You may recall that President Monson quoted from a NY Times article during his Sunday morning address at General Conference. The article was by David Brooks. I haven’t really read much of his work, but I do hear him every week on NPR‘s All Things Considered (he’s a political analyst) and I enjoy hearing him.
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No Comments » Before General Conference starts, I always wonder how I’m going to make it through. By the time it is done, I can’t believe how fast it has gone by. There were several talks that I really enjoyed, and lots to think about it. Here are a few random notes/thoughts: President Monson is a great story
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Well, here we go into the last session of conference. It has been good so far. I haven’t started to fall asleep even once Between these two sessions on Sunday, we watched several of the Mormon Messages that the Church has put out. I highly recommend The Sting of the Scorpion and Watch Your Step. Both
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The Sunday morning of Genetal Conference is awesome. I’m in the Eastern time zone, so conference doesn’t start until noon. We have all morning to relax. We went for a walk in the rain, watched part of Pocahontas, and then had the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast on. We’re all set now for the
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I gave myself a haircut, shaved, and had a shower between the sessions. I’m now refreshed for the next session President Dieter F Uchtdorf conducted A Primary choir provided the music The choir sang a song I didn’t catch the name of and I Thank Thee, Dear Father Elder Won Yong Ko offered the invocation
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I helped a woman in the ward move this morning, and I got back just before noon… just in time to setup the laptop and get everything working on the TV. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir opened the conference by singing The Morning Breaks President Henry B Eyring conducted. The choir sang With Songs of Praise
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I can’t believe 6 months have gone by already. I haven’t even posted anything since the last General Conference. Yikes! Well, even though I’ve been a slacker on the blog, I’m still going to do my notes as usual. Heading into this Conference, I haven’t heard any “rumours”, and there hasn’t been much talk that
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Another General Conference, another 10 hours. This was the first time we had watched all of the sessions at home (other than Priesthood Session), and we loved it. We missed seeing some of the other members, but being able to watch it on our 46″ flat screen TV in HD at home was fantastic! I
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So we’re getting settled in for the last session of conference. I had a brief nap between sessions, so I should be good for these last 2 hours During the few minutes before conference when they are showing different views of the Conference Center, I noticed that Elder Hales wasn’t there. I guess we won’t
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