I think we might be surprised this time. Just a hunch.
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I think we might be surprised this time. Just a hunch.
Harold B. Lee was 20 years younger than the next most senior apostle when he was called. According to the all-knowing Wikipedia his administration "lasted from July 7, 1972 to Lee's sudden death due...
I won't. I feel bad about it and will miss him as a FP member.
I suppose it's good for President Oaks (now 85?) to be in First Presidency for a while to learn the ropes, since he's the likely...
How could we have failed to mention that? Thanks.
McKay Coppins' piece in the Atlantic:
The Death of a ProphetThomas Monson, the late Mormon church president, stressed the importance of community in an increasingly atomized nation.
If you ignore the inflammatory headline, this is an interesting story. McKay Coppins is right, I think.
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It will be interesting to see how he changes as he assumes the mantle. In my lifetime, Presidents Smith, Kimball and Benson all seemed to soften when they became president of the Church. I work...
Pres. Nelson will be calling two new apostles. That's four new apostles in the last 2.5 years. Pretty big change -- one-third of the Quorum -- in a short period of time.
I don't read Meridian Magazine much but I saw this article from this morning and was very impressed. The author shares some personal experiences he had with President Monson and the piece is very...
President Monson was an amazing man. I’ll miss him.
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My roommate during school was a local TV news reporters in SLC. One day he came home and I asked him how his day had gone. He said it had been a slow news day so he worked on "the Kimball obit."...
With apologies to Dwight, I revised the thread title so it's a bit more generic.
It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.
-- Yogi Berra
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677192/LDS-Church-President-Monson-remains-hospitalized-Wednesday-afternoon.html
What you may do to your friend pales in comparison to what we will do to you....
You have great connections, Dwight. Nothing publicly announced yet, but the church PR folks must have been prepared for this.