{"id":74784,"date":"2019-06-07T13:11:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=74784"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:11:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:11:57","slug":"yes-its-true-but-i-dont-think-they-like-to-hear-it-quite-that-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/06\/yes-its-true-but-i-dont-think-they-like-to-hear-it-quite-that-way.html","title":{"rendered":"“Yes, It\u2019s True, But I\u00a0Don\u2019t Think They Like to Hear it Quite That Way”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Lengthening Our Stride\"<\/a>
A cover illustration, from Amazon.com
This is probably my favorite image of President Spencer W. Kimball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201c\u2018Yes, It\u2019s True, But I\u00a0Don\u2019t Think They Like to Hear it Quite That Way\u2019:\u00a0What Spencer W. Kimball Told Elaine Cannon\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Abstract: Elaine Cannon, who was general president of the Young Women some four decades ago, had an interesting conversation with President Spencer W. Kimball in 1978. According to Sister Cannon\u2019s firsthand account, President Kimball revealed important insight into how he thought about himself as the prophet as well as how he thought leaders should talk to the general membership about that topic. Sister Cannon\u2019s report is thus a\u00a0valuable part of the historical record regarding both Spencer W. Kimball and prophets generally.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I like this, and perhaps you will, as well. \u00a0It\u2019s less than three minutes long:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWatch: Elder Gerrit W. Gong talks about the \u2018privilege\u2019 of seeing President Nelson minister \u2018to the one'\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWest African Leaders Praise Church Focus on Family and Humanitarian Work:\u00a0Senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> visited several countries in West Africa last week, where they met with government representatives, including the president of the Republic of Ghana.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And there\u2019s this, from New Zealand:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLending a Helping Hand to Families Impacted by March Attacks: \u2018Boxes of Love\u2019 filled with much needed food items distributed to families\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cA man filled with the love of God,\u201d said the Prophet Joseph Smith, \u201cis not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s installment of the annual conference of FairMormon will be held 7-9\u00a0August 2019, at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo, Utah. \u00a0You can register now and, if you intend to do so, should do it soon:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.fairmormon.org\/conference\/august-2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a glimpse of what\u2019s in store:<\/p>\n

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Angela Hallstrom, \u201cWomen\u2019s Voices in Saints<\/em>, Volume 2\u2033<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Kuehn, \u201cApostles and Their Wives, 1839-41\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard Terry, \u201cThe Dirt on the Ancient Inhabitants of Mesoamerica\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Roper and Kirk Magleby, \u201cTime Vindicates the Prophet\u201d<\/p>\n

Jasmin Rappleye, \u201cScripturePlus: The Future of Scripture Study\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew Bowen, \u201cLaman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack and Jeannie Welch, \u201cParables of Jesus Revealing the Plan of Salvation\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew C. Godfrey, \u201cInsights from the Joseph Smith Papers into John C. Bennett\u2019s Dismissal from the Church\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew McBride, \u201cAnswering Historical Questions with Church History Topics\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry Morris, \u201cThe Eight Witnesses\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben Spackman, \u201cA Paradoxical Preservation of Faith: How LDS Creation Accounts Compel Us to Recognize the Nature of Revelation\u201d<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 Krywult, \u201cFear Leads to the Dark Side: How to Navigate the Shallows of Internet (Mis)Information\u201d<\/p>\n

Elder Bruce C. Hafen and Sister Marie K. Hafen, \u201cFaith is Not Blind\u201d<\/p>\n

Brian Hales, \u201cSupernatural or Supernormal? Scrutinizing Secular Sources for the Book of Mormon\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott Hales, \u201cThe Exodus and Beyond: A Preview of\u00a0Saints, Volume 2: No Unhallowed Hand<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott Gordon, \u201cCES Letter: Proof or Propaganda?\u201d<\/p>\n

Wendy Ulrich, \u201cWomen, Men, and Priesthood Power\u201d<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll be speaking, too. \u00a0The title of my remarks is \u201cPending.\u201d \u00a0This title may confuse some, though, because Don Bradley, Elder Craig C. Christensen, and Tad Callister will also be speaking at the conference, and they\u2019re using precisely that same title.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Jerusalem, Israel<\/p>\n

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