"Hostility never persuades." A variant I've heard is that you can't insult someone into being wrong. #ldsconf #generalconference
"Hostility never persuades." A variant I've heard is that you can't insult someone into being wrong. #ldsconf #generalconference
Be the answer to someone else's prayers. #ldsconf #generalconference
You can buy my friendship with fruit or shiny rocks. #ldsconf #generalconference
One of my friends likes to say "need is a strong word". Sometimes we don't know what we actually need, and we confuse wants for needs. It's good for all of us to be self-reflective to tell the difference between the two. #ldsconf #generalconference
Challenges are meant as opportunities to grow. Opting for the easiest life robs you of the opportunity to be your best you. #ldsconf #generalconference
Justice and mercy must be in balance. Leaning too far towards one extreme or the other means you will lose yourself. #ldsconf #generalconference
There is more that unites us than divides us, across cultures and faith traditions. This is what makes the United States unique, an ideal that embraces this pluralism in the most radical way ever in human history. #ldsconf #generalconference
C'mon, guys. It's been long enough that the lyrics should be on the screen when you're expecting us to sing along. #ldsconf #generalconference
We're given opportunities in this life and are expected to rise to the occasion, but we have additional opportunities in the next life. God wants us to succeed, and He will not set us up to fail. #ldsconf #generalconference
One of the best examples of Jesus is that he went out and did the work. He even received baptism not because he needed it, but because he had to be the example. "I am not above the law" is a powerful statement. #ldsconf #generalconference
Remember that Moses called himself "slow of speech" which has been interpreted to mean he had a stutter. He still went on to accomplish great things. #ldsconf #generalconference
We have a very radical form of universalism in which not only do we believe all can be saved, but all are entitled to the direct light of God. As a "peculiar people", we should embrace it! #ldsconf #generalconference
Today was day 1 of the worldwide conference[1] for my church. With all the madness in the world I wanted someone to justify my outrage. I hoped for some heat 🔥. What I got instead was light ☀️. I was reminded to do the most good I can, to make the most of what God has given me, to love people, even difficult ones. There is a lot of genuine awfulness out there, but light overcomes the darkness; good, the evil; love, the hate. I needed that reminder. #GeneralConference
“True worship means loving God and yielding our will to Him—the most precious gift we can offer.” — Elder D. Todd Christofferson #GeneralConference
“As we focus our lives on Jesus Christ, we will find our way home, enduring to the end and rejoicing to the end.” – Elder Sergio R. Vargas #GeneralConference
"For those who sometimes struggle to feel answers to prayer, seeking the Lord’s mercy is one of the most powerful ways to feel the witness of the Holy Ghost." —Elder James R. Rasband #GeneralConference
"This Jesus should not be a fictional Jesus, or a simplistic Jesus, or a bodiless Jesus, or a casual Jesus, or an unknown Jesus, but a glorified, omnipotent, resurrected, exalted, worshipful, powerful, Only Begotten Son of God, who is mighty to save. And as a young child in the Philippines compellingly testified to me one day, 'We are worth saving!'”— Sister Amy A. Wright #GeneralConference
“Easter allows us to honor both the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the literal and joyous Resurrection of Him. Our hearts are heavy as we imagine the Savior’s suffering in the garden and upon Calvary, but our hearts rejoice as we envision the empty tomb and the heavenly decree, ‘He is Risen!’" — Elder Gary E. Stevenson #GeneralConference #GreaterLove
“The unity we seek is not to have everyone stand in the same place; it is to have everyone face in the same direction—toward Jesus Christ.” — Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf #GeneralConference #GreaterLove
Really leaning hard into "a hospital for sinners, not a rest home for saints". We should be united around a common sense of purpose, a knowledge that we're imperfect but trying, and not any other attribute. Diversity in the Church is good! #ldsconf #generalconference