"Wait," we all wanted to say to Elder Duncan, "that's already been presented to us, just this morning! Weren't you watching?!" (Elder Claudio R.M. Costa in the Saturday morning session, had also used it)
In our weekly Institute class on a Friday morning not long after, our teacher, Sister Pratt, assured us that had not been a mistake. Her husband, Elder Carl Pratt, has spoken in General Conference so she knows the routine: the text of the intended speech of each participant invited to speak is required to be sent in some months in advance; once, Elder Pratt was asked to remove a quote he had in his talk, because someone else was also using it.
So we were blessed with hearing President Benson's 14 points twice in one day. Perhaps like you, we pondered what we should do about the significance of that repetition. Tussy once had a college professor who helped the class by pointing out that anything he said more than once would definitely be on the next test.
So our conclusion has been that as we have been counseled to read from the Book of Mormon daily, and that, as point #2 was "the living prophet is more vital to us than the standard works," we should study the words of the living prophets at least as often as we do the standard works: daily. This practice has brought more insight to our personal study and spiritual growth, and we continue to be enriched by General Conference.
Oh, the picture at the top doesn't really have anything to do with the topic, but it was recently taken at a couples' FHE; Tussy is listening to Nancy Altadonna Steele, who used to live in New Jersey, and beside her, Pam Hickman Lee---blogs are always more interesting if there's a photo included, right?!
For videos, audios, and text of the recent Conference, go to : http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-1298,00.html
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