Comments on: “[Our] Walk and Talk” http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/ Uplifting, edifying, and enriching reading by and for Latter-day Saint Women Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Michelle http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6596 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 07:16:43 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6596 Stephanie, Thanks for sharing this experience! If you truly can't wait until the <i>Ensign</i> comes out, you can print talks out and/or listen on lds.org. :) General Conference truly is such a blessing!!! Stephanie,
Thanks for sharing this experience! If you truly can’t wait until the Ensign comes out, you can print talks out and/or listen on lds.org. :) General Conference truly is such a blessing!!!

]]> by: Stephanie http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6592 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:10:33 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6592 This year I took my 6 year old daughter with me to the Stake Center to "listen to the prophet" on a big screen. We have conference on TV at home but with 5 little ones distractions are a given. So I took my daughter with me and my friend and her daughter and we dressed up in our best clothes and went to hear the prophet. My daughter and I made a list of different key words... "Prophet", "Jesus", etc, and we made a column next to each word that my daughter would put a check mark in every time she heard those words spoken. She was excited when the Prophet spoke and loved to stand and sing the hymns. I found that this was the most enjoyable session of conference for me... no distractions, I was focusing clearly on the messages and listening for the promptings and feelings of the Spirit, and I was fed spiritually. I left feeling good inside. Often when I listen or try to listen on the computer or TV at home, I am too distracted by too many things to feel the spirit or to be in tune with what I need to hear. I hunger for the Conference report and pour over it as I do my scriptures. I look forward to this next Ensign and can't wait to read the talks again! I find that I learn different things through reading and listening. Some people are auditory learners, others are visual, some are kinesthetic, some are a combo of a few, etc. Having both the opportunity to hear AND read the words, we are able to "hear" different messages each time. I think they are both equally superb and I love them both! I am grateful to parents who instilled in me a love for General Conference and for the words of our living prophets. This year I took my 6 year old daughter with me to the Stake Center to “listen to the prophet” on a big screen. We have conference on TV at home but with 5 little ones distractions are a given. So I took my daughter with me and my friend and her daughter and we dressed up in our best clothes and went to hear the prophet. My daughter and I made a list of different key words… “Prophet”, “Jesus”, etc, and we made a column next to each word that my daughter would put a check mark in every time she heard those words spoken. She was excited when the Prophet spoke and loved to stand and sing the hymns. I found that this was the most enjoyable session of conference for me… no distractions, I was focusing clearly on the messages and listening for the promptings and feelings of the Spirit, and I was fed spiritually. I left feeling good inside. Often when I listen or try to listen on the computer or TV at home, I am too distracted by too many things to feel the spirit or to be in tune with what I need to hear. I hunger for the Conference report and pour over it as I do my scriptures. I look forward to this next Ensign and can’t wait to read the talks again! I find that I learn different things through reading and listening. Some people are auditory learners, others are visual, some are kinesthetic, some are a combo of a few, etc. Having both the opportunity to hear AND read the words, we are able to “hear” different messages each time. I think they are both equally superb and I love them both! I am grateful to parents who instilled in me a love for General Conference and for the words of our living prophets.

]]> by: Michelle http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6584 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:57:46 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6584 Karen, Interesting insight. I think listening helps whet our appetites, no? I really think there is significant benefit to doing both. Karen,
Interesting insight. I think listening helps whet our appetites, no? I really think there is significant benefit to doing both.

]]> by: Karen http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6573 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:21:53 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6573 For me listening to conference gives me a desire to read it later. I have found that when I am unable to listen/watch I am less likely to look forward to reading the talks later. (I know this is a personal fault, but it is what I have figured out about myself!) I think sometimes that there are things I miss if I don't hear the speaker. Tones of voice, emphasis, etc. But some talks require that I read them to really 'get' what was said. I feel very blessed that I have the opportunity to listen/watch and read. For me listening to conference gives me a desire to read it later. I have found that when I am unable to listen/watch I am less likely to look forward to reading the talks later. (I know this is a personal fault, but it is what I have figured out about myself!) I think sometimes that there are things I miss if I don’t hear the speaker. Tones of voice, emphasis, etc. But some talks require that I read them to really ‘get’ what was said.

I feel very blessed that I have the opportunity to listen/watch and read.

]]> by: Michelle http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6566 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:23:34 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6566 Reading often gives me insights that I didn't have while listening. But it can go the other way for me, too. Sometimes when I listen to scripture tapes, for example, I notice something different. I think there are speakers who deliberately design their talks for reading -- Elder Nelson, for example, always has footnotes with lots of scripture references and other talks and articles. Elder Perry even mentioned in one of his talks a year or two ago that he deliberately didn't mention the sources of his quotes so we would study them later. Reading often gives me insights that I didn’t have while listening. But it can go the other way for me, too. Sometimes when I listen to scripture tapes, for example, I notice something different.

I think there are speakers who deliberately design their talks for reading — Elder Nelson, for example, always has footnotes with lots of scripture references and other talks and articles. Elder Perry even mentioned in one of his talks a year or two ago that he deliberately didn’t mention the sources of his quotes so we would study them later.

]]> by: Eric Nielson http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6565 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:35:15 +0000 http://roxcy.synthian.org/2006/10/11/walk-and-talk/#comment-6565 I confess that I often get more out of reading the talks than listening to them. I have the opinion that many of the talks were prepared with that in mind. They seem to be prepared to be read more than to be listened to. I am sure there are those that disagree, but I often look forward more to the Ensign that comes after conference more so than conference itself. I confess that I often get more out of reading the talks than listening to them. I have the opinion that many of the talks were prepared with that in mind. They seem to be prepared to be read more than to be listened to.

I am sure there are those that disagree, but I often look forward more to the Ensign that comes after conference more so than conference itself.

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