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Week 23: Special Mormon Empathy Edition

6/12/2014

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See here and here for what is going on in the Mormon church right now and why it is important. The following is a list of words that are meaningful to me this week in light of this action against honest questioners in the Mormon church, specifically the possible excommunication for two lay members who sought for greater inclusion for and understanding toward women and LGBTQ members of the church. Charges of apostasy and heresy in the Mormon church have severe social (and spiritual) consequences, particularly if you live in Utah and particularly if you have family members who are also Mormon.
Obviously one could as easily pull out words like "liar" or "lividity" out of the dictionary to describe what's happened, but the following list connotes at least in part some of the emotions I've felt as I've watched this drama unfold. Every member of a religious society must be allowed space in which to question openly and honestly without being shamed into silence, vilified, shunned, or excommunicated for raising honest and pertinent questions.

♡ Favorite Words of the Week
    Lasso: to catch with a lasso (a long rope with a running noose)
    Laster: one that lasts
    Latency: the state of being present but not manifest
    Latitude: freedom from narrow restrictions
    Latter: being the second mentioned of two
    Laudable: worthy of praise
    Laundry: a collection of clothes to be washed
    Lauwine: an avalanche
    Lavabo: a ceremonial washing in certain Christian churches
    Laveer: to sail against the wind
    Law, v.: to take a complaint to court for settlement
    Layman/laywoman: a member of the laity (the non-clerical membership of a religious faith)
    Lead: to show the way to by going in advance
    Leadoff: an opening play or move
    Learn: to gain knowledge by experience, instruction, or study
    Leaven: to produce fermentation in
    Leaver: one that leaves
    Leet: a former English court for petty offenses
    Leftism: a liberal political philosophy
    Legalism: strict conformity to the law
    Legit: legitimate drama
    Legroom: space in which to extend the legs
    Lenition: a change in articulation
    Leper: one affected with leprosy
    Lesbian: a female homosexual
    Lesser: not as large or important
    Letdown: a decrease
    Lethe: forgetfulness
    Letterer: one that letters
    Level: to make even
    Leveler: one that levels
    Levy: to impose or collect by legal authority
    Liaison: a means for maintaining communication
    Lib: liberation
    Liberal: a person favorable to progress or reform
    Liberty: the state of being free
    Lifeboat: a small rescue boat
    Lifeline: a rope used to aid a person in distress
    Lifter: one that lifts
    Lighten: to reduce the weight of
    Lightful: brightly illuminated
    Limb: to cut off the arms or legs of
    Limbo: a condition of oblivion or neglect
    Limbus: a distinctive border
    Limes: a fortified boundary
    Limitary: limiting
    Limiter: one that limits
    Linchpin: a locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft
    Lineless: having no lines
    Lineup: a row of persons
    Listen: to make conscious use of the sense of hearing
    Listener: one that listens
    Liturgy: a prescribed system of public worship
    Livingly: realistically
    Lo: interj—used to attract attention or to express surprise
    Localism: a custom or mannerism peculiar to a locality
    Lockdown: the confinement of prisoners to their cells
    Lockjaw: a form of tetanus

And, borrowed from next week:
    Love: to feel great affection for (an underwhelming definition, if you ask me!)

My love to the Mormon community.
(Pages 309–322)
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