General Conference Sunday Afternoon Session 2015

D. Todd Christofferson

"Idiot-cyncracies"

What is the purpose of a church? To carry out the Lord's purpose to help us progress. To crate a community of saints to sustain each other. The Church is true because it takes us where we want to go.
It is deliberately full of people who can help us in our journey.
Also to pool our efforts and resources to accomplish what we can't do alone. i.e. aliviate poverty, do missionary work, build temples

Devin G. Durrant
"Ponderize. Shakespeare made up words, so can I."

Ponderize a scripture each week 80% pondering 20% memorize. Ponderizing sounds like making a select scripture a mantra. A phrase or saying used to draw your focus and be a topic of meditation. It's also blowing up all over the internet.

Von Keetch
"Everybody's gone Surfing"

Standards and rules have a good reason for being there. The 'barriers' are there to protect us and guide us in how to grow "“God wants us to have joy, He wants us to have peace. He wants us to succeed." The rules are there to help us out.

Sister Carole M Stephens
"Bribe Toddlers"

God's laws are a manifestation of His love for us. See above. God doesn't give us these rules because he likes to take away our freedom. These rules and commandments increase our freedom.

Haynie
"Sometimes boys dig holes"

Sometimes we get messy and need to be cleaned off. The atonement allows for that.

Kim B. Clark
*Bias from current BYU-I Student towards former BYU-I president ahead*

See things as they really are. Though the Holy Ghost we can see more clearly. See others clearly as they really are. Namaste means 'the divine in me recognizes the divine in you'.