1142. Patriarchal Blessings and Your Life’s Mission Impossible By Craig R. Frogley · June 16, 2019 in Meridian Magazine
My oldest son, with whom I live, is a Patriarch. I love to read whatever I can about Patriarchs, and Patriarchal Blessings. My grandfather and great grandfather were also Patriarchs in pioneer St. George, Utah. Patriarchal Blessings and Your Life’s Mission Impossible By Craig R. Frogley · June 16, 2019 Sign up for Meridian’s Free Newsletter, please CLICK HERE This week’s Visitor’s Center Fireside begins a two-part study of the seemingly unusual Christian practice of patriarchal blessings. After interviewing local members over what to explore with them, I was told that many equated these blessings with the superstitious practice of fortune telling or horoscopes and so didn’t seek a blessing of their own. So why do we counsel all members to seek one from a stake patriarch when fathers and mothers are the spiritual leaders of the sacred and basic unit of the Kingdom? Among other things, there is no either-or choice betw...