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I feel completely out of touch.
So many comments such as "Conference was wonderful! It's so great to have a modern prophet!"
I thought conference had some nice messages that reminded us of some timeless gospel truths.
I appreciate President Monson and the leadership. They have tough jobs...jobs that are probably a lot more work than the Toyota Avalons they receive in return. (
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That being said, I'm not sure anything in this conference goes down as prophetic.
The closest thing I felt approached that was the call to action from Elder Holland last night.
I love Uchtdorf's perspective. He doesn't seem to get bogged down by details. His messages are almost always about practical application of gospel principles. His messages, I believe, could be interesting and useful to members of any stripe, recently departed members, non-members an ex-members. He's generally talking about being a better person and getting to work on an individual scale to make life better for yourself and others.
Overall, I think that conference is really more of a 2 day convention with speakers that talk on gospel topics. That's not bad. But it's not as if the stuff is really any different than what you get at a stake conference, education week, etc. It's just that the messages are given by people regarded as carrying more clout, so they are given greater heed by the membership. It's one thing if your bishop gives a 20 minute discourse on how loving your neighbor is the most important thing and that you need to serve one another. It's a different thing if one of the First Presidency says it.
So many comments such as "Conference was wonderful! It's so great to have a modern prophet!"
I thought conference had some nice messages that reminded us of some timeless gospel truths.
I appreciate President Monson and the leadership. They have tough jobs...jobs that are probably a lot more work than the Toyota Avalons they receive in return. (
)That being said, I'm not sure anything in this conference goes down as prophetic.
The closest thing I felt approached that was the call to action from Elder Holland last night.
I love Uchtdorf's perspective. He doesn't seem to get bogged down by details. His messages are almost always about practical application of gospel principles. His messages, I believe, could be interesting and useful to members of any stripe, recently departed members, non-members an ex-members. He's generally talking about being a better person and getting to work on an individual scale to make life better for yourself and others.
Overall, I think that conference is really more of a 2 day convention with speakers that talk on gospel topics. That's not bad. But it's not as if the stuff is really any different than what you get at a stake conference, education week, etc. It's just that the messages are given by people regarded as carrying more clout, so they are given greater heed by the membership. It's one thing if your bishop gives a 20 minute discourse on how loving your neighbor is the most important thing and that you need to serve one another. It's a different thing if one of the First Presidency says it.
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