Shelley: I think the Sabbath Day should
be different than the rest of the week.
Ian: Wear orange pajamas.
Shelley: No!
You like wake up in the morning and pray and
turn on Mo-Tab and you read your scriptures
while sitting in a ray of sunlight.
And it’s like the most spiritual day
of your week.
Ian: So if Music and the Spoken Word is on
in the morning, it is the Sabbath?
Shelley: It is the Sabbath, you know!
Kwaku: So what you’re saying is,
What should we and should we not do on the Sabbath?
Theme song.
Ian: The Sabbath is definitely the Lord’s day.
And you know, in the 70’s and 80’s,
the Apostles were like using the pulpit as a bully
pulpit where they were kinda like pulpit pounders.
They would say things and it was the truth.
And this is what I’m going to do today.
I’m gonna spit truth about the Sabbath.
Shelley: Please don’t spit.
Ian: Is Shelley in the 21st century?
I don’t think she understood that.
I will declare truth!
Okay Shelley, is that a little bit better?
Shelley: This is better.
Thank you.
Ian: Okay, on the Sabbath, like I said, it is the Lord’s day.
We need to dedicate our time.
What do you guys think about that?
Shelley: So. Sunday is the Sabbath Day and that,
in my opinion, is God’s day, which means that
all of the things that you do on Sunday relate
back to God and it’s what God wants you
to do and all that stuff.
And a lot of people will say, like,
“Oh, but I like to spend time with my family
and we watch football and we go out to dinner.”
I think that’s wrong and there’s actually
a time, set aside, on Monday nights for FHE.
There’s no Bishopric meetings,
there’s no church meetings--
Ian: There’s no temple, actually.
Shelley: There’s no temple, it’s not open.
Yeah, so that is the time that you can do
those things like watching sports,
playing games that aren’t necessarily like spirit bringing
or uplifting or going out to eat
and doing whatever with your family.
That is Monday night and not Sunday.
Ian: I think that’s a great rule of thumb
for your family.
Shelley: For my family, it works really well.
Kwaku: Well, you know…
Shelley: It doesn’t for Kwaku.
Ian: Kwaku’s like, he’s like boiling inside.
Kwaku: No, I have no issue with it,
you just put so many opinions in there.
Ian: I want some foundational truth.
Kwaku: You’ve gotta be -- make sure
that we’re not putting our opinion over what
the Church says.
Shelley: What does the Church say?
Kwaku: *singing* What does the Church say?
Shelley: I actually have something that
the Church does say about that Kwaku.
Elder James E Faust said,
Kwaku: Oppa Gangnam Style
Ian: It’s the pumpkin spice donuts.
We can’t have pumpkin spice donuts
before the shoot.
Shelley: James E Faust said,
“What is worthy or unworthy on the Sabbath day
will have to be judged by each of us
trying to be honest with the Lord.
We should do what we have to do and what
we ought to do in an attitude of worshipfulness
and then limit our other activities.”
That is what the Church kind of says.
Ian: Alright.
So “honest with the Lord” is something that
I’m going to pull out from this quote
right here.
So, I’m going to bring in a little personal story.
I gained a personal testimony that
God is our Eternal Father and that he loves his children
when I was actually on a Sunday drive
with my family.
And we were in the mountains and
I was just admiring the creations of Heavenly Father.
Some people may say,
“That’s a recreational activity that we should not do.”
But since I’ve had such a spiritual,
you know, experience with that moment in my life,
it feels like that’s me doing something
separate on a Sunday that is loving the Lord.
And if someone has that experience with football,
which maybe seems a little bit far fetched,
but if someone does,
I can’t judge them cause I don’t want to say,
“No, you’ve never had that experience in your life.”
So it depends on those experiences that you
have with Heavenly Father that will basically
reflect the covenant that you will make
with Him and I think if people do that righteously,
then I think they’re okay.
Kwaku: Okay, truthfully, I think you’re both right.
If it’s a family tradition that’s bringing them
together, I’m going to judge them but
if we’re being honest--
Ian: If we’re taking our shirts off when
a touchdown happens--
Kwaku: If we’re being honest, it’s the Sabbath,
you shouldn’t be watching football.
Shelley: And you shouldn’t be taking your shirt off.
Kwaku: But then again, there’s so much
you shouldn’t do on the Sabbath that we do.
Ian: It’s one of those things where someone’s
pulling out their phones and checking Facebook
during Sacrament meeting.
Is that okay on the Sabbath?
Because the same person that does that also
says that football’s not okay on the Sabbath.
Kwaku: Okay, being on your phone at church,
none of us should do that.
Ian: That is not okay.
Kwaku: 100%.
And we all, all three of us do that.
Ian: I suck at it.
I’m so bad.
Kwaku: It’s the Lord’s day.
My personal opinion is that you need to be
reading the scriptures on Sunday and if you’re
reading the scriptures on Sunday
and doing godly things or things that help
bring the spirit, then you’re probably not going to
have too much of a want to do things that
are completely void of the spirit.
And watching men tackling each other
over a pigskin is not really what Christ had in mind.
Shelley: If you have to justify watching sports to us,
you probably shouldn't be watching sports on Sunday.
Ian: Here’s the thing.
Let me talk to those that watch football on Sundays
and they're a little sad right now
because these two people are attacking you.
Let me just say one thing really quick--
don’t justify it.
If you really feel strongly about it,
just own up to it.
That’s the thing.
Kwaku: And let’s be clear.
I don’t care.
I mean, there’s things I do on the Sabbath
that I shouldn’t do.
So I’m right there with you.
This is more of like us and a pot of like,
we shouldn’t do this.
Well, we do it anyway.
How can we become better?
Ian: I think people of the Mormon faith judge
people very quickly when they work on Sundays.
And I’m under the impression that you
need to try your hardest to work five or six days
of the week and separate Sunday like we said,
to dedicate that time to the Lord and fulfill
your callings and show up to church.
Shelley: But sometimes, it’s hard.
And sometimes you’re a heart surgeon and
somebody gets a heart attack on a Sunday and
you have to go fix them and save them.
Kwaku: As in Russell M Nelson.
And also, I don’t believe that
we judge people too much.
Ian: Maybe you don’t.
Kwaku: I’ve just never seen it.
Maybe you guys have had experiences like that.
Ian: There have been moments where people have,
you know, not given those others the
benefit of the doubt.
And of course there are people who are just
thinking about getting gain on Sundays and
they won’t go to Church and they’ll fall away.
And sometimes you need to support your family
and life happens.
Kwaku: If you feel it’s your priesthood responsibility
to do something on Sunday for
the betterment of your family, do it.
Shelley: Try hard not to but--
Kwaku: No, no, if you feel it.
If you have to work because let’s say
your son has a disease or something and you need
that money, I’m not going to tell you
not to do it.
It’s smart to do it.
It’s also… maybe God’s saying
don’t do it but find a different way.
I don’t know, we don’t know what’s going on
but do not project your ideas onto them
cause you don’t know their story,
cause we all have a different story.
Shelley: I think that if your kid as a disease
or whatever is happening, it’s more just
like anything that is wrong that
you need to work on Sunday that you feel you need to
work on Sunday,
if you take that leap of faith,
I think you’re gonna…
Ian: Please pray about it.
Shelley: Pray about it, but I really think
that if you don’t work on Sunday, just like not doing
homework or always paying your tithing,
I think that you’ll be blessed with exact
obedience to God’s laws.
And of course Heavenly Father is
going to tell you exactly.
He commands His prophets maybe to
do things that like…
In the Book of Mormon, with Nephi,
he has to kill Laban.
That’s technically a commandment
to not do but like…
Ian: Everyone that’s not a Mormon
is going to watch and be like…
Shelley: What?
Read the Book of Mormon!
God will tell you what to do but in general,
it’s keeping His commandments that will
give you all the blessings that you need,
in my belief.
Kwaku: We are Latter-day Saints.
And if you’re a Latter-day Saint,
I think the one job that you can take on a Sunday
that you can feel guilt-free about is service.
If you’re helping other people,
if you’re helping the homeless,
if you’re helping rebuild a house,
you’re cleaning, you’re helping feed animals, whatever.
You go for it, you go for it, guilt-free.
Ian: Yeah, and I think service is for
everyone in the Church.
Those in the priesthood, they need to understand
that the priesthood has no schedule.
If someone calls you to serve and if someone
wants your help, be the servant of the Lord
in that moment and fulfill your priesthood.
I think that is the essence of the gospel--
fulfilling what you’ve been ordained to do.
Shelley: And for women, service is kinda a
part of everything that we do all of the time.
Relief Society was built on serving other people.
That’s why relief society is a thing.
And so any calling you hold in the Church-
Priesthood, Relief Society, Primary, Nursery,
Young Women, whatever it is, that is service.
And you can find more ways to serve in those
callings and visiting teaching and home teaching
on the Sabbath Day.
Kwaku: Honestly, I’m so focused on making
sure I keep the Sabbath Day holy cause I just
veer off all the time.
Ian: And I think it’s okay to respect those
with different opinions because we need to do that.
Everyone’s family is different on the Sabbath.
Kwaku: Except for those who are wrong.
Ian: Yes, exactly, except for those who are wrong.
But we need to respect those that are wrong
as well, those people that are wrong think
they’re right and if they’re right then
maybe we’re wrong.
Kwaku: No, they’re wrong.
And they’re dumb.
Ian: I’m wrong.
Am I wrong?
Shelley: I think he’s talking about me, actually.
Ian: You’re talking about Shelley?!
No, no, no!
Kwaku: Shelley and I are actually friends,
okay, I know you people think I hate her.
I do not, I do not, I love Shelley and I love Ian.
So we have a lot of opinions.
Shelley: But you guys do too.
Ian: And we want to hear what you guys do
on the Sunday.
Shelley: On the Sunday…
Ian: One more time.
Kwaku: So we have a lot of opinions.
Shelley: But you guys do too.
Ian: And we want to hear about...
Shelley: Do you want me to do that part?
Ian: I got this!
Kwaku: So we have a lot of opinions.
Shelley: But you guys do too.
Ian: And we want to hear what you guys do
on the Sunday.
I said it again!!!
I said it again!
Shelley: So what do you guys do on Sunday that’s okay?
Ian: Please comment below and just write about
what you do on the Sabbath that brings
the spirit.
Please.
Cause I can’t differentiate the Sunday
and the Sabbath.
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Shelley: We have a MySpace!
Kwaku: Like that one Russian one.
Shelley: What’s the Russian?
Kwaku: I don’t know, it’s like Richakljoireahgdagas,
you know that one?
Ian: That’s legitimate social media.