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I completely missed conference for the first time…uh, ever. It was kind of liberating.
Anyway, any really excellent talks I should watch or read?
Sorry, Andrew. No recommendations from me. None really struck me this time around. Just some more talks about lots of things. Nothing really jumped out at me. As a result of watching conference with my son, he asked me if I would read the scriptures daily with him (he’s 12). I thought that was a great result, and we’ve been enjoying it together.
Sometimes I think good things can happen or come into our lives, independent of the material being presented. So maybe you should just pick some sessions and read/listen … and see if anything particular strikes you. But I have no recommendations on where to start, just wherever…its pretty much the same things as last conference.
Andrew wrote:Anyway, any really excellent talks I should watch or read?
I missed over half of it this time, but of what I did see, I though that What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye To Be? really was worth listening to. It on the Church’s website athttp://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/what-manner-of-men-and-women-ought-ye-to-be?lang=eng ” class=”bbcode_url”> http://lds.org/general-conference/2011/04/what-manner-of-men-and-women-ought-ye-to-be?lang=eng A sweet and obedient child will enroll a father or mother only in Parenting 101. If you are blessed with a child who tests your patience to the nth degree, you will be enrolled in Parenting 505. Rather than wonder what you might have done wrong in the premortal life to be so deserving, you might consider the more challenging child a blessing and opportunity to become more godlike yourself. With which child will your patience, long-suffering, and other Christlike virtues most likely be tested, developed, and refined? Could it be possible that you need this child as much as this child needs you?We have all heard the advice to condemn the sin and not the sinner. Likewise, when our children misbehave, we must be careful not to say things that would cause them to believe that what they did wrong is who they are. “Never let failure progress from an action to an identity,” with its attendant labels like “stupid,” “slow,” “lazy,” or “clumsy.” 2 Our children are God’s children. That is their true identity and potential. His very plan is to help His children overcome mistakes and misdeeds and to progress to become as He is. Disappointing behavior, therefore, should be considered as something temporary, not permanent—an act, not an identity.
As a parent who enrolled in Parenting 505 twice, and apparently failed twice, it gave me hope.
Bishop Burton’s talk was stunning – simply stunning. There were some really good ones, bu that one . . . astounding.
Old-Timer wrote:Bishop Burton’s talk was stunning – simply stunning.
There were some really good ones, bu that one . . . astounding.
I missed his. I’ll have to read it. I would expect him to give a good one; he always does.As a missionary many years ago, Elder Nelson came to speak to us. I remember feeling the saviors love as he spoke, since that time I have always respected and enjoyed listening to him. However, His statements about never finding peace in living as a cafeteria style mormon have been disconcerting. I was wondering if anybody else has had some thoughts about this and if they could share them with me? I think Cafeteria-style can mean different things to different people. So it depends on how you are using it. If by cafeteria style, people intend to pick which things they want to obey and which they don’t because they want to selfishly do things their way whether those things lead to helping you feel happier or not in the long-run, then others look at that as short-term gratification vs long-term peace. If you rationalize things too much, it can lead to a double-minded person who isn’t honest with themselves or God.
On the other hand, if someone has sincerely studied the gospel teachings, and just can’t get spiritual confirmation or can’t understand the way the church teaches what it teaches or how it applies to their specific situation … and so because there is no answer, chooses cafeteria style what to believe and what to let go of because we just don’t know or it just doesn’t work for them … that is being honest with yourself and with God and can lead to great peace and happiness. Someone who doesn’t understand the teachings but just lives obediently on blind obedience will at some point find that burden hard to carry, and will pressure or guilt oneself to live something that doesn’t make sense to them.
So it comes down to what we mean by cafeteria style. One is an excuse. One is a realization that we see through a glass darkly. I see no problem realizing the latter is a part of life, and we all do it. I avoid the former.
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