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2016 Oct. Priesthood Session in 100 Words

Elder Holland opened attempting the impossible: to convince EQ’s everywhere to go home-teaching. If he can’t do it, no one can. BREAKING NEWS: social media home-teaching is Holland-approved! Holland’s message was followed up by a brief shout-out to home-teaching before…

Richie TOctober 2, 2016

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Twitter Roundup – Priesthood Session Fall 2016

1. This speaker of honesty. When #elderholland asks if we've done our home teaching #ldsconf @TheCulturalHall @ldsconf pic.twitter.com/V0Huhvbt9Y— Tom Yates (@Tombyates) October 2, 2016 2. This exact depiction of conversion in Ghana. When you get a testimony of the Book…

Matthew JOctober 2, 2016

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2016 Oct. Saturday Afternoon Session in 100 Words

We opened with a youthful primary missionary choir, who graced us with all the favorites throughout the session. Elder Cook cautioned against the philosophies of men (but said nothing about the philosophies of women), and reminded us of stumbling blocks.…

Richie TOctober 1, 2016

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2016 Oct. Saturday Morning Session in 100 Words

Pres. Uchtdorf opened by admitting to drinking many liters of an unnamed diet soda (but we all know it was Diet Coke) before turning on the full Sensitive Silver Fox. Heard much about prayer and may have been trapped in…

Richie TOctober 1, 2016

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A Different Perspective on Tyler Glenn’s “Trash”

By Conor Hilton Watching Tyler Glenn’s first solo music video “Trash,” I felt darkness—the darkness of unimaginable suffering, the anguish of feeling betrayed, the loss of something near and dear to you, the fierce anger burning from the pain of…

Richie TApril 30, 2016

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A Perspective on Tyler Glenn’s video “Trash”

(Featured image by Tyler Glenn) In 2014, Tyler Glenn, lead singer of the popular musical group Neon Trees declared himself to be gay and a practicing Mormon (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in a Rolling…

Richie TApril 29, 2016

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From The Vault: Better Understanding BYU’s Honor Code

Back in 2013 I wrote for The Student Review. One of the stories I wrote was about the Honor Code. I spoke to representatives from each of the three BYU campuses (Provo, Rexburg & Laie) in order to get a…

Matthew JApril 19, 2016

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2016’s last spring session of General Conference in 17 tweets

Candy jars set up for the last #ldsconf session. My 3yo is suddenly listening very carefully. pic.twitter.com/qaJtoSkKNe— Katherine Senzee (@ksenzee_lds) April 3, 2016 This is what happens when you let BYU Freshmen plan their own activities smh #BYUProbs #LDSConf pic.twitter.com/aq7YPhMoBL—…

Matthew JApril 3, 2016

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2016’s Spring Priesthood Session in 11 tweets

Anyone else just notice this guy pull out a notecard for his prayer? #ldsconf #PriesthoodSession— Joe Bradley (@JoeTBradley90) April 3, 2016 #ldsconf #generalpriesthood YAY!! They have a wheelchair singer in the young men's choir! Finally one of my people!! pic.twitter.com/LWQf8uAb9d—…

Matthew JApril 3, 2016

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2016’s third spring session #LDSConf in 13 tweets

I love the quiet dignity of those who are in favor, in contrast to the obnoxious showboating of those opposed. #LDSConf #TwitterStake— Joel Hilton (@786Joel) April 2, 2016 #elderanderson reminding us that not all kids come from the kind of…

Matthew JApril 2, 2016

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