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The stamp President Nelson is putting on Latter-day Saint language
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President Russell M. Nelson and Sister Wendy Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints greet the Vargas family at the Hyde Park Visitors Center in London on Thursday, April 12, 2018. The boys are Juan David Vargas Saavedra, right, and Joseph Daniel Vargas Saavedra.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
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Each prophet-president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints naturally puts a stamp on the church’s language.
President Russell M. Nelson’s reemphasis of the use of the full name of the church rather than nicknames will leave a lasting imprint on the church. So will the sudden ubiquity of the term “ministering.”
When asked to describe the biggest change in her daughter, Elizabeth Thornton beamed with motherly pride.
“She’s always been a bright, happy, wonderful person, but it’s like, she’s getting more bright and more happy and more able to share her awesomeness,” her mother said. Related
A short time later, her bishop called all the youth in their ward congregation to index names on FamilySearch.org.
Thornton was eager and willing, but was it easy to get started? She shakes her head with an emphatic, “No.”
Just accessing her FamilySearch account was frustrating. She kept getting “username or password was incorrect” prompts on her screen.
It’s 9:30 p.m. and I’m leaving my house. It feels so strange that the neighbor’s kids are likely already asleep. I don’t think I’ve left to go anywhere after children’s bedtimes since before the pandemic began.
I don’t trust my internal sense of direction when it’s this dark, so I pull out my phone, open Google Maps, and type in “Draper Utah Temple.”
“Your location might be closed when you arrive,” my Google friend warns me.
“Oh, trust me, I know,” I say smiling.
I begin my 18-minute drive to the Draper temple. The temple sits on the Wasatch Mountains, meaning for the entire drive, I’m able to look up and see my final destination. It brings new meaning to the words Isaiah penned:
As an editor who deals primarily with nonfiction, I’m often encouraging my authors to put themselves in their readers’ shoes. It’s surprising how many authors don’t think seriously about who the reader is and what the reader needs.
That’s how I feel about the Church’s temple prep class, to be frank. It does a fine job answering questions that most people don’t ask when they’re going to the temple for the first time. Questions like, “What was the role of temples in ancient times?” instead of, “What the heck is this green apron and what will I do with it in the temple?”