For those who watched at home, this General Conference was one for the ages with many excellent talks and a few exciting moments. Read on.
What were your favorite parts?
Discuss.
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Wheat & Tares 
Potemkin village, yes Uchtdorf get’s it! Dissenting votes, the others don’t. Holland’s cliff hanger, shades of Paul Dunn? All in all dramatically spun.
Here’s what I noticed. The women fold their arms when the say the prayer, the men do not.
I just loved Pres Uchtdorf’s talk in the Priesthood session.
So Jeff, what did the men do instead?
I take it from comments #2 and #3 that the women close their eyes and the men do not. 😉
Hedge, they appear to put their hands on the podium in some fashion.
Fred,
Yeah, you’ve got to support that lower back when you’re ancient. 😉
Women do that from all those years teaching our children to pray at home and from serving in Primary where we do it even more. Fathers aren’t very involved in such things. Hmmmm……..
The pic of Carl and Ellie Fredrickson from Up! is touching.
It also reminded me of Gordon and Marjorie (Pay) Hinckley (recall that he also saw his wife pass on before him).
However, not up to the usual Hawk ‘standards’ of snarkiness. If you have the time, do re-watch the ORIGINAL (and still the best) Arthur, particularly the late John Gieguld’s Hobson. The Master of Snark. Oh well, even a few of the famed (and over-rated) star pitchers got ‘lit up’ yesterday in their respective openers, so one’s perfect.
Anyone else notice that the blogosphere has a problem spelling Elder Nelson’s name?
Loved the graphic for Uchtdorf handling the dissenting votes, though I’m a little confused why they keep asking if any are opposed to the FP and Q12 if they really don’t want any response. Just keep it in the stake and ward callings where it actually serves a purpose.
I know a lot of the men leading prayers in our ward do the clasping of hands at the waist without folding arms….
Rockies Gma, I think you are definitely on to something there.
Thinking about it I think I also fold my arms when praying in public. Not at home though. Then I tend to have my elbows on a surface, and rest my head on my clasped hands.
I really liked Elder Uchtdorfs and Elder Hollands talks. Whether you agree with them or not, they were about as doctrinal as you can get. By the comments, so far, it seems like most people got nothing out of everything.
Nothing out of everything? We know that’s wrong, we’re supposed to be getting everything out of nothing!
Re. #8, Mary Ann, the Sunday morning talk “Waiting for the Prodigal” was by Elder Brent H Nielson (which Hawk spelled correctly) of the First Quorum of Seventy, not Elder Nelson of the 12.
I really liked what I felt was an elevation of fatherhood. If there was a reference to boys=priesthood and girls= moms it was onky made in passing (well except for the women’s session, and I missed that). #itwasdad
Sunday mornings session was one of the best complete sessions I’ve sat through.
I know a lot of the men leading prayers in our ward do the clasping of hands at the waist without folding arms….
Maybe it comes from the deacon years while standing waiting for the sacrament trays to come down the rows. When one is asked impromptu to pray, that stance comes fairly automatic when moving to that reverential standing posture.
LOL – thanks, New Iconoclast. Combining GC with spring break travel makes for very poor comprehension.
That plus too many GAs named nearly the same thing.
Yes. Everytime I say I liked Elder Andersen’s talk I have to clarify I mean Wilford Andersen the 70, not Neil L Andersen of the 12. Since the latter spoke at the final session, I’ve yet to listen to him.