Paul’s Comments (group member since Aug 10, 2008)

Paul’s comments from the Students of the Restored Gospel group.

Another book that is high on my (very long) list of books to read, I got a copy of this one briefly from the library after a long wait (due to the popularity generated by the movie), but I never began reading it. My wife's cousin gave one of my sons his copy recently, so maybe I'll borrow it when I find a lull in my current books...

I bought this book when it was new, but I was in college at the time, and I had too much school-related reading to do. I loved what little I read, but I never have gotten back to it. Maybe I'll take Wendy's advice and pick it up before October's General Conference...

Anybody else have thoughts about this book?

Did anyone ever read this one? I love Elder Holland and want to read this soon...

I'm sure I'll get back to it in the next little while. Too many people have enjoyed them for me to continue in ignorance. :)

I read about the first 80 pages of the first book but then got distracted (I was trying to read several books at once then, as I am wont to do), and I've not resumed. It wasn't that I didn't like the book, it was more that I just lacked enough hours in the day.

Anyone else have that problem from time to time? ;)

I loved "The Work and the Glory" series but haven't made time for these yet. It's something I need to do...

I inherited this book from my late father-in-law and plan to read it at some point (soon, I hope!). Every July, I think, "this will be the year," but other things come up instead. I'd also like to read The Undaunted at some point.

Fire of the Covenant and The Undaunted: The Miracle of the Hole-in-the-Rock Pioneers

I've read a lot of this book but never read it from cover to cover. It's on my wish list, though...

I never did pick up a copy of this book, but I added it to my "To Be Read" list.

Anyone else?

I like both of those suggestions. My Dad got me to start taking notes at the Priesthood Session, and I've tried to get my boys to do so (although they don't always), because it helps a person to pay attention, and you have your own thoughts to consult later when you read the talks again. Barry, how do you enforce keeping all the teenagers in the room at once?

It's been a long time since any of us posted on any threads within our group, but I was hoping to hear from everybody what their favorite conference traditions are, whether it was in the family you grew up in or the family you have as an adult, so I'll start with mine.

When I was a kid, gas was not nearly as expensive as it is now (and cars were much less fuel efficient!), so we would go for long drives. A typical day would have us leave our home in Bountiful before or midway through the morning session and go to my uncle's house in Tremonton (about an hour and a half with my Dad driving 55 in the 1970s). Sometimes we would stop for lunch in Brigham City or get ice cream at Farr's in Ogden on the way if we weren't going to have lunch at their house. We'd spend a few hours, then listen to the afternoon session on the way home.

Another of my favorite things, particular in leaf-raking season in the fall, was working in the yard with my Dad and listening (and discussing between talks) while we worked. Going to the Priesthood Session with him as a teenager (even though I didn't want to) was always rewarding, and when my kids don't want to go now, I compel them to go, because you never know when something is going to resonate with them to change their lives!

Hi, Trina, that book would be perfect for me, since I teach Elder's Quorum. My email address is paul_gephart@yahoo.com - and thank you! :)

Watch for that message from me, Taylor! :)

Anybody picked up some good LDS books - fiction or non-fiction - that they are reading over the summer?

Thanks for posting, Aleesa! It sounds like a great book.

That's awesome, Greg! Short Hills Ward was my first area (although there was only one when I was there in 1989, so I don't know what happened to the 2nd ward). I haven't been back to Jersey since I came home in 1991, but I'd love to go sometime.

I should have mentioned in my initial post on this thread that the only other Apostle I have personally met was Elder James E. Faust (at that time) whom I met as a missionary at a Stake Conference in Caldwell, New Jersey. I'm glad he was called to the First Presidency, because you get to hear from them so frequently, and I always loved his wisdom and testimony.

Stories From My Life and Finding Light in a Dark World are among the books written by him that I would like to read.

I just learned that Sister Monson passed away this morning. Here is the news story:

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...

President Monson was a very impressive young man - a bishop at age 23, Stake President at 26, and called to the Quorom of the 12 at 36 (I believe I remember those ages correctly), and he knew when he met Frances that she was "the one" he needed to marry. Clearly, she must have been a remarkable woman to influence him so strongly at that first meeting and throughout their subsequent lives.

I liked it. :)

Thanks, Lu, for your recommendation of "My Burden is Light." I've not heard of the book, but it may interest some of our members.
My Burden is Light

Cathy, Elder Cook was the member of the First Quorum of Seventy over the Northeastern States when I was on my mission in New Jersey, and I had the honor of meeting him a few times. His books and talks are not always easy to read (or hear), but he always has a great message. I enjoyed his "Teaching By the Spirit."
Searching the Scriptures and Teaching By the Spirit