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General Conference speaker · October 2014 to April 2017

Sister Carol F. McConkie

First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency

Sister Carol F. McConkie gave 4 General Conference talks from October 2014 to April 2017. The main topics of these talks are Prophets and Church Leadership, Women and Relief Society and Prayer and Personal Revelation. The verse cited most often is John 17:22. Footnotes in 1 later talk by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 4 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers 4 sketch notes ↓

4talks since 2000

6kwords · about 46 minutes

23.2footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

112different verses cited

1later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

Each dot is a conference where Sister McConkie spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.

Callings listed with these talks: First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency

02 · Topic fingerprint

What these talks are about

The main topic of each talk, shown as petals. Longer petals mean more talks. Gold petals are topics this speaker chooses at least 1.5 times as often as the average speaker.

Prophets and Church Leadership1 talk8.4× average
Women and Relief Society1 talk9.5× average
Prayer and Personal Revelation1 talk7.8× average
Discipleship and Becoming1 talk3.1× average

Key phrases from these talks

give heed unto all his wordsvoice of the Lordserve a righteous causecause of Christpray, and not to faintsoul’s sincere desirebeauty of holinessdivine heritage of holiness

03 · The measuring stick

How these talks compare with every talk since 2000

The bar is this speaker. The line marks the average across all 1,909 talks.

04 · The scripture shelf

Which scriptures these talks use

Share of all verse citations by volume of scripture, compared with every speaker. Counted once per talk from footnotes and links in the text.

Verses cited most

The number is how many of these talks cite the verse. Verses with their own page link to every conference talk that cites them.

Books cited most

Doctrine and Covenants

Luke

Matthew

1 Kings

John

Mosiah

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Sister McConkie

Phrases that appear in these talks far more often than in other speakers' talks. Bigger type means a bigger difference. The number is how many of these talks use the phrase.

sincere desires²beauty of holiness²suffered bled²glories of eternity²sacred priesthood ordinances²opportunity to choose²need never²faithful sisters²whose hearts²come to church²

06 · Who these talks quote

The voices in the footnotes

Leaders named in the footnotes, outside authors named in the text or footnotes, and the conference speakers whose talks are cited. Each counts talks, not mentions.

Church leaders quoted

Joseph Smith

Brigham Young

D. Todd Christofferson

Conference speakers cited

Henry B. Eyring

James E. Faust

D. Todd Christofferson

Outside authors

No outside authors on the Bookshelf list are named in these talks.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Most-cited talkThe Beauty of HolinessApril 2017 · cited by 1 later talk

Speakers who cite these talks most

D. Todd Christofferson

08 · Kindred voices

Speakers whose talks cover similar ground

Matched by the mix of main and secondary topics. 100 would be an identical mix.

Elder David A. Bednar69 topic match Elder Juan A. Uceda66 topic match Elder Michael John U. Teh66 topic match Elder Ronald A. Rasband65 topic match

The sketch notes

4 talks, one page each

Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

Sketch note of The Beauty of Holiness by Carol F. McConkie

The Beauty of HolinessApril 2017

Sketch note of The Soul's Sincere Desire by Carol F. McConkie

The Soul's Sincere DesireOctober 2016

Sketch note of Here to Serve a Righteous Cause by Carol F. McConkie

Here to Serve a Righteous CauseOctober 2015

Sketch note of Live according to the Words of the Prophets by Carol F. McConkie

Live according to the Words of the ProphetsOctober 2014

For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →

Every talk

All 4 talks, newest first

Titles open the Weak Things sketch note. "Read" opens the official talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org, the source for every number on this page.

Talk	Conference	Main topic	Words	Footnotes	Cited by	Source
The Beauty of Holiness	Apr 2017	Discipleship and Becoming	1590	27	1	Read ↗
The Soul’s Sincere Desire	Oct 2016	Prayer and Personal Revelation	1452	22	0	Read ↗
Here to Serve a Righteous Cause	Oct 2015	Women and Relief Society	1537	24	0	Read ↗
Live according to the Words of the Prophets	Oct 2014	Prophets and Church Leadership	1483	20	0	Read ↗

Sources and method

Where these numbers come from

Talk text, footnotes and callings come from the official General Conference pages on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. Every talk above links to its source.
Coverage is April 2000 through April 2026: 1,909 talks by 370 speakers. Sustainings, audit and statistical reports, and videos are left out. October 2026 joins once its text is posted.
Verse counts use scripture links in footnotes and talk text, counted once per talk. "Cited by" counts later talks whose footnotes link to one of these talks.
Main topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Signature phrases compare how many of these talks use a phrase with how many other talks do.
Leaders quoted are found by name in footnotes. Outside authors are found by name in the text and footnotes. Sketch notes are Weak Things study aids, not official Church materials.