What is this blog?

In 2008 I stumbled upon a blog organized by a woman who wanted to read The Bible each day through the year and then comment and receive comments about the reading assignment. I decided to join and I really enjoyed the experience of discussing the passages. I wanted to continue that. I thought I would start a blog that follows the LDS Sunday School lessons, not in any way replacing them, but just to offer a venue to comment on the readings for those who don't like to/get to comment in class or don't get to go to class at all, or just anybody. 2009 was my first full year with this blog, reading the Doctrine and Covenants (all archived in 2009). 2010 I did my best to discuss the Old Testament but fell off in the fall. 2011 is a review of The New Testament, but I was even less successful in continuing with that year, but I hope to fill those in during the year! During 2012 we discuss The Book of Mormon. I will post at least once for the week's readings. I will not post on General Conference weeks and will probably be behind your current reading due to our church schedule, but hope you can still find relevancy. Also, I probably won't proofread much, so please forgive me for errors, I'll be lucky to just get a post each week in. Feel free to comment on my current week or your class' current week. Enjoy! I do!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

What's in a name. Feb 26th

The link to "Our Heritage" has not been working for a couple of weeks. Here is a link to a PDF file of the whole book: http://www.lds.org/gospellibrary/ourheritage/OurHeritage35448000.pdf


It is interesting that it took eight years before the church had an official name. It had been called the Church of Christ or The Church of Latter-day Saints. But the official name: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gives both ownership to the Lord and to the Saints. This, to me, is a great metaphor that we are in partnership with the Lord. That though He has power to do much more than we could dream of, he is giving us a partnership, a symbiotic relationship. We desperately need Him and He needs us, both necessary for the growth of the church and the progress of individuals.
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  1. AnissaFebruary 26, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    Thanks for this post. I remember when I was younger that I always thought the name of the church was so long and strange. Now, with a few years under my belt, I have such a great appreciation for the name. It's a straight-to-the-point proclamation of who we are as a people and who is at the head of our church. AWESOME!

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