Return and Report
If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody tweets about it, did it really happen? This is one of the thoughts that meandered through my mind as I sat in Stake Council meeting. The topic that dominated most of the meeting was the changes to ministering announced during General Conference. We sat together as stake leaders and talked about what it meant for us and how we would proceed as a stake. We talked about the direction we wanted to go, and how to help individuals move forward, adapt, and thrive with this new program. As a member of the High Council, I have had the opportunity to attend several meetings over the last few weeks, ranging from High Council meeting to Stake High Priests Quorum to Ward Elders Quorum. In each of those meetings, the same concern was raised. People want to know: now that we're not doing monthly Home or Visiting Teaching, how are our efforts reported? Nobody is going to call us each month to ask if we visited our assigned families. There is no box to ch...