Father’s Day Talks
June 18th, 2023 by G.
On the sweetness of Mormon life.
The prayer is “Good morning, heavenly Father.” You wonder if this is a new thing. You like it. You ask afterwards. No, she says, mental hiccup.
The sister missionaries are speaking. The first one tells about making fun of the elders who were asked to speak over Mother’s Day. Now its her turn.
The other told about calling her dad from the emergency room. He didn’t answer. She left a message. “Dad, I’m in the emergency room, I’m probably dying.” He called her back later. “So I hear you are dying. Sorry I didn’t pick up earlier, I was at Costco.” She knew her dad would know she wasn’t dying. Her dad knew that she knew.
E.C.
June 18, 2023
I also gave a talk, as one of the few who stayed for Father’s Day weekend in my YSA ward. I didn’t talk about fathers except tangentially. The text, if anyone’s interested, is at the link below. It was written in a fugue state (I get semi-frequent migraines), so no idea if it made any sense.
https://thelightascendant.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-perfected-harvest.html
G.
June 18, 2023
Well done.
IAW
June 19, 2023
And in our ward this year:
Mother’s Day: You women are wonderful! Mothers are awesome! This is your special day, you amazing females!
Father’s Day: Three YW on Girls Camp, plus a guy speaking on the CFM lesson for the week who says “I guess I should say something about Fathers as it is Fathers day, but the scriptures I was assigned don’t really fit that, so on we go.”
G.
June 19, 2023
That was our ward last year.
I expressed my point of view to the bishopric afterwards
JRL in AZ
June 19, 2023
Our meetings also had no talks about fathers. It was weird, but whatever. Mother’s Day, though… we had some remarkable talks on Mother’s Day.