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HomeTeachers - this recently came up in our ward. The bishopric is moving to redo all the hometeaching so that there is a companionship pair. Also they will only be given 3 or 4 families to visit (the optimum being 3). They quickly realized this would mean that not all families would have a hometeacher - but they had received direction from above that this was ok. The goal was to focus on those families with the greatest need (converts, part member, inactive, etc...) The hope is that as Junior companions become better trained, the quality hometeacher pool will increase in time and eventually all families will have a hometeacher. Makes sense. My only concern is as an emergency preparedness specialist -- the church guideline is that in the event of a ward or stake wide emergency, the hometeachers will check on their families and report to the bishopric. But if not everyone has a hometeacher......... We are going to have to come up with an alternate emergency communication system. | HomeTeachers - this recently came up in our ward. The bishopric is moving to redo all the hometeaching so that there is a companionship pair. Also they will only be given 3 or 4 families to visit (the optimum being 3). They quickly realized this would mean that not all families would have a hometeacher - but they had received direction from above that this was ok. The goal was to focus on those families with the greatest need (converts, part member, inactive, etc...) The hope is that as Junior companions become better trained, the quality hometeacher pool will increase in time and eventually all families will have a hometeacher. Makes sense. My only concern is as an emergency preparedness specialist -- the church guideline is that in the event of a ward or stake wide emergency, the hometeachers will check on their families and report to the bishopric. But if not everyone has a hometeacher......... We are going to have to come up with an alternate emergency communication system. | ||
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| + | I believe the Equality of Sins idea is just a matter of perspective. | ||
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| + | When it comes to keeping you out of the Celestial Kingdom, being proud is just as effective as being an adulterer. If that's how "badness" is measured, they're equally bad. They can be overcome with differing amounts of effort (perhaps), but if not overcome, the end result is the same. | ||
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| + | But if "badness" is measured by the degree of harm done to others and the difficulty of the repentance process, of course some sins are more bad than others. It would be "bad" to succumb to the temptation of adultery because the repentance process would be hard, but "not so bad" to yell an obscenity to a motorist who cuts you off because it is easier to repent. It is important to mention that repenting of the "not so bad" sins can sometimes be exceedingly difficult. It's easy to think of them as insignificant and forget about them rather than repenting of them. In that case the repentance process can be just as difficult. | ||
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I don't preach the right hand theory. I happen to be right handed, so out of convience use my right hand -- but certainly don't teach it as doctrine. Sue Cox
HomeTeachers - this recently came up in our ward. The bishopric is moving to redo all the hometeaching so that there is a companionship pair. Also they will only be given 3 or 4 families to visit (the optimum being 3). They quickly realized this would mean that not all families would have a hometeacher - but they had received direction from above that this was ok. The goal was to focus on those families with the greatest need (converts, part member, inactive, etc...) The hope is that as Junior companions become better trained, the quality hometeacher pool will increase in time and eventually all families will have a hometeacher. Makes sense. My only concern is as an emergency preparedness specialist -- the church guideline is that in the event of a ward or stake wide emergency, the hometeachers will check on their families and report to the bishopric. But if not everyone has a hometeacher......... We are going to have to come up with an alternate emergency communication system.
Equality of Sins
I believe the Equality of Sins idea is just a matter of perspective.
When it comes to keeping you out of the Celestial Kingdom, being proud is just as effective as being an adulterer. If that's how "badness" is measured, they're equally bad. They can be overcome with differing amounts of effort (perhaps), but if not overcome, the end result is the same.
But if "badness" is measured by the degree of harm done to others and the difficulty of the repentance process, of course some sins are more bad than others. It would be "bad" to succumb to the temptation of adultery because the repentance process would be hard, but "not so bad" to yell an obscenity to a motorist who cuts you off because it is easier to repent. It is important to mention that repenting of the "not so bad" sins can sometimes be exceedingly difficult. It's easy to think of them as insignificant and forget about them rather than repenting of them. In that case the repentance process can be just as difficult.
