Tag Archives: attendance

Poll – Top Things that Interfere with Regular Temple Attendance?

In the April General Conference earlier this year Elder Richard G. Scott spoke about the temple.  He said:
I have seen that many times individuals have made great sacrifices to go to a distant temple. But when a temple is built close by, within a short time, many do not visit it regularly.  I have a [...]

No Liveblogging 2009 FAIR Conference

I was really looking forward to the 2009 FAIR Conference this week.  There are some excellent speakers and presentations scheduled, and it looks like it will be fantastic.  Unfortunately, because of certain family circumstances, I will be out of town this whole week, and will be unable to attend the conference.
I’m sorry for any inconvenience. [...]

10 Reasons to Remove your Watch When You Enter the Temple

This last weekend in General Conference, Elder Richard G. Scott gave an incredibly good talk about the temple and the importance of temple attendance.  I will break down more of this talk in a future post to glean more from the great insight he gave us.
One of his “interesting suggestions” for gaining more benefit from [...]

Liveblogging Mormon Studies Conference and General Conference

This upcoming Thursday and Friday (April 2-3, 2009) there is a going to be an annual event — the Mormon Studies Conference at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah.  I just became aware of this a few days ago, and it looks like it’s going to be very good.  The theme of the conference is [...]

The Temple is a Fortress of the Lord

Note: Below is an excerpt from a book entitled “The Incomparable Christ: Our Master and Model” by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, that he entitled “Holiness to the Lord.”  The book was published in 1995.  It is powerful in its vision of the future need [...]

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