Comments on: Sunday Morning General Conference: One Session to Rule Them All

By: Left Field

Left Field — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:41:42 +0000

Did Bishop Burton’s remarks remind anyone else of these Tom Lehrer lyrics?

By: the narrator

the narrator — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:36:59 +0000

I just returned from the conference center for the morning session. Pres. Monson’s talk was for the me greatest and most prophetic talk I have ever heard in General Conference. I struggled from the beginning to keep my tears held back, as was so much of those around me who were wiping the creeping tears from their own eyes.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:03:54 +0000

Or Florida, or my Boca bishop’s previous stake on the East Coast, or any of the other multitudes of states that have stakes that implement this policy.

After writing that post a number of years ago, the feedback I get is that about a third of the wards seem to do this. Often people don’t even realize it until they hear about it and start paying attention.

By: mmiles

mmiles — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:03:11 +0000

Allison, I haven’t read the comments. But me and my husband were totally creeped out. She must have been really nervous—or something. It was very very weird.

By: alextvalencic

alextvalencic — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:00:20 +0000

See, Alison, that just adds to my reasons to not live in Utah. ;-) Okay, time to get geared up for the last session!

By: Scott B.

Scott B. — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:58:51 +0000

Note that I just posted a new thread for the afternoon session!

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:56:53 +0000

alextvalencic, of course it's BS (I suspect those mentioning it here would agree), but that doesn't keep the women-aren't-worthy-to-pray rule from being perpetuated under the name of an "unwritten rule." But, hey, while you're calling out, maybe you can contact one of my last FOUR bishops/stake presidents (Boca Raton, Florida; Orem, Utah; Eagle Mountain, Utah; Lindon, Utah). They all think it's doctrine and trying to discuss it just gets you labeled a heretic.

By: alextvalencic

alextvalencic — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:47:11 +0000

Okay, you know, I really feel like chiming in on this whole unwritten rule thing here to point out that, at least hereabouts, it doesn’t exist. As the Exec Sec, I have the great fun of asking folks to pray in sacrament meeting and I’ve done all the prayer combinations: brother-brother, brother-sister, sister-brother, and sister-sister. There has not yet been any protest. So what’s the deal?

(And yes, I know it has been discussed at great length elsewhere, so I don’t expect a discussion of it here, but I just wanted to call out a BS on this claim.)

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:24:20 +0000

I just popped in to see if I was the only person who was weirded out by the smiling Sister Dibb talking about the scaffolding deaths. Apparently I wasn’t. What was that about? Creepers.

By: Liberal Mormon

Liberal Mormon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:22:51 +0000

Good session this morning