tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post2527842619276651504..comments2023-09-05T20:54:42.242-04:00Comments on A Latter-day Voice: What I taught about GAS...and how nobody diedPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post-69504249232769985582012-01-12T18:42:44.969-05:002012-01-12T18:42:44.969-05:00It sounds like exactly the type of lesson I would ...It sounds like exactly the type of lesson I would have liked to hear - based on the manual, using the manual but adding detail that is very important from solid, faithful sources to teach a very important principle **that is a key part of the Plan of Salvation**.Papa Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post-86591637532187546152012-01-12T14:01:20.904-05:002012-01-12T14:01:20.904-05:00Thanks, Ardis. I almost didn't post this, but...Thanks, Ardis. I almost didn't post this, but after reading some of the more reactionary responses over at BCC, I thought I would. <br /><br />My very conservative wife who is in our stake RS presidency reminded me of another perspective. The first time she taught Teachings for the Prophets in our stake (in our ward) was while I was bishop. The RS president recommended her with the hope that she would actually teach what was in the manual -- or at least refer to it! Teachers at that time were regularly taking the "topic" of the lesson from the manual and then writing their own elaborate lessons on that theme, but never once reading the words of the prophet whose words we were "studying" that year.<br /><br />Clearly, reason (and hopefully inspiration) is somewhere in the middle.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294214866282354575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8266009681076554415.post-38439658281751991912012-01-12T13:26:01.633-05:002012-01-12T13:26:01.633-05:00Sounds great. I appreciate reading reports like th...Sounds great. I appreciate reading reports like this of what actually goes on in various church classrooms, and why, especially when they tie into issues we've been discussing int he Bloggernacle.<br /><br />It's too bad, though, that teachers like you and me feel constantly that we have to defend our choices to include even the merest whisper of something that isn't printed on the page of a manual, and to stress that we went "this far and no farther" lest somebody think we've apostatized and refuse to sustain the Brethren by not reciting the manual in all particulars. I wish we trusted teachers to do the right thing, especially teachers who have demonstrated trustworthiness by our class history and by our online writings.Ardishttp://www.keepapitchinin.orgnoreply@blogger.com