Hello again, everyone! Some additional Church news developments have come to my attention within the last several hours. Let's get right into all of those. First of all, here in Utah, a major compromise has been reached between supporters of the ballot initiative which will go before voters that would legalize marijuana (both for medical and recreational use) and those who have opposed it, including a coalition of governmental and religious leaders and medical professionals who see problems with the wording of the initiative as it now stands.
The compromise, announced today by Utah Governor Gary Herbert, calls for the initiative to remain on the ballot, on the understanding that whether or not it passes, a special session of the Utah legislature will come together to either fix the existing problems if the initiative passes, or to craft legislation to legalize medical marijuana with the proper safeguards and protections if the measure does not pass. Both those in favor of and those opposed to the ballot measure have promised to scale down the level and manner in which their support or opposition is expressed. The Newsroom on the Church website has provided a thorough look at the compromise.
In the meantime, in ongoing efforts to emphasize the increasing influence of international service of our General Authorities, and to provide a look at how highly the Church needs, trusts, and uses international leaders, two articles were provided. The first provides some perspective and thoughts about the growing globalization of general Church leadership from two international leaders who have served as General Authorities since April 1994, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (who hails from Europe), and Elder Claudio R. M. Costa, General Authority Seventy (who was born and raised in Brazil).
And the final article highlights how a recent interfaith forum demonstrated how the Church and its' leaders are having more of a global influence, politically (on issues, but never on candidates), medically, and on matters relating to both religion in general and the values, doctrines, and principles, which the Church has supported and for which Church leaders have been advocates.
As ever, I continue to monitor all Church news and temple developments. I will also be providing ongoing coverage of developments leading up to, throughout, and directly following General Conference. That does it for this post. Any and all comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time. Thank you for the privilege of your time.
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Thursday, October 4, 2018
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Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Interesting name change.
ReplyDeleteHello, coachodeeps. It is interesting indeed, but it makes sense. As I observed in another thread on this blog a few minutes ago, the new name now stylistically conforms in style with the Bells and Orchestra at Temple Square. Temple Square is a prominent fixture for those familiar with the Church, and for those of us who are members thereof.
ReplyDeleteSome have suggested that will take some time to get used to, but the way I see it, those of us who are able to watch Music & the Spoken Word every week (whether live or delayed) will be hearing this new name during that broadcast week-to-week from now on.
Interestingly enough, I am one of the weird people who happened to notice that Brother Lloyd Newell has recently adapted what he says at the beginning and end of that broadcast each week. There had been standard wording employed as the program began and ended for the first 80 years or more of the Choir's weekly broadcast, but recent adjustments to that wording made sense.
My point is that these changes indicate to me that times, styles, and names might change, but that the basic mission of the Choir (to provide sacred music in a wide variety of settings and serve in function as Church musical missionaries worldwide) has not and will not change.
As I also observed in another thread here on this blog, during the time when President Monson served as Church President, he and his counselors often referred to the Choir as the "Tabernacle Choir". So the name change is not only stylistic in nature, but also has historical precedent as well. I am happy to hear of this change. Thanks again, coachodeeps.
I've always grown calling it "the Tabernacle Choir" anyway. Now I just have to add the words "at Temple Square" I think the hardest transition will be for those outside of the church.
ReplyDeleteHello, Chris, and thanks for this additional comment. I apologize I didn't see it before now. KSL just ran a story about the change, and the religion specialist reporting on the change noted that it may take a while for everyone to get used to it, and that he would detail more about why that is the case in the next local newscast (about an hour from now).
ReplyDeleteBut as soon as I read the news, I felt the same way as I did when President Nelson originally released his statement reemphasizing the name of the Church. I instantly knew this was a divinely-inspired idea. But I also know that the full transition to the name may take time for the general public, both in and out of the Church. The Church (and the Choir) have made their opinions known that these changes are truly inspired, and however long it takes to implement or get used to the changes, it will soon, in the due course of time, seem natural. It personally occurred to me to wonder why this had not been done sooner, which served as an additional witness to me that it is a timely change. Thanks again, Chris, for taking time to comment.