Spack Chats

Guest Rachel DeMille shares her experiences and insights as a disciple of Christ, lifelong Church member, and girl who didn’t serve a mission. We discuss how to choose whether you should go on a mission and how to live out our personal life mission. Inspired by the original blog post “Boys and Girls Who Don’t Serve Missions - Yes, You CAN Marry One!”: https://spackchats.com/2020/12/06/girls-and-boys-who-dont-serve-missions-yes-you-can-marry-one/ Additional resources: Thomas S. Monson 2012 “Welcome to Conference”: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2012/10/welcome-to-conference?lang=eng Jeffrey R. Holland 2016 Face-to-Face: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/face-to-face/archive/?lang=eng Russell M. Nelson 2013 “Decisions for Eternity”: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/decisions-for-eternity?lang=eng

Some say Christians have to be pro-life all the way. Others say Christianity requires them to be pro-choice. Today, we go through building a perspective about abortion that is both based in the doctrine of Christ (according to His Restored Gospel and Church) and scientifically and philosophically sound. Focus on the Family: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/pro-life/abortion-complications/ What is your perspective on abortion? How did you come to that perspective?

PLEASE don’t call us Mormons!—even if you are one. Today, we chat about why my favorite of recent “big changes” in the Church is NOT 2-hour church. We get into coming closer to Christ, particularly through how we speak of Him and His Church. . Extra reading: Elder Bednar’s address, “We Talk of Christ”: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/45andersen?lang=eng Read the blog post that inspired this episode: http://spackchats.com/2019/10/21/please-dont-call-us-mormons-even-if-you-are-one/