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This is a General Conference Odyssey post for the Saturday Morning session of the October 2008 General Conference. I have been studying about the Sacrament recently, so when I saw this talk, “Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament,” I had to relate it to all that I have been learning. Typically, we think of Sacrament meetings […]
I just came across a wonderful talk given by Patricia Holland back in 1999. How much do we love both Elder and Sister Holland! Speaking at the BYU Women’s Conference, she talked about having a better attitude about the challenges and struggles we face in this life. I assume you won’t think me too bold […]
This week, for General Conference Odyssey, I came upon a great talk on parenting. James E. Faust was direct, blunt, and ever hopeful in his words, and the words he used from his fellow brethren. James E. Faust began his talk with his own opinion: “In my opinion, the teaching, rearing, and training of children […]
What privileges are we living up to, if we even want them? And why should we seek them? Recently, while going through the Relief Society Magazine, I ran across a talk, given by President Belle S. Spafford, former Relief Society General President. This talk was given during the General Relief Society Conference in 1951. She […]
This General Conference Odyssey post covers the General Women’s Meeting of October 1984. All the talks seem to support one another with one profound message: Striving Together. Because we all have weaknesses that are known by Satan, we always have to be on our guard. But it’s exhausting. We need help from one another, and […]
This session of conference (October 1984) offers a talk on marriage, given by Marion D. Hanks. Oh boy!! There is so much to say about marriage, I hardly know where to start! Think about what you know about marriage. How many good marriages have you seen? How many more bad marriages have you seen? And […]
When I heard Sister Becky Craven’s talk, “Careful versus Casual,” at conference, I immediately thought of the Stripling Warriors from the Book of Mormon and Pres. Nelson’s Youth Battalion of today. Do we remember that the Sons of Helaman “Obey[ed] and observ[ed] to perform every word of command with exactness” (Alma 57:21)? That doesn’t happen […]
Sister Barbara B. Smith told a heartwarming story in the October 1983 Relief Society meeting. Would our Relief Societies do as much? “A visit by a Relief Society president to an inactive deaf sister revealed that it hurt the sister too much to go to meetings and never be able to join in the discussion. […]
Only recently have parents begun teaching their children openly about inappropriate sexual relations. In the past, this was a taboo subject and children were left to learn from friends off the street or personal experience. Today, parents are fighting back. They are stepping up with open conversations to protect their children from the pain and […]
For years I have sat in Relief Society classes where unknowing sisters would use all class time figuring out who held keys of the priesthood. How I wish they had known about this talk to truly understand and explain the blessings of having the keys of the priesthood. Elder McConkie, in a very simple and […]
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