Why Marriage?

Me and my wife, even before we get married established principles of independence which included renting a house, and earn sufficient money for our necessities. I confess that great part of this principles where encourage by my wife because when we meet she already was working for some years, and was quite financially independent. In some occasions, our different backgrounds, caused some stress and contention, but with time, patience, humility, and forgiveness helped overcome many of these earlier personalities discrepancies. I learned some years ago that the most important antidote to couples overcome personalities discrepancies is developing charity. Charity works as a kind of “glue” that connects two different individualities and turn them into “one flesh”. One of the most important idea highlighted by Harper&Olsen  (2005) was the concept of “marital identity” . They explain, and I complete agree, that newly married couples must create a kind of invisible fence that ...

I first learned about the importance and correct use of councils when I was called to serve in the Bishopric of my ward almost 20 years ago. My earlier idea of councils where reduced to two meeting types; the “boss” style, were a “boss” explains and gives the orders with a passive board taking notes and shaking heads, and a “chaotic” style, were there is no rules nor orders, were everyone have the same power, and great liberty to think creatively, but were normally there is no consensus and decision-making. I learned that in church council’s decisions must be unanimous, that each voice of the council member is extremely important. Of course, all councils in church have an official that presides over the meeting (such as a Bishop, Stake President, Relief Society President, and so on) that have the responsibility of taking the last word, but, contrary to the “boss” style, this council president should preside by the principles established by the Lord: "the rights of the ...