Comments on: Baby Blessing https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: twins baby shower https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-127573 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:16:37 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-127573 great stuff, love the theme!

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-79854 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:34:34 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-79854 I have attended over 100 wards, jessyB, throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. Virtually every time a baby blessing occurred in any of these wards, the tradition Nikki described in her post occurred.

]]> By: jessyB https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-79654 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:23:44 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-79654 Ya, just stumbled across this and I realize its a few years old, but it piqued my interest. Where is this done? I’ve been a member all my life and have no recollection of this cultural practice in any of the baby blessings I’ve seen….or have I been consistently sleeping through sacrament meeting?

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2841 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2841 LOL, no that wouldn’t be me, that would be Kim! :)

]]> By: Sally https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2842 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2842 what?? Does Kim not like that when it happens??

]]> By: Mary Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2843 Nope. not at all.

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2844 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2844 I assiduously avoided holding up any one of my children. I guess I’m just humorless, or maybe prideful, but I think I wanted to show that it has nothing to do with the ordinance.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2845 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2845 I didn’t do it because they aren’t circus acts.

]]> By: Sally https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2846 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2846 spoil sport

]]> By: ltbugaf https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2005/12/04/baby-blessing/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=359#comment-2848 Re: Circus acts

I’m basically with Kim on this one. I don’t take a bow after performing an ordination. Why would I hold up a child for the admiration of the crowd after a blessing?

On the other hand, I would offer my congratulatory handshake to the recipient of the ordination, so maybe I’m being a bit harsh.

It’s just important to separate the ordinance from what isn’t the ordinance. And when something becomes so deeply imbedded in the culture,l there’s a risk of mistaking it for a part of the ordinance.

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