This week, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued new guidance about praying.
I expect the 2018 policy was put in place in an effort to save precious time, just as I imagine it’s being reversed now because the experiment showed that having an opening prayer can set a more spiritual tone for a Sunday lesson. There’s no way to tell for certain, because the church did not explain either the 2018 policy or its 2022 reversal .
Certainly, various church leaders have expressed strong opinions about “thee” and “thou” through the years. It was a particular concern of Spencer Kimball and of Dallin Oaks, who has been hammering this point for decades. In a 1992 General Conference talk called “,” apostle Oaks said that Heavenly Father wants to hear prayers that express respect for his elevated position over us and that frankly acknowledge his power.
“Relationship” is the key sticking point. A soldier does not have a relationship with a commanding officer; in fact, such congress is discouraged in the military. A petitioner does not have a relationship with the judge in a courtroom. And most of us don’t have relationships with government officials or royalty and the other was actively furious about religion . There was no family prayer using “thee” and “thou” or any other pronouns.
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