by Leading Saints | Sep 15, 2023 | Newsletter |
So what do we do about this STP problem? (Remember, STP stands for “same ten people,” or the tendency some wards or stakes have to rotate the Same Ten People through influential callings.) As I heard from many readers, most wards are making a concerted effort to...
by Leading Saints | Sep 7, 2023 | Newsletter |
Someone recently turned my attention toward this paragraph in the handbook: Sometimes the same people are called repeatedly to leadership positions. This can overburden them and their families and take opportunities away from others. Seek to give all members...
by Leading Saints | Aug 24, 2023 | Newsletter |
Over the last several years, I have often thought about the concept of how spiritual confirmation can trigger confirmation bias and how confirmation bias can trigger the feeling of spiritual confirmation. Quick definitions: Spiritual confirmation is to receive a...
by Leading Saints | Aug 17, 2023 | Bishops, Newsletter |
I’m an efficiency nerd. I love tinkering with systems until they work like a well-oiled machine. Since many of you can relate, let’s have some fun and dissect the sacrament meeting system from a leadership point of view and see what ideas we can share. (I’m really...
by Leading Saints | Aug 10, 2023 | Newsletter |
As many of you know, I have recently developed a friendship with Jeff McCullough who produces Hello Saints on Youtube. In short, he is an evangelical pastor exploring everything he can about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and he documents his journey...
by Leading Saints | Aug 3, 2023 | Newsletter |
Families can be together forever. Is this doctrine? Well, yeah, sure. However, it is more of an attempt to communicate a doctrine in the form of a marketing message. For years, we as a church community have attempted to convert people to the restored gospel by using...
by Leading Saints | Jul 13, 2023 | Newsletter |
I’ve recently discussed the importance of leaders talking more openly about their personal struggles and the reasons why they need repentance from sin just like everyone else. The temptation is to keep struggles with sin vague and to not get too specific. So, instead...
by Leading Saints | Jul 6, 2023 | Newsletter |
As church leaders, of course we struggle with sin and need to repent constantly. Right? Yes, of course we do, and I have heard many leaders make a similar confession, even over the lectern at church. However, simply confessing that you struggle with sin and need to...
by Leading Saints | Jun 29, 2023 | Newsletter |
In the last newsletter I discussed the importance of needing to get rid of the term “serious sin” and take all sin seriously. Naturally, our brains want to categorize concepts such as sin. There is the really, reeeeally bad sin, and then there is the white-lie sin....
by Leading Saints | Jun 22, 2023 | Newsletter |
I’ve been thinking a lot about sin and stigma lately. It seems we have created two general categories for sin: Sin Sin with stigma In our faith tradition, we don’t say “sin with stigma,” but instead we say “serious sin.” It’s a terrible habit, and collectively as a...
