From two years to one year to six months to three months: Food storage requirements aren’t what they used to be for LDS Church members, writes Jana Reiss.
That’s about what I have, I think . So in this one area of my life, I seem to be living up to church leaders’ requirements.Looking back through old General Conference talks, I would say the mood today is more avuncular rather than reproving. But decades ago it wasn’t uncommon for church leaders to upbraid members who hadn’t done enough.apostle L. Tom Perry lamented that a U.S.
And it wasn’t just about storing food; you were supposed to grow and can your own. I learned how to make jam from a Relief Society sister in the 1990s, and how to make a very basic quilt. Latter-day Saints today are still known for activities like quilting and preserving but more as an art form than as the mode of survival they were just a few generations ago.
and came of age during the nation’s postwar economic expansion. We get fewer sermons on thrift and making do.Latter-day Saint families are smaller than in the past
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