I came to Church employment late in my career. It was something I had never contemplated and it took me by surprise. I am a convert to the Church and was born and raised in the suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland. As a teenager, I joined the Royal Air Force, and spent the next four years at school studying communications. When I returned home on a recess, I found that two missionaries had moved into my parents’ home, and I was introduced to the Church. With business trips and assignments throughout my entire working life, in all the continents of the earth, I have come to appreciate that no matter how deep or divided the fascinating cultures of this planet are, there is a predominant culture that belongs to the Church, wherever its members are to be found. The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has truly and consistently brought about a “restitution of all things,” (Acts 3:21) and that includes a culture of its own. In the early Christian Church, Paul stated to some new converts, “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God” (Ephesians 2:19). That cultural shift is as true and evident today as it ever was in Paul’s time. Somehow, these fellow citizens put first the kingdom of God, while still retaining their distinct national heritage and culture. One only has to participate in general conference to witness the total absence of borders and boundaries, to see and feel the veritable brotherhood and sisterhood that exists in members from across this troubled globe—and this, in these turbulent times. Read more. (http://tech.lds.org/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=365 Itemid=1)
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