Love One Another As I Have Loved You

This week's lesson was taught by Kelsey and was based on the conference talk by Elder Oaks called "Loving Others and living with Differences".

We talked about how we should love others no matter how different they might be from us, and how we should refrain from making snap judgements about others. Sometimes it is easier to refrain from judging others who are different than us than it is to refrain from judging those who hold our same beliefs but who don't live their religion the same way we do. However we should remember to keep the commandment to love one another no matter what.

We should be in the world but not of the world. Meaning we should not limit our association to only those of our faith. We talked about how talking with members of other religions can help enrich our own spirituality. You can still have a nice conversation about faith with someone of a different religion, the key is to stay away from contention and remember to communicate with love.

Members of the Church can still live our beliefs without being contentious, and we can still stand up for our beliefs without offending others.