An evangelical live-blogs General Conference — Sunday Morning Session

Alright, let’s get this party started. We got MoTab again by the looks of it, but I’m not gonna start playing Where’s Huntsman until conference actually starts.
Time to try to spot Huntsman!
That was easy. I’m getting too good at this game.
I guess I’ll take the time to say, in case you’re wondering who Huntsman is, he was probably my favorite professor at BYU. He’s a former bishop, used to teach in the classics department but now teaches in the religion department. His classes were my favorite and he’s the best teacher I had.
He also grew up in the South and used to go to Baptist youth group and Young Life even though he was raised LDS. He’s completely Mormon theology-wise, but I always called him my “evangelical Mormon” professor because he understood evangelical Christianity so well and his teaching and speaking style always felt very evangelical to me.
If there are any lurking BYU students, I can’t recommend his classes enough.
UCHTDORF!
Hey, how’d the new guy get sustained as an apostle when I opposed it??
I’m appreciating the talk by Uchtdorf and his emphasis on discipleship.
Alright, Uchtdorf, I’m gonna adjust my life to do what I have to do to have a temple recommend, stat!
This is like, as close to an evangelical talk as General Conference gets.
Neil L. Andersen up now. Hey, don’t thank me, Andersen, I voted against you.
Do Mormons believe that the church could fall away again? Like, another total apostasy?
Steven E. Snow of the Presidency of the Seventy is speaking now.
Ugh. My daughter is freaking out. I think the voices of LDS GAs burn her ears.
Sorry. I missed a lot of Snow’s talk on account of my demon-spawn.
Okay, token chick talk 2 will be Barbara Thompson. I’m really not digging her outfit.
I like how she mentioned the father getting to play Satan in their hold-to-the-rod play. Daddy is Mormon so he gets to play Satan in our family, too!
Ah, there’s our old pal Jeffrey Holland. Dear Elder Holland: I had your son as an American Heritage teacher at BYU and I really, really hated his class.
Sounds like Holland’s got the Easter talk. He and Quentin Cook drew straws over who would get to give the talk aimed at other Christians and Cook won.
Oh man… I can’t believe there are still people who say “cock” for rooster. I’m sorry, I couldn’t pass that up.
I changed my mind. I think this is the best talk so far.
Monson is speaking now. Is he the last talk of the day session, or is there one after him?
This story is depressing… Seriously, it’s like Job…
Well, that’s a wrap, I have to take my daughter to the park. Thanks for hanging out everyone. I’ll do the final session in two hours, too.

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An evangelical live-blogs General Conference — Sunday Morning Session — 50 Comments

  5. First hit of Jack’s blog is free, once she get’s you addicted, soon she’ll be charging to post. And as addicted as I am, I’d pay!!!
  6. Too much singing, not enough fodder for discussion. Though we could always discuss the ugly dresses the women in the MoTabs have to wear. WHY OH WHY??
  9. He is? I thought he was a lawyer, not a tailor.
    I think the designer of the MoTab dresses is like this: how can I create the most UNflattering shape for every woman’s body?
    Then she created those dresses. Mission accomplished.
  10. Then she created those dresses. Mission accomplished.
    LOL.
    Seth’s got several old posts around the Bloggernacle about how men need to dress nice for church. He’s quite the fashion guru.
  14. Oh, I don’t actually oppose it. I was only joking about wanting Seth and Derek to become apostles.
    Mostly.
    I have nothing against Andersen. I know little about him.
  15. How do you like this part of the talk Jack.
    We are not alone, others share our faith in Christ.
  16. Huntsman was a good teacher. I liked that Greek History class he taught.
    As for why your opposition vote didnt count, you arent a member remember?:-p
  18. Pres. Uchtdorf’s talk felt like pure unadulterated Mormonism.
    But I did shout “Romans! He quoted Romans!” at the appropriate place. :-)
  19. No Jack. No half votes. You could always infiltrate the church and get baptized yourself just to oppose an ordination, but what’s the point. That’d take a lot of time, and you’d rather be blogging…
  24. Jack, you should pick an apostle, call his office in SLC, and set a 20 minute appointment for sometime in the next year. Then go there and pepper him with questions.
    I triple-dog-dare you.
  25. I don’t know Rob. After Sheri Dew responded to my letter on women and the priesthood by calling the priesthood “the most penetrating force on earth,” I’m a little scared of asking LDS leaders anything else.
  28. What, you want the whole thing MadChemist? I could send it to you but I’ll have to find the journal and type it up. I didn’t copy the letter that I initially sent to her either, so the conversation is a bit incomplete.
  29. Scanning would be faster than typing. It just sounds cool to know what you were thinking, what you asked, and how she responded. I’ve always liked her and her writing. It sounds exciting to read, that’s all.
  32. You should have taken the honors section of that class. When I took it, we watched the LDS-BYU production of how the Constitution was formed.
    Classic. Just pure Classic Stuff.
  33. *WARNING: SNARKY COMMENT ALERT…ONLY HALF-SERIOUS*
    Yes, Jack, remember that women are walking pornography; therefore, the uglier you look, the better.
  34. Jack, I know you only want me called an apostle so you can enjoy watching the inevitable resulting trainwreck.
    I don’t often pay much attention to suits in conference. I think Holland looks pretty snazzy. He’s even wearing a pocket-square. Granted, a white pocket-square, and folded in the most conservative style, but a pocket-square nonetheless.
    Who says there is no progress in the LDS Church?
    I also dig yellow ties. Yellow works great with all my suits.
  35. My favorite tie is yellow, with a pattern of vintage airplanes on it. If I ever meet President Uchtdorf in person, I’m wearing that tie to the meeting.
  36. Dressing for choir is always a big problem for women. You try finding a dress that works on that many different body types. It ain’t easy.
  37. See Katie? I told you Seth was a men’s fashion expert.
    When my husband goes to church on his own, I’m lucky if I can get him to put on a tie. Sometimes I lay out his suit for him and he sneaks off without the tie anyways.
    But when I attend with him, he knows that job 1 is to accessorize me, so I try to make him dress as nicely as possible.
  38. Oh, and “Jack, I know you only want me called an apostle so you can enjoy watching the inevitable resulting trainwreck.”
    That’s only partially true, Seth. I really do think it would help the church to have some leaders who think differently on LDS issues. The normal picks for leaders always strike me as so “safe.”
  39. Gee and I thought the #1 job at church was to worship. I guess that’s just the difference between Mo’s and gellies. {g} Reminder {g} means grin and that it’s not a serious comment at all.
  41. I know a few rules. But my sense of color actually isn’t all that great. That’s when I consult the women in my life. My wife has a better color sense than I do. My mom is pretty good at it too.
    Of course the fashion bar in a Mormon ward isn’t very high. If you just manage to fold your collar down without leaving your tie peaking out the bottom on the back of your neck, you’re typically doing pretty well in a Mormon ward.
  42. Prophet is almost always the last speaker of the session.
    We’ll be having another session this afternoon at 2:00 PM.
  43. Sort of, Katie. My church is uber-casual even by Protestant standards. Almost everyone just wears jeans. The pastor usually preaches wearing jeans and a polo shirt. The worship leader sometimes wears jeans with holes in them.
    I like dressing up, but I don’t want to be too dressy for the crowd, so I usually wear a jean or khaki skirt and a top that I really like, and I always do something fun with my hair. If you jam bobby pins through crayons, you can pin crayons into your hair. Great for working in the nursery.
    I’ve never worn one of my suits there though. They’d be too dressy.
  45. everything I know about fashion i’ve picked up from what not to wear.
    wish I could wear jeans to church…that sounds fun. cool idea with crayon pins.
  46. I believe Pres. Monson’s talk is supposed to be titled “Be of Good Cheer.”
    I don’t think it worked. This has to be the most depressing talks ever.
  47. Maybe he’ll be able to ground some people in true sadness, rather than “I can’t have two cell phones, life’s so unfair” talk I hear constantly. Show people who are complainig why they could really be unhappy.
  48. /agree Seth.
    Katie, I guess I’ve spent years and years going to churches where most of the people my age simply wore jeans, so now I’m very attracted to the idea of doing something above and beyond on Sundays. But I think that is one of the good things about the evangelical movement. Different churches have different dress codes, so you can find a church where your preferred mode of Sunday dress will be comfortable.
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