Church is gospel lab

Why do we go to church? Well, we go to church to partake of the sacrament and renew our covenants, but why else do we go to church? You go to chemistry class to learn principles of chemistry and you go to chemistry lab to practice using them. You go to anatomy and physiology to learn how the body works and you go to anatomy lab to actually practice. We get to learn. We have the opportunity to learn the hows, the nuts and bolts of how do we follow Jesus. And then we get to go to church. Church is gospel lab. We get to go to church and intermingle with a whole bunch of people who might be hard to get along with and who can be annoying and who can be offensive and who say things that we wish we didn't have to hear or who smell because they don't shower or whatever reason. And we get to actually practice, are we real disciples of Jesus? That's the lab because if we think about it, Christ, his entire existence is a manifestation of charity. Charity is not the easy kind of love. Charity suffers long, that means there's something to be suffered.

— [[Rebekah Call]]