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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 ...

Conference Counsel: Putting a higher priority on higher joy

I recently created a YouTube playlist of talks from various general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I had it going one day this week while I was working and one of my sons noted that upon listening to the words of Russell M. Nelson, president of the church, he ...

Conference Counsel: The urgent need to improve our prayers

Last week, I wrote about my wife coming to the rescue prior to our honeymoon by helping unlock our car door after the keys had been left inside. Even today, over five years after her passing, she still comes to the rescue. Her rescue comes in the form of her favorite scripture, which she ...