I love to listen to general conference and learn from our prophet, apostles and other general authorities. Over at Diapers and Divinity a sharing activity was posted to answer the following questions about the most recent LDS general conference. I didn't see the questions until after conference was over, otherwise I would have taken notes. But I have answered the questions the best I can from memory (& by relistening to some talks). You can listen to or read the conference talks here.
General Conference Highlights, October 2010:
1. Who were your three favorite speakers? M. Russell Ballard, Dallin H. Oaks & Jeffery R. Holland
2. Favorite talk? Thomas S. Monson (the General Relief Society meeting talk). Thoughts he gave on charity were moving and motivating. Some of his comments on charity include: “I have in mind the charity that impels us to be sympathetic, compassionate, and merciful, not only in times of sickness and affliction and distress but also in times of weakness or error on the part of others. Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are.”
3. Favorite hymn sung during Conference? Lead Kindly Light. This has always been such a peaceful and calming song to me.
4. Who wore the best tie? I didn’t pay attention to the ties. J
5. Do you think conference had a “theme”? Not sure that it had a single theme, but there were a few main themes, namely- gratitude, following the prophet, adversity & pride. I found it interesting that two speakers based their talks on the exact same talk previously given by Ezra Taft Benson titled 14 Fundamentals in Following the Prophet.
6. Share a few of your favorite quotes.
Jeffery R. Holland- “I testify you are individually loved of God. You are central to the meaning of his work.”
7. Something that made you smile during conference. President Uchtdorf began his talk with an analogy about trees. Then he says, “At this point some of you may be thinking, that’s all fine and good, but what does that have to do with flying an airplane.” Always love his pilot stories. J
8. Any evidence that your children paid attention? Not so much the younger ones, but by Sunday evening Zachary was ready to share his favorite talks from the priesthood session with me and asking me to listen to them with him.
9. If you had to give a talk in General Conference (don’t faint, this is hypothetical), what do you think you’d speak about? I don’t feel qualified to expound on any particular topic!
10. What are some of your post-conference goals?
1-Read all of this sessions conference talks before the next general conference.
2- In recent years I’ve had callings where I haven’t had the opportunity to get to know a lot of the newer families in our ward. I want to get to know more people in my ward & neighborhood and be more friendly and helpful to them.
3- Become a better visiting teacher.
4- Have the kind of charity President Monson taught us about.
