If I came into your home....

[Lilac]

and looked around, would I know you were LDS???

I do homecare and I am in and out of homes for the past 20 years. When I enter a home, I look around and I can usually guess their religion by what is hanging up, what is laying around etc. I love that part of my job. I get to learn so much about people and cultures. Most times I can guess their religion from their clothing but that is a different post. It's just so interesting how religion influences the way you decorate and keep your home.

Anyway,

I was thinking about it the other night and to my knowledge, I've never been in a LDS home. (This is not a large LDS area).

I was wondering, do you have things in your home that would let someone know what your faith is?

If you came in my home, you would immediately know that I'm Protestant. I have crosses (not crucifixes) hanging. I have a lot of Bible verses and little sayings up on the walls. There are Bibles everywhere. (I tend to misplace things so I have a lot of the same things, when I loose one, I find another). If you glanced at my bookshelf, you'd fine a lot of religious books.

What is in your home that reveals your faith?

[Hemidakota]

As you walk through the door, you find the portray of Jesus Christ and many LDS books. As you look up, upon the center of the vaulted ceiling, is a wood mold word "FAMILY'. If not, we have a stack of single hardbook Book of Mormon to handed out to our friends and neighbors.

[BenRaines]

Lilac, if you entered my home and knew the things to look for it is very obvious this is an LDS home. There is the Proclamation on the Family near the entrance. A Christis over the fireplace. Pictures of temples on the wall. Lots of LDS books on the bookshelf.

I am in two or three different homes a day and it is easy to tell which ones are LDS. It is often easy to tell which other homes are Christian too.

Ben Raines

[jmcic]

well i live with my family who are not members so my home would not look LDS but my room most certainly does. just like ben's home my room looks the same.

[Gwen]

first thing you see when you walk through the door is a print titled 'be not afraid' (lol never considered the title before on that one) http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/im...not-afraid.jpg

you pass a bookshelf that is filled with very lds books on them, by or about various prophets and such. hubby's collection.... i might read some one day. lol

in the living room there are pictures of our family, a picture of the nauvoo temple, a picture of the sacred grove, over the mantel is a picture of christ titled fishers of men http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CzVTlrqIGI...ers+of+Men.bmp , a christus statue above the fire place with some pics of the family and a couple of wedding pics. another wall has a pic of some elephants referenceing my husband's college football preference.

dining room has a pic of christ and another elephant pic. kitchen i guess is more 'mine' it's got some quotes and things i want to remember. some assorted pics with sayings on them that were given to me, i like them but not necessarily something i would have purchased myself.

i guess it would be pretty obvious we are lds.

[Generally_Me]

Well, in my living room there is a distinct Asian theme, but the Proclamation on the Family and The Living Christ are hung in the dining area; there are pictures of Christ in the main bedroom; and there are framed Bible verses in my daughter's room, sooo there you go.

Of course, if you expect all Mormons to have a dozen kids, you probably would guess I'm from some weird off shoot sect, as we only have one.

[Misshalfway]

Well, to tell you the truth if you walked into my house today you might think you had entered a war zone of sorts. My kids and their friends have been here and clearly their job charts don't mean as much to them as they do to me. (grumble grumble as I clean up yet again.)

There are lots of people in the LDS church who tend to decorate their homes with lots of symbols or representations of their faith. Some look like the show room of Deseret Book. I am not necessarily one of them. I do have a large picture of Christ in my living room but other than that I prefer to decorate according to my taste and lots of cheesy mugs of my kids. I hope though that our home is a place that feels like the Spirit of the Lord dwells inside. I hope it feels safe and comfortable to friends and family. I want all of our guests, especially children to feel welcome, even if we do have gogurts stashed under and in interesting places.

[cougarfan]

Well, I don't think people would have a problem figuring out my family is LDS. We have pictures of the first presidency prominently diplayed in our entry way as well as the Proclamation on the Family. On the ceiling it says "families can be together forever." We also have pictures of various temples in almost every room of our house and pictures of Joseph Smith.
I try to only have LDS reading material on our coffee table. Usually the last 3 issues of the Ensign are right there too.

[pam]

I try to only have LDS reading material on our coffee table.

Don't you mean hot chocolate table?

[Hemidakota]

Originally Posted by BenRaines

Lilac, if you entered my home and knew the things to look for it is very obvious this is an LDS home. There is the Proclamation on the Family near the entrance. A Christis over the fireplace. Pictures of temples on the wall. Lots of LDS books on the bookshelf.

I am in two or three different homes a day and it is easy to tell which ones are LDS. It is often easy to tell which other homes are Christian too.

Ben Raines

Ben, in my last calling, I had met a young man who manufactures the Christis [I also have version in my sitting room]. The amount of talent this family has and the work they do for the church is immense. He asked for a blessing and in his blessing, it was stated, he would be here to work on the statues for the 12-temples located in the New Jerusalem.