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Here to try to promote belief | More liberal than conservative, and helping others who are similar feel welcome | Still a fan of long meetings.

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The way we integrate faith and community is both the most compelling and most dangerous feature of the Church.

The challenge is to build your discipleship on the strengths of both without allowing their weaknesses to detract from your efforts to become a disciple of Jesus Christ

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@bcbaker66 @Intoalltruth64 @Proctorius10 Saw one in Austin 2 on Palm Sunday

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@LeadingSaints My wife and I went on a date to Walmart to buy plastic containers and we just naturally ended up at Marble Slab afterward. 10/10 would recommend over 2 more hrs of church on TV.

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Elder Bednar’s love of running made me wonder who would win a foot race between current members of the Q12?

1. David Bednar
2. Gary Stevenson
3. Dale Renlund

Patrick Kearon would have medaled but stopped to carry Ron Rasband who pushed a little too hard.
#GeneralConference

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“In the end everyone must make their own choice to come home.” - E Gilbert

These are maybe the most healing words of this talk for the faithful conf goer. All of us know someone we wish we could drag home against their will.

All we can do is call them home.
#GeneralConference

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‘As you anchor in the things you do believe, Heavenly Father will help you figure out the rest.’ (Paraphrase from E Gilbert)

Yep. This is the way. Always start with what you do believe.
#generalconference

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I know it’s early but Best Opening Joke award goes to Clark Gilbert, the SmallClark™ #generalconference

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Fun fact: being a Temple worker is one of the few callings you can just call your bishop and volunteer for. Don’t make our job harder by making us guess that you’d like to do that service. As Sister Yi said, it can be a life changing calling. #generalconference

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My longstanding opinion that “sustaining does not necessarily mean agreeing with someone all the time” is now canonized by E Kearon in #generalconference.

Starting off strong canonizing all my personal beliefs. ❤️

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@CLURT1847 @OnThisDayLDS Yes. I remember 1994 (Hunter) 1995 (Hinckley) and 2008 (Monson) and 2018 (Nelson) there has been a news conference shortly after a new president of the Church takes office. In all of those cases, reporters were allowed to ask questions.

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@stackerco This is why I’m a firm believer in not putting stuff on the shelf. You pull it down, shine a big light on it, ask questions, ask yourself how really smart, faith-filled people you admire have squared that thing in their mind. Then you wrestle with it and find your peace.

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@onmywaymo @hollywelker The most interesting folks in my ward are the ones who don't come to church, and I've had a lot of conversations (their request) where I just listen to their stories as they process a whole lifetime of twists and turns. I really do care about people. I don't feel "required" to.

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@onmywaymo @hollywelker Makes sense. Sorry it felt trolly. I really was fascinated by the math - the 35 years - cuz in contrast the rhetoric felt so raw like it was recent. I shouldn't have assumed any specific motivations, but not taking the time to read the whole CV, I took a shot at a conversation.

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@eeksthegreat2 @RykerJackson97 @ThoughtfulSaint Even the non celestial glories are referred to as “glory”. I think you have a very narrow definition of glory.

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@ElGranCheerio @jkimballcook It's pretty obvious (as a bishop) to identify those:
- who take but don't give
- who give only what is required
- who are willing to give more when asked
- who are willing to give all
- who are giving all

You guess which are living the Law of Consecration. They live among you.

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I just want to say that last Sunday we sang Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing as the opening hymn. It was glorious.

I got a chuckle, though, when I said we'd "be singing hymn one-thousand-and-one." It's just not a number you're used to seeing on the hymn board at church.

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@RykerJackson97 @ThoughtfulSaint The Lord himself said "In my father's house are many mansions." LDS theology is one of the only ones who dare to detail the multiple "mansions" of heaven, thus I also think it's the only one equipped to better explain what eternal glory outside of hetero-marriage looks like.

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@SenMikeLee “Strongly worded statements are not enough” so instead here is a weakly and vaguely worded statement about us not doing stuff we are already not doing because some unrelated guy was convicted of a thing and we’re afraid he won’t like us anymore.

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@StallionCornell It’s all about the bread. I go when I need to be put into a gluten coma.