Our Favorite Stories from Conference
We sat around last night swapping our favorite stories from conference while eating my experimental dessert. Conference was great, the dessert was not.
Elder Holland’s story of Easton, the deacon with muscular dystrophy bringing the sacrament to his father. It made a huge impression on my Teacher.
The three-year old and the five-year old who bit each other. A huge hit with many different family members.
Brother Lund’s story of Alan and his deacons.
Elder Soares burying his second child.
Brother Tai’s kids wondering if it was the same sky as the one they lived under.
Elder Kearon’s car was also a huge hit with our numerous Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang fans.
Brother Palmer’s fallen willow.
Elder Uchtdorf’s embarrassing branch.
Brother Theodoris-boom (not his actual name I’m sure, just what I heard) telling a pioneer story about his parents slowly winning back their family and friends.
By the way, did you catch that Brother McClune’s mother is still alive and has 200 descendants? What a winner!
John Mansfield
April 7, 2025
Not from the latest Conference, but I just came across this from N. Eldon Tanner.
“As you all know, three months ago our beloved President Joseph Fielding Smith was called home to his great reward and to other duties.” [at age 95]
[ . . . ]
“Sunday, July 2, the day of his death, he attended his Sunday meetings in his ward and participated as usual. He returned home, and after his evening meal he sat in his favorite chair talking to his daughter and quietly passed from mortal life.”
More winning.
E.C.
April 7, 2025
Also not from Conference, but there’s this great vision I found by Orson F. Whitney while preparing our ward’s Easter program. I’m trying to figure out how much of it I can reasonably share, as we’re singing “Savior, Redeemer of My Soul”, which he wrote several years after his remarkable experience.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2022/05/a-marvelous-manifestation-and-admonition-from-a-higher-source.html