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Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
I think changing how we think of the students “coming prepared” will help a lot. I have found so much success in my teaching over the years by asking inspired questions.
How does those ideas relate?
The students have lives and experiences, thoughts and worries. The stories relate to those. By asking good questions we can help the students recognize the connections.
When that happens they open their hearts and start to participate. The spirit loves being there for that!
Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
I don’t believe we fully understand one of Christ’s most profound teachings.
“The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.”
Why did Jesus intentionally heal on the Sabbath in front of the Pharisees?
Why did He allow His disciples to pluck grain when He knew they would be criticized?
He wasn’t dismissing the Sabbath.
He was revealing something about the human heart.
The Pharisees looked at outward behavior and believed they understood a person’s standing before God.
Jesus went deeper. He was trying to teach us something higher and holier.
He wasn’t just teaching about the Sabbath. He was teaching us how God sees people.
I wonder if we still struggle with the same temptation.
In a world of sound bites, opinions and certainty, we love simple explanations for why someone “doesn’t keep the Sabbath day holy” or whatever your “sabbath day” might be. Fill in the blank…
Regarding activity in the Church, we convince ourselves we know why someone stays active or why someone leaves.
But people’s hearts are rarely that simple.
We sometimes mistake activity for discipleship, appearance for devotion, and outward conformity for the condition of the heart.
Someone can attend every meeting while their heart is far from Christ.
Someone else may no longer attend and still be sincerely seeking Him.
Only God knows the heart.
Please don’t misunderstand me. We need the Church! Covenants matter. The Sabbath and God’s commandments matter.
But God gave His commandments to bring us to Him, not to give us permission to measure one another.
Even Jesus was accused of breaking the Sabbath by people who believed they could determine righteousness through outward observance.
Perhaps we should be more careful before deciding we know why someone stays active in the Church or leaves. Or why someone struggles with the Sabbath or any other commandments.
The lesson of the Sabbath was never just about the Sabbath.
It was about learning to see people the way Christ sees them.
Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
Why is it normal for young people to dress in robes, sit apart from family, receive formal instruction, wear square hats modeled after a mason’s mortarboard, line up ceremonially, ascend to a stage, receive hand grasps, and then return with a new status and identity...
But a similar temple ritual is “cultish”?
Society normalizes theatrical rituals of academia because it is secular.
But mock the temple.
Hugh Nibley once called graduation robes the “black robes of a false priesthood,” a medieval, worldly imitation that celebrates human ambition instead of divine truth.
Perhaps temple worship isn't strange?
Maybe modern people only respect ritual when God has been removed from it.
Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
I'm not Catholic, but this is still revolting to me.
Do not do this.
This is abhorrent behavior and disrespectful to the most righteous woman ever born.
Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
Hot take that’s actually historically accurate:
Women have ALWAYS worked. Every culture. Every era. Every economic system.
The difference? It used to be home-based and family-integrated. You didn’t surrender your children to an institution, fight traffic, and spend 9 hours under fluorescent lights.
“Women shouldn’t work” isn’t traditional. It’s not even historical. It’s a myth.
The real conversation we should be having: why did we build a society where thriving economically requires severing family bonds and why do we call that progress?
Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
When people watch a movie about Ryan Gosling developing a relationship with a rock to save humanity, it’s beautiful and no one bats an eye.
But when you tell them Joseph Smith used a stone to translate a record testifying of Jesus Christ…
Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
To my American friends,
I want to speak from the heart, because this moment truly moved me as a Japanese citizen.
When President Trump made that Pearl Harbor joke, it wasn’t just humor to us. It felt like a weight I’d carried my whole life was suddenly lifted. My chest tightened, and honestly, tears came close.
For 80 long years, we Japanese have lived under a heavy shadow — the constant expectation to apologize, to reflect, to stay in “guilt mode.” Even though we’re the closest of allies, that old wound never fully healed. We felt bound by the past, by the Constitution America helped write for us, always a little smaller, always needing to prove we were sorry enough.
But in that single joke, Trump did something powerful. He turned a painful history into a shared laugh between equals. It was like he was saying:
“Hey, it was a long time ago. We’re good. Let’s move forward — as brothers.”
No more endless atonement. No more living in the shadow of being the “former enemy.” The curse broke. Japan feels free to stand tall again.
Right now, cherry blossoms are blooming beautifully all across Japan. 🌸
This spring, the sakura feels like a perfect symbol — a fresh beginning. Not two nations stuck in old roles, but true equals, proud brothers, shoulder to shoulder, ready to build the future together.
To the American people:
We don’t want to be subordinates forever. We want to be your real partners — strong, proud, and loyal. The kind of allies who ride or die together.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, America.
The strongest alliance in the world is rising again — as equals, as brothers, forever.
#PhoenixRising 🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸🌸
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Jared “Musing Ox” Oxborrow retweeted
If Heavenly Father called a prophet today, would you follow him?
In case you didn’t know, He has called a prophet, and he leads The Church of Jesus Christ.
Pray to Heavenly Father and ask Him if Dallin H. Oaks is a prophet.
