tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32233065.post8760229307915897632..comments2023-12-31T14:30:07.797-07:00Comments on Top Of The Morning: Today, Like The Days Of NoahDavid G. Woolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09392352753586598503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32233065.post-8523346141244587852009-09-27T22:15:58.653-06:002009-09-27T22:15:58.653-06:00Thank you Anita. I checked back today, saw your co...Thank you Anita. I checked back today, saw your comment, and read the ENTIRE talk (and it was kind of lengthy... lol). <br /><br />It was very helpful, in many ways. And in addition to be framed for those suffering with same-gender attraction, I think it encompassed a more basic point that anyone struggling could use: it offered hope for the hopeless. Thank you for providing the link. <br /><br />(David, I don't know if you read it, but this is your blog and sometimes I feel silly not addressing comments to you -- but thanks for allowing your blog to be a conversation space sometimes. Tonight it was a blessing.)Makayla Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04762705881026755184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32233065.post-65235443607498043912009-09-26T06:32:55.425-06:002009-09-26T06:32:55.425-06:00Dear Makayla,
I hope this comment will find you. C...Dear Makayla,<br />I hope this comment will find you. Commenting on an old post is chancy at best, but I have no other way to contact you. <br /><br />I resonated with your concerns. That's why I thought of you this week after I read the following:<br />http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/public-issues/elder-bruce-c-hafen-speaks-on-same-sex-attraction<br /><br />It is very well done on many levels. I hope you will find it thought provoking, inspiring, and above all hopeful.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099978539778296351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32233065.post-37721395618197563902009-09-05T12:57:04.459-06:002009-09-05T12:57:04.459-06:00It's such an interesting tightrope to walk -- ...It's such an interesting tightrope to walk -- being able to have standards that can't be lowered, and to support efforts to sustain marriage as the holy and God-ordained institution that it is, while still being sensitive to the situations of those who authentically struggle. <br /><br />What bothers me is that sometimes it feels like we demonize those who identify with homosexual behavior, when many of them truly feel that it is something as natural to them as heterosexuality is to another. I think we (as Latter Day Saints) have got to do a better job of being kind, being understanding, being welcoming and helpful -- being Christlike -- than we currently are. That certainly doesn't mean supporting homosexuality or homosexual marriage, but we've got to figure out a way to help those who struggle not feel like outcasts in the church. <br /><br />I think that the pamphlet "God Loveth His Children" is a great place to start. But sometimes it seems like it's such a more difficult issue than we make it in Sunday School lessons. But then again, any time we're dealing with real people, whom we love, in real time, it is. And it takes such conscientious effort to be spiritually in tune enough to know how and when to say or do certain things, and when to simply mourn with those that mourn, etc. <br /><br />Interesting post.Makayla Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04762705881026755184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32233065.post-81180664290623825982009-08-22T10:24:38.732-06:002009-08-22T10:24:38.732-06:00Time to go on a spiritual shopping trip. Wood for...Time to go on a spiritual shopping trip. Wood for the ark, oil for the lamps, ........ good reminder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32233065.post-60893099356798256962009-08-21T06:31:53.208-06:002009-08-21T06:31:53.208-06:00Welcome back.Welcome back.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761951935843784725noreply@blogger.com