A Historical Conference #4

There is always a bit of extra excitement that proceeds the announcement of new Apostles at General Conference. Such was the case at the most recent General Conference held last weekend. Three new apostles had the spotlight shining on them as left their previous assignments as members of the quorum of the seventy. A dramatic move such as that almost removes the focus of General Conference to a hierarchy based system in my opinion. I thought that maybe we as members of the church focused more on the election of three church officers and not enough on the content that God had prepared.

Sometimes people get to carried away with people. Don't we see that to often? We even have a popular national magazine titled "People." Give me a break! I think as latter day saint we can do better. We should pay more attention the the content. Of course, new apostles are a big deal. But just as a lone bloggers opinion I think we should focus our attention on things like "ponderizing" than anything else. General Conference is to promote spiritual well-being, not glamorize apostleship.

We as latter day saints have the sacred duty to view Conference as a possible turning point in our lives. A time to receive inspiration and peace. I time to remember Christ and the organization of the church he founded. It can truly be a time of change. Let us focus our attention on this and not waiver.