MARCH’S SALE OF THE KIRTLAND TEMPLE by the Community of Christ (CoC) to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has put me in a lasting, reflective mood about the history of my own LDS arrogance. It’s memory unsettles me and compels me, these many weeks later, to make a confession of my pride and apologize to Community of Christ members, as well as members of other churches I previously thought myself above.
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The Mysteries of God, or Handbook 1
I’ve done something scandalous again. I’ve read the Church Handbook of Instructions 1, or at least some of it. The recent debate over whether or not the contents of Handbook 1 qualify as doctrine got under my skin, so I decided to study it and find out for myself. (How Mormon of me.) Of course, there was a hitch to my plan. Handbook 1 may be an authorized read for stake presidents and bishops (plus those who outrank them), but not for lowly members like me, who aren’t given access. My problem is compounded, of course, because I’m female, which means I’ll never serve in a bishopric or stake presidency. I suppose I could, technically, be plucked from obscurity and called to serve as one of the nine women in the general auxiliary presidencies who have authorized access, but the chance of that is exactly zero. So, for all intents and purposes, the book is sealed to me, in spite of the fact it contains policies by which I, as a Latter-day Saint, am to live and be judged. Huh. That stinks. What’s a girl to do? Continue reading “The Mysteries of God, or Handbook 1”
Life Outside The Book of Mormon Belt 