{"id":1863,"date":"2009-04-26T11:50:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T18:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2009-04-26T11:50:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T18:50:36","slug":"priesthood-advancement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/","title":{"rendered":"Priesthood Advancement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In stake conference today, one of the brethren who had been attending our quorum was presented to be advanced to the Melchizedek Priesthood. I was ecstatic.<\/p>\n<p>He is in his thirties and had been a priest. After he started coming back to church about 1.5 years ago, we had been working with him to encourage him in his efforts and help stay focused on his spiritual journey.<\/p>\n<p>He is a much better person than I am. He is always willing to share the gospel with others; he studies the scriptures for an hour or two every day; he is always wiling to be of service to others; and he has such a simple, innocent faith.<\/p>\n<p>We had been working with him as an elder quorum presidency, but I think in a lot of ways, he was working with us.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to tonight when I get to participate in his ordination, as he has invited me to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In stake conference today, one of the brethren who had been attending our quorum was presented to be advanced to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Priesthood Advancement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Priesthood Advancement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Priesthood Advancement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In stake conference today, one of the brethren who had been attending our quorum was presented to be advanced to &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-26T18:50:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/\",\"name\":\"Priesthood Advancement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-26T18:50:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-04-26T18:50:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/04\/26\/priesthood-advancement\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Our Thoughts\",\"description\":\"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\",\"name\":\"Kim Siever\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Siever\"},\"description\":\"Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. 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