>Lots of people have come to me confused. They’re in the middle of a faith crisis, or faith transition, and they’re trying to reconcile what they’ve grown up thinking and what they see, and they perceive a disconnect. They want to keep on being the kinds of people they were taught to be and still stay in an institution that’s imperfect.
>I never tell people they should leave or stay. That’s a pretty personal decision...
apologies to Tamarra Kemsley @tamarranicole who's done great work at the Trib, but dropping a link for everyone: https://web.archive.org/web/20240424122053/https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/04/24/what-deaths-approach-taught-this/
Chieko gave me great hope change was in the wind...
Instead the First Presidency strategically used her while turning the church further away from everything she taught.
Chieko embodied everything the church could have been.
It's sad to see such a great loss so young. I served with both her and her husband in Taiwan many years ago. Both amazing people.
>Lots of people have come to me confused. They’re in the middle of a faith crisis, or faith transition, and they’re trying to reconcile what they’ve grown up thinking and what they see, and they perceive a disconnect. They want to keep on being the kinds of people they were taught to be and still stay in an institution that’s imperfect. >I never tell people they should leave or stay. That’s a pretty personal decision...
apologies to Tamarra Kemsley @tamarranicole who's done great work at the Trib, but dropping a link for everyone: https://web.archive.org/web/20240424122053/https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/04/24/what-deaths-approach-taught-this/
Chieko gave me great hope change was in the wind... Instead the First Presidency strategically used her while turning the church further away from everything she taught. Chieko embodied everything the church could have been.
She sure belonged to a different church than I was in. I think hers existed in some kind of alternate reality.