10-23-2007, 05:32 PM | #21 |
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10-23-2007, 05:37 PM | #22 |
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Some people find my biting sarcasm funny and some are just too dainty to handle it.
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10-23-2007, 05:41 PM | #23 |
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Fair enough. Next time someone calls you a mullah, don't act so dainty. Buck up and take it like a man. Consider it "biting sarcasm" if you wish.
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10-23-2007, 05:45 PM | #24 | |
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Your post made me think about a conversation I had with my Dad
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But the stake president thought it would be a great idea to obligate my sister to holding a monthly dinner for the entire stake presidency and their wives and the high council. For a gal with perfectionist tendencies like my sister, this is a huge deal- heck holding a monthly dinner for about 30 people would be a chore for anyone. Anyway, my sister once merely asked for the help of the stake president's wife one month and the wife basically started chewing out my sister saying it was HER calling and that how she (the wife) also worked full-time (apparently the kids must be older). On another occasion, while my sister was pregnant with twins (and it was a difficult pregnancy) the bishop called her to be the ward chorister which entailed her standing up in the same position in front of the entire ward while leading all 10 verses of "If you could Hie to Kolob." Ask any woman who's six months pregnant (let alone twins) how they would feel about this, and they wouldn't be huge fans. Anyway, my wife tells the bishop no. She doesn't know if she could stand there for the alotted time and especially doesn't want to do it front of the entire ward when she's huge. The bishop proceeds to write her a letter telling her she basically MUST accept the calling. To make a long story short, because of my sister's experiences (and there are more beyond these two) she basically tells my dad on the phone that she's wondering if she even "likes" the church after dealing with a number of a-holes in a fairly short period of time. I think perhaps the most disconcerting thing is when someone overreacts or jumps to the conclusion of "you may as well be inactive" when you don't fall in lockstep constantly with a bishop. |
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10-23-2007, 06:13 PM | #25 |
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Remember that advice the next time someone calls you an apostate. Don't act like a pansy.
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10-23-2007, 06:24 PM | #27 |
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My Hillary '08 shirt is about as close to foolproof as you can get. Use their biases against them.
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10-23-2007, 06:51 PM | #29 |
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Elder's Quorum Presidency (not the President) is an easy gig. You teach the quorum once every couple of months and explain to the Bishop why something or other wasn't done about every other week or so.
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Most callings can be done efficiently and quickly once one gets the hang of it; the exceptions are scoutmaster, bishop, RS President and above. Even those can be done more efficiently than many do; the key is delegation.
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