Another thoughtful contribution to the genre of the sermon. Which a declining, if not quite dying, form. (I do fear for its ultimate demise with the advent of AI.) and one can never parse and rethink “after all that we can do” often enough. A stalwart effort.
In an early draft of this talk...hang on, I'll just put it here:
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Last month on the way to my uncle’s funeral in Idaho, my parents, sister, and I went to church in Beaver, Utah. There were two youth speakers who talked about girls camp, then the first adult speaker opened with this observation:
No one will remember this talk.
No one will remember any talk they hear.
But we all remember the talks we prepare.
This struck me as essentially true, but when I brought it up later in the car, my mom and dad and sister said they all remember lots and lots of sacrament-meeting talks but okay.
His main point had been about the value of preparing a talk, how It can prod spiritual growth and that point is true no matter how many talks you personally remember. If the purpose of sacrament meeting talks was just to fill the air with words, we could read last weeks talks or let AI do the work and allow the nonsense to waft over us. But the purpose of sacrament meeting is to bring us to Christ. When we partake of the bread and water we covenant to remember him. And as we share testimony and faith and hopes and thoughts, we model for each other how we may come unto Christ.
Another thoughtful contribution to the genre of the sermon. Which a declining, if not quite dying, form. (I do fear for its ultimate demise with the advent of AI.) and one can never parse and rethink “after all that we can do” often enough. A stalwart effort.
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Thanks, Robert.
In an early draft of this talk...hang on, I'll just put it here:
"
Last month on the way to my uncle’s funeral in Idaho, my parents, sister, and I went to church in Beaver, Utah. There were two youth speakers who talked about girls camp, then the first adult speaker opened with this observation:
No one will remember this talk.
No one will remember any talk they hear.
But we all remember the talks we prepare.
This struck me as essentially true, but when I brought it up later in the car, my mom and dad and sister said they all remember lots and lots of sacrament-meeting talks but okay.
His main point had been about the value of preparing a talk, how It can prod spiritual growth and that point is true no matter how many talks you personally remember. If the purpose of sacrament meeting talks was just to fill the air with words, we could read last weeks talks or let AI do the work and allow the nonsense to waft over us. But the purpose of sacrament meeting is to bring us to Christ. When we partake of the bread and water we covenant to remember him. And as we share testimony and faith and hopes and thoughts, we model for each other how we may come unto Christ.
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So yes, I worry about this too.....