http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/11/what-happened-in-nauvoo-part-2-flourishing/ Truth Will Prevail Fri, 25 May 2012 16:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/11/what-happened-in-nauvoo-part-2-flourishing/#comment-301911 Dave Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:49:41 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=10079#comment-301911 Thanks, Geoff. I particularly like the phrase "the world of ordinary men." I think it is Leonard's phrase, not Joseph's, but still it gets at a Mormon paradox that has been with us from the very beginning. We contantly talk in terms of ideals, but must run the Church by way of programs and policies that, if they are going to work, have to work in the world of ordinary people. Motivated, dedicated, righteous, but still in many ways ordinary -- the "weak things of the world," as the D&C often refers to members of the Church. Thanks, Geoff. I particularly like the phrase “the world of ordinary men.” I think it is Leonard’s phrase, not Joseph’s, but still it gets at a Mormon paradox that has been with us from the very beginning. We contantly talk in terms of ideals, but must run the Church by way of programs and policies that, if they are going to work, have to work in the world of ordinary people. Motivated, dedicated, righteous, but still in many ways ordinary — the “weak things of the world,” as the D&C often refers to members of the Church.

]]> http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/11/what-happened-in-nauvoo-part-2-flourishing/#comment-301909 Geoff B Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:53:35 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=10079#comment-301909 Err, communitarianism. Long word. Err, communitarianism. Long word.

]]> http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/11/what-happened-in-nauvoo-part-2-flourishing/#comment-301908 Geoff B Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:46:55 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=10079#comment-301908 Dave, thanks for this. Leonard's recounting of Joseph Smith's position on socialism and communitarism sounds exactly right. Dave, thanks for this. Leonard’s recounting of Joseph Smith’s position on socialism and communitarism sounds exactly right.

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