To Learn and to Teach More Effectively

This talk, by Elder Richard G. Scott, is from this year's BYU Education Week. It is a WONDERFUL talk - not only about learning and teaching - but of living in the Spirit. I love it!

Click HERE to listen.

Click HERE to read.

"Throughout the remainder of my life, I will seek to learn by what I hear, see, and feel. I will write down the important things I learn and I will do them."

-Whit

Let Us Run With Patience

the Race That is Set Before Us...

Well, what better way to start BYU football season than with a talk by Steve Young and Truman Madsen. What?? Steve Young and Truman Madsen gave a talk together? They did and it's WONDERFUL!!! I hope you enjoy it!

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Don't forget you can visit the website http://MormonMomCast.com/talks and subscribe now through iTunes or any other method you prefer. :)

-Whit

Be Ye Therefore Perfect

Another great Women's Conference address. This one is by Sister Sydney S. Reynolds. If you are a Primary person - you might recognize Sister Reynold's name as one that appears on numerous Sharing Time helps in the Friend! She served with Sister Menlove and Sister Clegg in the Primary General Presidency.

Click HERE to listen.

Click HERE to read.

-Whit

The Lord Doesn't Grade on a Curve

I really enjoyed listening to President Rex E. Lee. I am grateful for the time he was spared his cancer to serve as President of BYU before passing away in 1996. Tonight, for some reason I was thinking of a couple of my favorite talks by Sister Lee. I hope you enjoy them! The first is "The Lord Doesn't Grade on a Curve."

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Click HERE to read.

The second is "Knowing When to Persevere And When to Change Direction." This talk really touched my heart. Unfortunately, it is not available in audio format.

Click HERE to read.

It isn't very long and I am not going to quote anything. The entire devotional is worth the time.

-Whit

PS
I have been putting the talks on an rss feed so I will have links for you to subscribe soon! If you are an iTunes subscriber - just search for "Whit's favorite LDS talks" (title) or "whit larson" (author) and you can subscribe now. I only have 8 or so talks on so far, but I'll keep adding!!!!

Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence

This address by Elder Holland was first brought to my attention by my Mom. It has helped me SO much. Just yesterday it came up again as I was substitute teaching RS. So, thanks Mom!

Click here to listen (right-click to download).

Click here to read.

Quote:

"If it was right when you prayed about it and trusted it and lived for it, it is right now. Don't give up when the pressure mounts. You can find an apartment. You can win over your mother-in-law. You can sell your harmonica and therein fund one more meal. It's been done before. Don't give in. Certainly don't give in to that being who is bent on the destruction of your happiness. He wants everyone to be miserable like unto himself. Face your doubts. Master your fears. "Cast not away therefore your confidence." Stay the course and see the beauty of life unfold for you."

-Whit

Goodbye, President Faust...

"One of the greatest blessings of life and eternity is to be counted as one of the devoted disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ."

"For most of us, however, what is required is not to die for the Church but to live for it. For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life."

Here are a couple of talks by President Faust. He passed away this morning. I will miss him. Wasn't he wonderful - weeping in our last conference? How grateful I am for living Prophets.

Read his message from this month's Ensign!

Listen to his beautiful talk on forgiveness from this past conference.

Or read it.

Click here to listen to his talk on Discipleship.

Click here to read it.

-Whit

For Such a Time as This

I heard this amazing talk at Women's Conference.

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Click HERE to read.

Let me know what you think!

-Whit

O Be Wise

Another favorite conference talk. This one is by Elder M. Russell Ballard. The scriptural reference is my husband's favorite scripture:

O be wise; what can I say more? (Jacob 6:12)

This is one of my favorite leadership talks. We are all teachers and leaders and this talk is wonderful for each of us. Here is a quote from the talk that I especially love:

Occasionally we find some who become so energetic in their Church service that their lives become unbalanced. They start believing that the programs they administer are more important than the people they serve. They complicate their service with needless frills and embellishments that occupy too much time, cost too much money, and sap too much energy. They refuse to delegate or to allow others to grow in their respective responsibilities.

As a result of their focusing too much time and energy on their Church service, eternal family relationships can deteriorate. Employment performance can suffer. This is not healthy, spiritually or otherwise. While there may be times when our Church callings require more intense effort and unusual focus, we need to strive to keep things in proper balance. We should never allow our service to replace the attention needed by other important priorities in our lives. Remember King Benjamin's counsel: "And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength" (Mosiah 4:27).

To listen, click HERE.

To read, click HERE.

-Whit

Experiences Worth Remembering

Well, in honor of Pioneer Day... I just LOVE this talk by President Hinckley given in a BYU devotional last year. There really are things worth remembering. So, today let's all stop and remember. Give thanks for those who came before us - sealing their testimonies with their blood. Whether you have ancestors who crossed the plains, or whether you are a convert to the church - these men and women and children did hard things in the name of their God, who is our God. They helped the Savior roll the gospel forth and I thank them!

To listen, click HERE.

To read, click HERE.

Happy 24th, everyone!

-Whit

Chosen... To Witness For His Name

Janet Scharman - WC 2001

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Click HERE to read.

I LOVE this talk. I heard it at WC in 2001 and I have used the story of the chicks in more than leadership training, talk, lesson, etc.

Enjoy!!

-Whit