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| Friday, July 30, 2010 |
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Where’s Dutcher when we need him to explain to us all what constitutes real Mormon cinema? |
[...] The concluding session of conference is about to begin. I know I have been spritually filled with powerful messages and testimonies of the prophets and apostles who have spoken during the conference. I am certain millions more around the globe have been likewise filled. I am sure this last session will be as uplifiting as the others have been. Open threads are at Mormon Mentality, [...] |
Elder Holland is hitting the nail on the head here about the history of the New Testament text. |
NT Wright! Score! Also, I’m appreciating Holland’s careful distinctions and arguments here; this is the way theologians think. |
Uh, oh, an Emerson appeal. We frequently take him out of context (as Heidi Harris will tell you). |
queuno, The problem is that there is a flood of bad films but Dutcher has left his boat behind, and therefore has been left helpless by the rising water. |
(aRJ – In an effort to avoid a threadjack, I’ll just say that Dutcher is an example of both good and bad Mormon moviemaking. But enough about him.) |
Once, just once, I’d like to see a Baptist preacher try to take on Elder Holland. Or Oaks. Or Nelson. |
This is Bednar’s big moment. He hasn’t fully recovered true form since the pickle talk. |
(Matt B – Your link doesn’t work. Can you fix it?) |
Listening to Bednar’s talk, I’m reminded of the recent thread here on MM about what is it that the missionaries are supposed to be doing, exactly… |
Tagore, There are many people that love the pickle talk. I think it is the most quoted recent talk in my ward. |
Q – Done. |
Speaking of trusting in God, I heard Robert Zoellick, pres. of the World Bank say recently, “Trust in God. Everyone else bring data.” |
(Tagore – Love the quote. What were the circumstances?) |
(queuno: He was talking about his approach to international development and how to go about diagnosing challenges in developing economies.) Elder Zwick holds the record for giving the longest prayer at a general priesthood meeting about a year or so ago. It was amazing– he just kept going and going. |
Zwick’s son, Spencer, is Mitt’s right hand man– deputy chief of staff when Mitt was gov, and then national finance director for Mitt’s campaign. He seriously shafted me one time, but that’s a whole ‘nother story. |
My MIL was once on the primary general board and gave one of the invocations at the YW general meeting one year (back in the tabernacle days). She says that they had in those days a way to signal “long prayer” or “short prayer”. She was happy she drew “short prayer”. |
wow, the MP3 have already been posted from yesterday and also the sunday morning session! http://www.lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,49-1-851,00.html btw, a little-known secret is that ASL videos of the priesthood session eventually get posted (see for example here: http://broadcast.lds.org/genconf/2007/10/10/GC_2007_10_11_HinckleyGB__02381_ase_.mp4) so even if you miss the priesthood session like I did you can watch it later. |
is it an eternal principle of some sort that there are exactly two women speaking in gc, one in the saturday noon session and one in the sunday noon session? |
name withheld, Yes, it’s a manifestation of the growth of the Church, as it wasn’t long ago that exactly one woman used to speak in GC. And a generation or two before that, none. |
Monson, I think, has grown as a public speaker. And I’m really coming to like Elder Ballard. |
queuno: that guy must have drawn the short prayer. |
I wouldn’t know. Our Internet feed died during Ballard and never reconnected. And the cable operator isn’t carrying conference this year. |
Remember how Elder Ballard admonished children to do more housework? It appears a group of LDS children has posted a “What Children Know” rebuttal in response: |
