Cracking Up
Twice a year the church holds General Conference--two days of talks from the leaders of the church about a myriad of topics. I never expected to love 10 hours of religious lecture, but I do. I've struggled to find a framework for my thoughts on the gospel, and watching Conference made me realize that I had a readily available source of topics to find inspiration in. One of my favorite talks from the most recent session was "Building a Life Resistant to the Adversary" by Jorge F. Zeballos. In it, he shares a story from his youth when he went to university to become a civil engineer. "[...] I dreamed of the day when I would [learn] to design buildings and other structures that could then be considered "anti-seismic." "The day finally arrived for my first class on the subject. The first words from the professor were the following: "You are surely anxious to begin this course and learn how to design anti-seis...