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Conference Counsel: The role of priesthood power in miracles

Several years ago, I was talking to a friend about general conference, the semiannual gathering of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This friend had left the church and was telling me that he wasn’t impressed with the messages that were shared by the prophet, apostles and ...

Conference Counsel: It really can all work out in the end

I once had a co-worker who told me he didn’t like going to a certain family member with his problems. I asked him why and he said because this family member always told him the same thing, and frankly, it wasn’t helpful. He said the family member always told him, “It will all work out ...

Conference Counsel: Temple covenants key to making sure all is well

I love the stories that are told in the general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There’s a value to hearing stories that teach and reinforce gospel principles that I can’t quite describe. President Henry B. Eyring, second counselor in the First Presidency ...

Conference Counsel: God’s ‘relentless’ desire to bring everyone home

One of the many qualities I find impressive about apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is their eagerness to serve. They acknowledge the demands of the calling but never complain. I never get the feeling that they don’t want the responsibility or that they aren’t ...

Conference Counsel: A secret of the universe? How to ‘be still’

In a Brigham Young University devotional on Oct. 21, 1986, titled “Meek and Lowly,” Neal A. Maxwell, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, made the following comment: “Astonishingly, to those who have eyes to see and ears ...