Church Brings Humanitarian Aid to Six Countries in Central America http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-makes-humanitarian-donations-in-central-america

I loved "Tabernacles of Clay" by @taylorpetrey.bsky.social. "Kinship" is an important exploration and a fantastic followup. Highly recommend.

Okay. My mind is blown. This is actually the most convincing reason to me why the movement of Sacrament tables to the front will happen. Last major changes to the Temple were making subtext un-missable surface text. Watch for the language shifting to speak of Sacrament Table as an Altar soon.

Relevant: juvenileinstructor.org/from-the-cen...

Not gonna lie, REALLY intrigued by this rumor of new meetinghouse chapels and remodeling of old ones to move the Sacrament table front and center. It tracks with recent developments.

"Many many years ago, the great Christian prophet Joseph Smith..."

"Many many years ago, the great Christian prophet Joseph Smith..."

The levels of this troll is just ...

Some of you are going to want a Mormon take on this but it’s just the Let Them Fight meme.

Dear Mike Lee, Have *you* read the Book of Mormon recently? Because it sure does have some things to say about people who try to violently overthrow free and fair elections. Also about the wisdom of putting robbers in charge of the government. Love, The King-men were the BAD guys

Folks, the absolute worst Online Mormons ever could do the White Horse Prophecy in the funniest and dumbest way possible.

He's so given himself over to being a sycophant and giving up all his moral values and demonizing Others to Be Liked By Those In Power that he confused "good boy" pats on the head by those he personally benefited to them actually caring about literally anything about him.

"Touch grass." - Elder Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (47:00) youtu.be/Ts5Z64A0Vv4?...

No no no, y'all don't get it. The BY/Utah branch of the Church isn't even being referenced. See the lack of "Latter-day" hyphen? The US Government only recognize the James Strang Wisconsin branch of Restorationists. They won the long game. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_...

JStapley: how the words you use when describing change matters (esp within an organization prides itself on unchanging). We prefer to say things were altered and adjusted. Yet ongoing restoration implies continual change. It’s complicated what we remember/forget amidst the change. #mha2026lasvegas

The Church: If it's Joseph Smith, We Have It Now, If It's Not, It Is Also Neat.

✅️ Completed my first complete read-through of Ruth ( Ρουθ ) in the Greek Septuagint (LXX)! First book of the Bible I've been able to read start to finish in Greek in a single sitting. Fun stuff! #ComeFollowMe

Elder Gong's been on this for a while now. While the Pope (understandably) got the big press, this isn't chasing his coattails here. I've been glad to see it.

That's one way to avoid today's Second Hour Constitution Discussion in the United States wards 😅

Really excited to complete my John Turner Biography Trilogy...

The Church History Library having old manuals available to download as PDFs is a research godsend.

Amused that the LXX forms of Judges 3's account of Ehud The Left-Handed stabbing the corpulent king doesn't include the explicit scatological humor in the event's aftermath included in the MT.

So I just recognized that a pretty significant loaded BY-era theological phrase has almost completely fallen out of use in official Church discourse, and that in the past ~10 years or so it has also been methodically phased out of curriculum, too. I'm actually really excited about it. More later.

I thought a key inflection point for some of my latest research would congeal around the 1916 'Father and the Son' exposition but instead, it goes back to the 1909 Origin of Man statement. The influence this document has had is hard to exaggerate. cc: @bspackman.bsky.social

MFW the epiphany hit identifying the unifying throughline/framework that would organize a disparate series of observations I'd been toying with and procrastinating formally writing about for years into a coherent and ambitious whole. And now I'm super motivated to get to work and flesh it out.

My #ComeFollowMe study approach for 2026: I read Alter for an English approach to the Hebrew text w/commentary, then work through the Greek (LXX), and Reina Valera (Spanish), and then take note of what the JST does with the text.

For #ComeFollowMe this week, consider including Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho, and considering why the main beats of the story resonated and developed new meaning among enslaved persons in 19th Century America, and why it's still a powerful song of Hope today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7f...

"The printed hymnbook will first be released in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, with other language translations to follow. It will contain about 375 hymns and songs in one book."

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Shouldn't be too long before we get a final print Hymn contents list I would think...

Oh, looks like this the cover of Hymns For Home and Church! From the June Liahona. www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahon...

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Okay, I love that in this way they're actively continuing and following up with observing the continuing Easter Season of the Liturgical Calendar, up to an event on Ascension Sunday. I didn't expect that! Wish it wasn't limited to Salt Lake.

While its previously been added to the online editions, this is the first print edition of the General Conference Liahona to include paragraph/verse numbers in the text. Will say it's definitely helpful for Elder's Quorum/Relief Society classroom use.

Oh, this is terrible. I never met him, but I've been personally aquainted with two of his brothers. A terrible tragedy. newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elde...

Have a peaceful and meaningful Lord's Day, y'all.

I think it's cool that the entrance to the room is flanked by Cherubim. I think it's amusing/charming that they are Renaissance Style Baby Cherubs, tho.

sanctum sanctorum - Holy of Holies #quotebot

Rack, Shack & Benny would like to have a word. bsky.app/profile/fake...

I've wondered if this room would be on the Open House Tour...

I absolutely love 'We Thank Thee, Lord, For This New Day', as a personal morning Invititory. Short, meaningful and beautiful. I'm Really pulling for it to get into #HymnsForHomeAndChurch as a great opening Hymn. But I'm glad it's on the new #TabCATS album! youtu.be/onz92O5K9D8?...

A while ago I whined that if TabCATS' Music & the Spoken Word had a podcast I'd actually listen to it regularly, but YouTube was just too annoying for mobile on-the-go listening. Finally looked it up again, and lo and behold

Appreciate that this is a prominent part of the 'Celebrating the Founding of the United States and the US Constitution Discussion Guide" "...We should never assert that a faithful Latter-day Saint cannot belong to a particular party or vote for a particular candidate."

Reading the quirks in the list of Tribal heads in Numbers 13 hits very different after reading these books by @andytobo.bsky.social . #ComeFollowMe

I finished these. Definitely clarified some of my thoughts on his thinking. He's an interesting guy. He takes his role very seriously & absolutely believes in the divine source of his calling. Probably the most systematic and influential Apostolic doctrinal thinker/codifier since McConkie.

Just finished Season 2, and #HouseofDavid is actually a really smart take on the Rise of David narrative cycle. They have a great cast, and it's beautifully shot. Minor quibbles aside, they do some very clever things with the beats of the source text, and the named characters that play a part.