Comments on: UP CLOSE: Online Life– General Conference

By: m&m

m&m — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:37:37 +0000

CONFERENCE SCRABBLE!

Oh, that is awesome!

AWESOME!

Put that on the traditions post, too!

By: Sunny

Sunny — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:10:18 +0000

The Internet doesn’t affect my conference experience during the actual conference, but I love being able to look up the talks before the Ensign comes out and long after my conference issue has been lost. I also love being able to download both MP3 and video versions to my iPod. I often listen to talks while shopping or running errands.

There is much to be gleaned from the written word and I love printing out talks and marking them up for my personal use, but I also love being able to hear the emotion and meaning in the speakers’ voices. I love that the Internet makes either just a click away.

By: Faith.Not.Fear

Faith.Not.Fear — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:44:37 +0000

I can relate to the Conference craziness, but my six year old inspired a new Conference game:
CONFERENCE SCRABBLE!
After he had dumped the game all over, adding the bazillion pieces to his pile of Legos, the Spirit said, “Hey, you could make temple, and prophet, and….” and Conference Scrabble was born!
I wrote out a few familiar church words, and my son spent the next fifteen minutes trying to make them.

That just leaves me with 7.75 hours to preoccupy next Conference !

By: m&m

m&m — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:29:50 +0000

I love what technology does for us in this way, although sometimes I miss gathering with other saints to watch.

I have had to change some of my online activities during conference time, though. For all that I love discussion and hearing what inspired others, sometimes the wrong kind at the wrong time can distract from and/or bias my own processing of the messages.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:55:45 +0000

As I was struggling to stay awake during Elder Cook’s talk today I was especially grateful for the Internet. I just could not stay awake (too many cinnamon rolls!) and I fell asleep to the thought, “It’s okay, I’ll catch it online later tonight…”

Hooray for the Internets.

Also it never occurred to me to really savor General Conference weekend the way I do now until I started to find all these wonderful LDS bloggers who write about their traditions. I tell you, a lot of my friends think the Internet is a waste of time, but I really think it’s the cat’s pajamas, and my testimony has been strengthened immeasurably because of it.

By: Cissy

Cissy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:42:37 +0000

A couple weeks ago I listened to last April’s conference while I painted the bathroom. I got through two full sessions and Elder Uchtdorf’s Oct. 2008 RS message (classic). It was a good way to prepare for this conference; I might just find more rooms to paint.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:06:32 +0000

I often clean while listening to General Conference talks. I remember one time when I was working away, trying to regain some order in the chaos that was my children’s room. I listened to a talk by Elder Holland that I ended up replaying 10 times. It was so powerful and just what I needed at that time.

I’m so grateful for the internet. I only work one day a week, on Saturday and so I missed the first day of conference. Being able to access it online is a tremendous blessing.

By: wonder woman

wonder woman — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:08:28 +0000

I really miss going to the stake center to watch the conference on satellite. I wish that I could do it here in Utah and my husband and I could take turns staying home with the kids and watching uninterrupted.

I didn’t get much out of the first 3 sessions because of my kids, and decided to do something about it during the last session. I sat at the computer, ready to blog my notes, and listened to the audio stream online. It was really great. “Yes I doooo, love technology. Always and forever.”

By: jeans

jeans — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:48:59 +0000

I’ll be even more emphatic and say not only has the internet increased my attention to and enjoyment of Conference and my maturing ability to see Church leaders as beloved individuals instead of a faceless wall of suits (black, charcoal, or pink) – I will say that the Bloggernacle, and its semiannual set of Conference-related threads have taught me to love, to celebrate, and to anticipate Conference more than I ever thought possible.

By: Selwyn

Selwyn — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:57:04 +0000

The internet has increased my viewing of General Conference, be it on Conference weekend, the first week after when we still haven’t seen the recording at church, or any time during the year when I want to review a talk and can’t find my dog tired conference Ensign. I can’t imagine having to wait for tapes to arrive – instant gratification please thank you very much!

LDS.org is my go-to resource, I go there at least once a week. I love Pres Uchtdorf as well. The first time I heard his “create” address was on my MP3 player, as the plane was descending into Brisbane, where I was going to spend the weekend at the temple and with my friend Tasha. That memory is burned into my heart, and wouldn’t have been possible without internet access.