These final chapters of Isaiah give us much more to think about than the name of our Stake Centers. This lesson discusses the need for community, how we can both feel comfortable within and foster our communities. These chapters make challenging points about insiders, outsiders, points that lead to the promise of a new creation. This section covers the historical context of these chapters and explores the psychology of us/them psychology.

Class Member Reading: Isaiah 54; 55; 56; 63; 64; 65; Alma 32:28

Additional Reading: None

Other Reading: None

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Resources

Home Teaching, A Divine Service, President Monson

Ye Are No More Strangers, Bishop Caussé

Strength in the Savior, President Chieko Okazaki

To Please Our Heavenly Father, President Hinckley

The Net Gathers of Every Kind, Elder Maxwell

No Man is an Island, Elder Winkel

Concern for the One, Elder Wirthlin

Come, Join with Us, President Uchtdorf

Why the Church is as True as the Gospel, Eugene England

“Respect”, LDSThoughtfulQuotes

Life, Inc

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives, TED

Religion and Self-Transcendence, TED

Thanks as always to Steven Nelson for the bumper music.