I will try to leave as many comments as possible from my Balckberry.

President Monson is presiding at the priesthood session.

A low wave of mumbled approvals just went through here, the home stake center of Elder Clayton, when his talk was announced.

Elder Perry is speaking about raising the bar. He told a story about his son, Lee, and how he helped him become a better high jumper by raising the bar. He said, “How will you know how high you can jump if you don’t raise the bar?”

GST, Elder Perry essentially endorses the Western Roll technique by staying that his son tried. But did not use the Fosberry Flop. What, please don’t tell me you are a flopper?!?!

Donald Hallstrom speaking. “Do not procrastinate your conversion to the gospel.”

Is procrastination off limits now, too? This religion just keeps getting harder and harder.

The lesson from Elder Clayton’s story about the fish trap is that if you look at pornography, then Satan will eat you.

Elder Gonzalez: “The earthquakes that hit us might not be literal shaking of the ground.”

This is like the speech about how our El Guapo might be shyness, etc.

That’s a plethora of good advice, GST.

Elder Eyring delivered a fine talk on priesthood service. I am left wondering, however, about why a mob of torch and pitchfork-carrying townsfolk surrounded his boyhood Princeton home. He mentions the incident to tell the story of his mother miraculously dispersing the mob without any explanation of what caused it to assemble.

President Hinckley is speaking on anger.

I’m I the only one who finds priesthood to be consistently the least uplifting session of GC?

I love the song he quoted that was written by Charles W. Penrose, “School thy feelings.”

Closing number: “We Ever Pray for Thee.”

gst out

I posted this question over at BCC but thought since some of you may have been at the conf center you may have the answer. Does anyone know what the shouting was coming over the satellite feed at the end of priesthood session? It was in between when Pres. Hinckley was sitting down and the choir singing.

Elder Eyring mentioned recently speaking to an angry crowd on First Presidency assignment. Was he talking about his recent assignment to speak at the Mountain Meadows Memorial? Were some in the crowd angry?

And it wouldn’t be priesthood meeting without a pornography talk.

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“He mentions the incident to tell the story of his mother miraculously dispersing the mob without any explanation of what caused it to assemble.”

Insert link to the story on one of the LDS ladies’ blogs (FMH or MMW or something), the one about the woman fending off some threatening street toughs by saying she had tampons in her purse.

AS an intersting aside, we didn’t get thye first half because of satellite failure at the chapel, and my brother in law was super ticked at his parents because he’d just been grounded. I found it very interesting the president Hinckley so calmly and kindly decided to give a talk on Anger to my BIL tonight….

Jon (29),

I heard that too; I thought it was the choir director giving instructions to the choir. It was right after Pres. Hinckley’s talk, before the choir started singing.

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