Comments on: How to Give a Great Sacrament Meeting Talk – Part 3.5 of 5: Style (Analogies) http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Macy http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31315 Macy Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:39:58 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31315 Thank you very much, Ivan! I wish you had completed the series before I had to give a talk in Sacrament Meeting, but I'm grateful to have had this much to read as I prepare for this Sunday. :) Thank you very much, Ivan! I wish you had completed the series before I had to give a talk in Sacrament Meeting, but I’m grateful to have had this much to read as I prepare for this Sunday. :)

]]> By: jjohnsen http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31244 jjohnsen Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:23:44 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31244 Ivan. Thankfully I haven't been asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting for a few months, but I did want you to know that this series has helped me prepare me weekly Sunday School lessons. Keep up the good work. Ivan. Thankfully I haven’t been asked to speak in Sacrament Meeting for a few months, but I did want you to know that this series has helped me prepare me weekly Sunday School lessons. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: dpc http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31225 dpc Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:23:40 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31225 I find that most analogies are cringe-worthy, although they can work on occassion. I think that personal experiences (which, when you think about it, are a type of analogy) work better in conveying gospel principles. Plus real life adds ambiguities and different interpretations that won't defeat the message you are trying to convey. I find that most analogies are cringe-worthy, although they can work on occassion. I think that personal experiences (which, when you think about it, are a type of analogy) work better in conveying gospel principles. Plus real life adds ambiguities and different interpretations that won’t defeat the message you are trying to convey.

]]> By: Geoff B http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31197 Geoff B Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:46:44 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31197 I learn an incredible amount from analogies. The one that is popping to mind now is when a friend of mine gave a lesson and said the Holy Ghost is like your best friend -- a best friend with your eternal salvation as his goal. Then he hung up his arm as if to put his arm around his imaginary buddy -- the Holy Ghost. For some reason this has always stayed with me -- and when I think of the Holy Ghost I think of my good buddy taking care of me. I learn an incredible amount from analogies. The one that is popping to mind now is when a friend of mine gave a lesson and said the Holy Ghost is like your best friend — a best friend with your eternal salvation as his goal. Then he hung up his arm as if to put his arm around his imaginary buddy — the Holy Ghost. For some reason this has always stayed with me — and when I think of the Holy Ghost I think of my good buddy taking care of me.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31195 Sarah Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:28:33 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31195 I know people use it too much, but you can't beat the usefulness of the "keystone of our religion" quote. I can get a 5-year-old who's never seen an actual arch in her life to understand that one -- and it can be incorporated into both a toy and a paperweight. How many analogies can you do that with, really? I usually tell my students (CTR-7/CTR-8 types) that this might be the first time they'll hear it, but it definitely won't be the last, and that there's a good reason for it. On the other hand, with a younger audience, half of my most standard analogies (really more figures of speech) fall flat every time I try them. It turns out, for instance, that the average 8-year-old has never heard of, seen, or seen the need for a paperweight. I told them that not reading the scriptures made them exactly as useful as a paperweight and three of them said, <i>in unison</i>, "what's a paperweight?" Sigh. Fortunately, asking them about the things that Severus Snape (or Anakin Skywalker) would need to do to repent was significantly more successful. Thus, I hope to soon come up with a short, meaningful, and highly persuasive explanation of how the Holy Spirit is just like a lightsabre. I know people use it too much, but you can’t beat the usefulness of the “keystone of our religion” quote. I can get a 5-year-old who’s never seen an actual arch in her life to understand that one — and it can be incorporated into both a toy and a paperweight. How many analogies can you do that with, really? I usually tell my students (CTR-7/CTR-8 types) that this might be the first time they’ll hear it, but it definitely won’t be the last, and that there’s a good reason for it.

On the other hand, with a younger audience, half of my most standard analogies (really more figures of speech) fall flat every time I try them. It turns out, for instance, that the average 8-year-old has never heard of, seen, or seen the need for a paperweight. I told them that not reading the scriptures made them exactly as useful as a paperweight and three of them said, in unison, “what’s a paperweight?” Sigh. Fortunately, asking them about the things that Severus Snape (or Anakin Skywalker) would need to do to repent was significantly more successful. Thus, I hope to soon come up with a short, meaningful, and highly persuasive explanation of how the Holy Spirit is just like a lightsabre.

]]> By: CS Eric http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31194 CS Eric Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:54:35 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31194 My all-time favorite was using the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail as an example of someone who keeps persisting in spite of all odds. My all-time favorite was using the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail as an example of someone who keeps persisting in spite of all odds.

]]> By: Muslihoon http://www.millennialstar.org/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/comment-page-1/#comment-31119 Muslihoon Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:33:55 +0000 http://www.millennialstar.org/2008/07/13/how-to-give-a-great-sacrament-meeting-talk-part-35-of-5-style-analogies/#comment-31119 I am thoroughly enjoying your series, Ivan. Thank you for such wonderful posts! I am thoroughly enjoying your series, Ivan. Thank you for such wonderful posts!

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