General Conference Favorites

My favorite moments from the 182nd Annual General Conference:

Favorite Quotes

" 'You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right.' " ~Elder Soares quoting President Monson

" 'Don't judge me because I sin differently than you.' " ~President Uchtdorf (from a bumper sticker he saw)

"If a printing shop explodes, will it produce a dictionary?" ~Elder Nelson

Favorite Talks

Sister Esplin on teaching children. She gave very touching real-life examples.

Elder Holland on the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16). This parable has great meaning to me (read my post on it here), so I appreciated how enlightening and in depth his talk was.

Elder Wilson on proper priesthood usage. I especially liked his opening story about driving with his wife.

Favorite Musical Number

"Praise to the Lord, the Almighty" by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the Sunday morning session. That hymn is one of my favorites, and it gave me chills when MoTab sang it.

Sharing Time: What were your favorites from General Conference?

Comments

DAD said…

i enjoyed those talks and the priesthood session too DAD

April 18, 2012 at 3:46 AM

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