By Cheryl Stewart Osborn

If asked whom among you were members of the Church prior to 1980 and remember Sunday School in the morning and returning for Sacrament Meeting in the afternoon, likely more of you would not raise your hand than would. That’s because, according to statistics at www.lds.org, there are nine million more members of the Church now than in 1980.

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By Cheryl Stewart Osborn

Let’s be honest with ourselves: Are we afraid to sing hymns in church like we really mean them? Are we so intimidated by our lack of vocal prowess that we sing quietly in hopes that others won’t hear us? (I’m guilty of this.) Or do we subscribe to the notion that the more solemnly we sing, the more reverent we are being?

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