Follow Him: A Come, Follow Me Podcast - Sacrament in Space • followHIM Favorites • March 24 - 30 • Come Follow Me

Episode Date: March 20, 2025

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John, we are in sections 27 and 28. Section 27 has a lot about the sacrament, and I think that's where you're going to take us today. I'm intrigued by things the Lord has us repeat, and the sacrament is one of those that is so beautiful, I just love to listen to the words of the prayer. Another thing I love, Hank, is airplanes and astronauts and space. And I remind you that my name is John Glenn with two N's. By the way, have you ever heard of a spatial astronaut named Don Linde? I can't say I have.

Well, he was a Latter-day Saint. I'm just gonna read his experience. Another experience very close to me was to have the sacrament in orbit. We were in space for a full week, so of course we were up there on a Sunday. Our bishop had given me permission to hold my own sacrament service. It was a little unusual. You priests in the audience might consider what it would be like to try to kneel down in weightlessness. You keep drifting off." That's funny, literally, right? We all drift off in meetings, but not literally. Brother Johnson, get down here, you're floating again, right? For privacy, I held my sacrament service in my sleep station,

something like a Pullman berth. I think that's a reference to a train, a Pullman car where you have little places you can sleep. I knelt on what you would think of as the ceiling and braced my shoulders against my sleeping bag so I would not float away. It was a very special experience. I will remember that sacrament service and the renewing of my baptismal covenants high above the earth all my life. It had some of that special feeling that you usually have only when you go to the temple." And then he continued, this is an Ensign article, November 85 Ensign. Shortly after the flight, I had the opportunity to show Sister Charlene Wells, our Miss America,

around the Space Center. She asked me if it didn't seem uncomfortable going into space upside down. I explained that in space you always feel right set up and stationary. The earth turns below you. If someone's head is pointing toward your feet, he is the one who's upside down. At liftoff, the earth simply rotates to a position above your head. but that's the Earth's problem. Later at a fireside, Sister Wells made a comment about that situation that I think is very meaningful. In many things we do, she said, the world thinks we are completely upside down.

They think our moral values are foolish, our standards are restrictive, our beliefs are quaint but outdated. The important thing is that we make sure that we keep ourselves right side up, aligned with the Lord, even if it makes the whole world look upside down. And that's from the November 85 N-Sign, which I believe is a conference issue. So maybe Brother Lind gave a talk in general conference. Wow, I love that story. I just picture a priest in the ward floating around. You better brace yourself there. You're drifting off again. Yeah, yeah.

Speaking about the bishop needs to give you permission for something like that. That's a keys thing. Who's the bishop over the planet Earth? I mean, because he was his bishop, he could do that. But it's kind of an interesting question, isn't it? Pete What's the ward up there, right? Do I need to contact them first? Pete Yeah. Pete The Lord says in section 27, He said, I'm not overly concerned about what you eat or what you drink. This is what it's important that you do it with an eye single to my glory. I think we could all do that this week for the sacrament. Yeah, and in this story,

I'm not even concerned about where you do the sacrament. You can do it in space for all I care. But it's about, and I single to the glory of God now. Can't you imagine telling Joseph Smith and the early saints when they write the sacrament prayer, one day this is gonna be done in space by a man who's floating away. We hope you'll join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you get your podcasts. We are going to be with Dr. Matt Richardson this week. Matt has a

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