Understanding Consecration and the Poor
Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda , Carl Bloch It is brave to be vulnerable about weaknesses and ignorance at church. That's what I have to tell myself when the person who is teaching the Sunday School lesson admits to thinking that Consecration as it was practiced in the LDS Church, Socialism, and Communism are all the same thing, and all of them bad. It is brave to be that wrong and to admit it openly in public. I want to share the observation the teacher made and my response to it, in case it helps anyone else who has to explain this to someone in or adjacent to our community. These are corrections that aren't made often enough, or this directly, and it's time to start acknowledging why. It's time to recognize who created the harmful circumstances in which we now live and worship and to do the hard work of undoing them. The History and Rejection of Consecration To provide some context for those who need it: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is ...
