In Sunday School today, the lesson was chapter 11, “The Organization and Destiny of the True and Living Church.” There was some discussion of Joseph Smith’s vision of the church filling North and South America, how much the church had begun to fulfill this prophecy, and the church’s future growth. Someone mentioned that the church was still in its infancy.
However, upon reflection, it may be that the church is better described as a teenager: We’re having a hard time getting used to a rapidly growing body, we obsess over what other people think of us, and we’re not quite sure what to make of girls.
July 13, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Ha ha! That is so true. And we’re obsessed with sex/marriage and love talking about ourselves.
July 13, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Haha! I laughed out loud at your comment. I was just thinking about how self-conscious the church is the other day. Thanks for the fun metaphor.
July 13, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Yeah, and everybody is always looking at us.
July 14, 2008 at 8:00 am
Oh – I love it! Thanks for the laugh this morning.
July 14, 2008 at 8:12 am
Good one, Natalie.
True, but we are pretty sure they have cooties.
July 14, 2008 at 8:55 am
Wonderful, Natalie! I can now see that our institutional low self esteem is exacerbated by a bad case of acne.
July 14, 2008 at 10:40 am
Thanks, Natalie. This was great.
July 14, 2008 at 7:30 pm
This is absolutely great. :-)
I can’t wait until we grow up!