“Elect lady” in 2 John was a Relief Society leader?
According to Eliza R. Snow’s article in the premier issue of the Woman’s Exponent, “elect lady” has reference to a Relief Society-type role (found in 2 John 1:1), as part of the Primitive Church. Maybe I’m new to the subject, but that is a very neat connection I had not come across before. Also, after some brief surveying of the topic I came across theories that it may have been Mary, the mother of Jesus. Not verifiable yet interesting enough.
Thoughts?
Sacrament thoughts: 25 October 2009
Named in space, no time
Proclaimed good and pronounced a noble—child
Hands on another, blessing by the lights of paramount spheres
Words of another, filled with the swell of inspirations
Love, water, sight and spirit in the midst of the sons and daughters of Zion
Rims of gold, sapphire, and ebony,
Tusks, ivory, and folded rivers,
Interlaced, five with five,
And she went up and down on puce—
Mind racing time, space, short and long—breaths of reflection
I love her more than myself—but which self sees those rims of gold?
September Poem
You are bruised by devils
While solid foundations quiver
And the veil rent
Crossed, crucified, and castigated
Lift up your voice
As heaven’s a radio
Echoing sufferer and riser
“Did” God, or Does God, Have a Wife?
Interesting. I’m checking to see if UVU has this to check out.
132 Libraries of Congress
“To our knowledge, there is no company that does the level of vital records preservation that FamilySearch does,” said Brother Nauta. “The records FamilySearch contains currently, when digitized, would equal 132 Libraries of Congress or 18 petabytes of data—and that doesn’t include our ongoing acquisition efforts.”
What! 132 Libraries of Congress! I looked it up: 18 petabytes is 18,000 Terabytes! This is really an amazing work the LDS Church’s Family History Department is engaged in:
Ann Coulter on Mormon Times
I think my testimony has officially been shaken. Mormon Times’ endorsement of the Ann Coulter? Just click around the site and I’m sure you’ll be accosted like I was:
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple Dedication
I went to the 9 am session at my stake center in Provo. I had an amazing experience and felt reassured as to both the validity of the gospel message and the sincerity of so many of the brethren that serve us. Elder Spencer V. Jones’ sermon was especially moving to me. Anybody else attend that session? Thoughts?
S. Michael Wilcox: The diversion of wealth
“Wilcox quoted Elder Melvin J. Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve in the 1920s and ’30s.
‘I recognize … with my brethren that the sorest trials that have ever come to the church in any age of the world are the trials of peace and prosperity,” Elder Ballard said in an address in 1929. “But we are going to do a new thing. A thing that has never been done before. We are going to take the church of Christ not only through the age of persecution and mob violence, we are going to take the church through peace and prosperity. … It was not the design and intention of the Lord to have his people always in suffering, bondage and distress. They will come to peace and prosperity, but it will be the sorest trial that will ever come to them.’ “
