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General Conference speaker · April 2012 to April 2016

Sister Cheryl A. Esplin

First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency

Sister Cheryl A. Esplin gave 4 General Conference talks from April 2012 to April 2016. The main topics of these talks are Parenting and Children, Sabbath and Sacrament and Family and Marriage. The verse cited most often is Moroni 8:17. Weak Things has 4 sketch notes of these talks.

All speakers 4 sketch notes ↓

4talks since 2000

5kwords · about 42 minutes

9.2footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

33different verses cited

0later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

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

Callings listed with these talks: Second Counselor in the Primary General PresidencyFirst Counselor in the Primary 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.

Parenting and Children1 talk8.5× average
Sabbath and Sacrament1 talk34.1× average
Family and Marriage1 talk8.7× average
Ministering and Service1 talk5.6× average

Key phrases from these talks

teach our children to understandget the doctrine into their heartsrenewal for the soulalways rememberfilled with light and truthThe family is of Godthrow away the mirrorslook through the window

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

Luke

3 Nephi

John

Doctrine and Covenants

Mark

Matthew

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Sister Esplin

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.

said she didn’t²young women leader²first counselor²children learn²take time²savior’s example²didn’t know²atoning sacrifice²

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

Conference speakers cited

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Thomas S. Monson

Jeffrey R. Holland

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

Footnotes in later talks do not yet link to these talks. Newer talks often take a few conferences to be cited.

Speakers who cite these talks most

None yet.

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 W. Craig Zwick61 topic match Sister Joy D. Jones61 topic match Sister Linda K. Burton58 topic match Sister Kathleen H. Hughes57 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 He Asks Us to Be His Hands by Cheryl A. Esplin

He Asks Us to Be His HandsApril 2016

Sketch note of Filling Our Homes with Light and Truth by Cheryl A. Esplin

Filling Our Homes with Light and TruthApril 2015

Sketch note of The Sacrament—a Renewal for the Soul by Cheryl A. Esplin

The Sacrament—a Renewal for the SoulOctober 2014

Sketch note of Teaching Our Children to Understand by Cheryl A. Esplin

Teaching Our Children to UnderstandApril 2012

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	Source
He Asks Us to Be His Hands	Apr 2016	Ministering and Service	1414	14	Read ↗
Filling Our Homes with Light and Truth	Apr 2015	Family and Marriage	1401	5	Read ↗
The Sacrament—a Renewal for the Soul	Oct 2014	Sabbath and Sacrament	1328	18	Read ↗
Teaching Our Children to Understand	Apr 2012	Parenting and Children	1535	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.