Things about church, plus more BSG (to no one's surprise)
Just finished watching the last session of my church's annual General Conference. Conference number one hundred seventy-eight! Now I get to watch live online at home instead of trekking to church to watch via satellite... of course, even that was faster than the earliest sessions, when members outside of Salt Lake City were happy to get reports weeks or months later.
Speaking of membership, we've passed thirteen million. More Latter Day Saints (preferred term over 'Mormon,' but most of us aren't picky) live outside the U.S. than in the U.S.
eta: which has been the case for a while, I just felt like mentioning it here since I was giving stats. /eta
Anyway, someone yesterday mentioned one of my favorite quotes from church history: "It is better to be trusted than to be loved." That particular quote has a long story attached to it for me, one which was difficult at the time but which makes me glad to have lived through in a way that doesn't embarrass me now. Can't always say the same of other memories. *g*
And now, back to our usual Battlestar Galactica content: FIC REC again! It's like my birthday this weekend! pataka02 remixed my story 'Broken' and wrote this:
Awaken. It's gorgeous, go read it! Kara/Sam, season four spec but now AU from the season premiere, since the original story is, too... *sniff*
And as long as I'm talking about BSG: found via ack_attack, a great picspam of the season four premiere, made by merry_holdwine.
Speaking of membership, we've passed thirteen million. More Latter Day Saints (preferred term over 'Mormon,' but most of us aren't picky) live outside the U.S. than in the U.S.
eta: which has been the case for a while, I just felt like mentioning it here since I was giving stats. /eta
Anyway, someone yesterday mentioned one of my favorite quotes from church history: "It is better to be trusted than to be loved." That particular quote has a long story attached to it for me, one which was difficult at the time but which makes me glad to have lived through in a way that doesn't embarrass me now. Can't always say the same of other memories. *g*
And now, back to our usual Battlestar Galactica content: FIC REC again! It's like my birthday this weekend! pataka02 remixed my story 'Broken' and wrote this:
Awaken. It's gorgeous, go read it! Kara/Sam, season four spec but now AU from the season premiere, since the original story is, too... *sniff*
And as long as I'm talking about BSG: found via ack_attack, a great picspam of the season four premiere, made by merry_holdwine.