Thoughts and stories, by Pal

  I'm posting two articles today, as they are both related, and both appeared in the Meridian Magazine today.  They both quote Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, and others.   I want to go on record here in my blog, and anywhere else I speak or write, saying:  I DO support the brethren, and Church teachings, and the Prophets!  I believe all the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints teaches, and every true principle we are taught! I am grateful for my faithful pioneer ancestors, and I want to live as they did -- true to the teachings and principles of this TRUE Church! The Middle Ground is Disappearing By  Dan Ellsworth  · August 23, 2021 The following first appeared  in Public Square Magazine . We are witnessing an ever greater movement toward polarity. The middle-ground options will be removed from us as Latter-day Saints. The middle of the road will be withdrawn.  If you are treading water in the current of a river, you will go somewhere....

Thanks to LDS Living, this Letter to Mormons can open our eyes to things we may not have thought about.  There are many kind, good, honorable people around us who desire and want our friendship, without our preaching! I hate to admit, in the 1960's and 70's when I was raising my children, I could have been guilty of the attitudes here expressed.  But we were always living in a neighborhood which was almost 100% LDS.  I do have some great non-LDS friends whom I love with all my heart!  This has other applications -- possibly to children of inactive LDS parents.  I know we all desire our children to stay close to the Gospel, and marry within our faith.  It requires prayer and compassion! A Letter to Mormons: Mom of Another Faith Shares Powerful Message to Members by Renee Tumolo  | Aug. 10, 2017 Makes You Think Mormon Life The following has been republished in full with permission from   laughsli...