Comments on: Sunday Afternoon General Conference Open Thread

By: Jacob M

Jacob M — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:44:53 +0000

Day late, but I can’t help but admire the brilliance of Elder Ballard. He in essence gave the same talk as Sister Beck, but made the husband and children feel guilty instead of the mother. Amazing.

By: Clair

Clair — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:42:51 +0000

MSG

Amen.

By: MSG

MSG — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:10:32 +0000

The tone of this conference was amazingly different –I felt I was seeing the real GA, not the image, and I was very moved by their openness and incredibly thoughtful expressions. Elder Ballard put out the fire that Beck’s talk ignited. He said what he did because of it and he did it perfectly. I never thought I’d ever here a GA say, “there is no one perfect way to mother” now maybe we women can stop crucifying one another for how we choose to do it. I also thought I’d never hear a GA tackle the issue of
people saying we are not Christians. It was spoken of firmly and not the usual we’ll just be silent and hope it goes away, don’t add publicity to it, ignore it, etc. Finally, Holland and a few others came out and said it’s not all right for others to define us– he showed us it bothers him–we need to speak out and correct false impressions.. They showed a very human side, they feel what I feel–it made them very real people to me, indeed. Ballard was so insightful in his talk on mothers –and he isn’t a woman! I just loved it and I love them all! God Bless them and how endearing was Pres. Monson–I saw a different side to him, clearly the mantle is on him and he feels he weight.
How moving for him to ask us for his prayers the way he did. Eyring and Uctdorf–their greatness is evident. I’m very excited for the future.

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:43:23 +0000

For Sunday School content:

Wirthlin, Christofferson, Uchtdorf, Ballard, Tanner, Holland – although probably 6 more could work wonderfully (Scott might be hard to do correctly at the local level.)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:34:30 +0000

(I accidentally posted this on the Morning session thread – so I’m repeating it here…)

If anyoneâ€™s still monitoring this thread, Iâ€™ve got the assignment to select 6 talks from this conference to be used in our wardâ€™s 4th Sunday lessons in Priesthood and Relief Society for the coming half year. Iâ€™m open to suggestionsâ€¦!

By: liz

liz — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:30:17 +0000

Jones, I own and love that book too. I also love Object Lessons and One True Thing (novels, not essay collections, but wonderful as well).

I’d love to go join the discussions all over the bloggernacle if someone could point me that way…

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:30:11 +0000

liz, I’ve seen it here and on Mormon Matters and FMH – so “all over the Bloggernacle” might be a bit hyperbolic. (although others might say that those three constitute all over the Bloggernacle)

By: Jones

Jones — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:14:57 +0000

Elder Ballard’s quote from Anna Quindlen comes from her book Loud and Clear, the chapter titled Good-bye Dr Spock. It is a book of essays. It isn’t as short as some of her books. I recently purchased it for one dollar at a dollar store. It is a good read, as are all of her books, in my opinion.

By: liz

liz — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:14:09 +0000

Wow, I hadn’t seen it anywhere yet…not on BCC, FMH, or here when I posted. Where can I find those posts?

By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:04:58 +0000

liz, it’s being mentioned all over the Bloggernacle.