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DBMormon wrote:
Take your Son, for an LDs father it is one on one time with the son. Put your arm around him and let him nod off with his head on your shoulder…. they grow up fast
While I truly appreciate the sentiment, the benefit of having been the stay-at-home parent and currently the primary care giver (as my work schedule is structured to ensure that I am home with my boys when they are home) is that I don’t spend crazy hours at work or in church callings. As such I have plenty of one-on-one time with my boys.
I can see how a father who doesn’t have the same situation as me would look forward to these sessions for the reason you suggest and for that purpose I see their value. It just isn’t for me.
🙂 It will be on line soon anyway! I’m not a huge “Conference” guy – I usually do yardwork or ride motorcycles on Saturday and hence don’t catch either of the sessions, and I usually nod off about 30 minutes into each Sunday session. The talks are just so formulaic and rote to me. Well, they aren’t even really talks at all – they’re written articles that are then read out loud, but that’s kind of beside the point. Having said the above, I always enjoy going to the Priesthood session. As has been said, I have fond memories of going with my dad and hitting Snelgroves Ice Cream or Dairy Queen afterwards. As I’m in one of the farther out stakes of Zion, we will be watching Conference this coming weekend. I won’t go to any of the regular sessions at the SC, but I will go to Priesthood. Can’t explain why I like one but not the others, but there it is.
:thumbup: I haven’t been to the PS for awhile, but went this time with my son and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here’s why I think the PS is the best part of conference weekend: – Ritual offers an important cadence to our lives. PS is the most formal… you can’t just have it on while you do household chores in your pajamas. You go to it. Most men wear a suit. Everyone is dressed well.
– The demeanor of the local meeting is somewhat unique. There aren’t any crying babies or bored 9-year-olds. Teenaged YM seem more engaged in this meeting than any other at church, probably because they see this as a coming-of-age thing… very important for YM.
– It’s the most direct of the sessions. Everyone there is a man or soon to be a man. The topics are all about duty, honor, providing and protecting. All the women, go ahead and roll your eyes, but these are key elements of the male psyche. Elder Christofferson’s talk, kicking off the session, was a prime example.
– Like no other church meeting, there is a sense that we are all engaged in this thing together… from the President to the newest Deacon.
– Dads and sons bond in different ways than other familial relationships. Shared experiences are the most important element, IMO. A dad and his son can drive for hours toward (name an adventure) and never say a word, and grow closer by the experience. My dad was a man of few words. I loved and respected him more than I can ever describe. Attending a meeting like this together, and sitting next to each other is a signal that you love each other… and in the Father-Son realm, those signals are infrequent.
– The speakers at PS are of top-caliber. The usual lineup, health permitting, includes all three members of the FP, and one of the Qof12.
On Own Now wrote:I
– The topics are all about duty, honor, providing and protecting. All the women, go ahead and roll your eyes, but these are key elements of the male psyche. Elder Christofferson’s talk, kicking off the session, was a prime example.
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Yet this is one of the main reasons I don’t like PS. I don’t believe those elements are key to male psyche (at least not mine) and of all the talks I’ve heard summarized from the last conference, Elder Christofferson’s was one that I have the most issues with. I even went back and listened to it online to see if his message was as it was reporting to be. I wasn’t fond of Elder Oaks either this time round.
I prefer sending my sons messages about Christlike behaviour, not how to be a manly-man based on what I consider to outdated stereotypes.
But that’s just my 2-cents.
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