the first inning in Game 3 of baseball's World Series between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia.
The Phillies’ loud bats fell silent Wednesday night, however, as Houston pitchers tossed the first combined no-hitter in World Series history to tie the best-of-seven Fall Classic at 2-2. Even so, Harper, as of Thursday morning, was batting .368, with six homers and 13 RBIs in this year’s postseason. A men's choir sings at an all-male priesthood session of General Conference in 2017. Holly Welker's new book, “Revising Eternity: 27 Latter-day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships,” examines marriage, divorce, sexuality, illness, addiction, infidelity, infertility, sexual orientation, loss of faith, death and much more from a male perspective.
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