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General Conference speaker · April 2000 to April 2011
Bishop H. David Burton
Presiding Bishop
Bishop H. David Burton gave 9 General Conference talks from April 2000 to April 2011. The main topics of these talks are Discipleship and Becoming, Ministering and Service and Priesthood. The verse cited most often is Luke 10:37. Weak Things has 9 sketch notes of these talks.
01 · The timeline
Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026
Each dot is a conference where Bishop Burton spoke. Hover for the talk; click to open its sketch note.
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.
- Discipleship and Becoming3 talks4.2× average
- Ministering and Service2 talks5.0× average
- Priesthood1 talk1.7× average
- Youth1 talk3.7× average
- Gratitude1 talk10.1× average
- Self-Reliance and Welfare1 talk15.2× average
Key phrases from these talks
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
- Luke 10:37 2
- Doctrine and Covenants 81:5 2
- Matthew 15:11 1
- Luke 10:35 1
- Matthew 4:4 1
- Doctrine and Covenants 19:38 1
- Matthew 4:7 1
- Luke 10:31 1
- Matthew 15:10 1
- Matthew 4:10 1
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
05 · Signature phrases
Words that sound like Bishop Burton
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.
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.
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.
The sketch notes
9 talks, one page each
Hand-drawn sketch notes from Weak Things. Each page links to the full talk on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
The Sanctifying Work of WelfareApril 2011
Let Virtue Garnish Your ThoughtsOctober 2009
And Who Is My Neighbor?April 2008
If These Old Walls Could TalkApril 2007
Tender Hearts and Helping HandsApril 2006
More Holiness Give MeOctober 2004
And That’s the Way It IsApril 2003
Standing TallOctober 2001
Honoring the PriesthoodApril 2000
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Every talk
All 9 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 Sanctifying Work of Welfare | Apr 2011 | Self-Reliance and Welfare | 1622 | 17 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Let Virtue Garnish Your Thoughts | Oct 2009 | Discipleship and Becoming | 1380 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| And Who Is My Neighbor? | Apr 2008 | Ministering and Service | 1153 | 5 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| If These Old Walls Could Talk | Apr 2007 | Gratitude | 1379 | 7 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Tender Hearts and Helping Hands | Apr 2006 | Ministering and Service | 1744 | 6 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| More Holiness Give Me | Oct 2004 | Discipleship and Becoming | 1934 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| And That’s the Way It Is | Apr 2003 | Youth | 1369 | 4 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Standing Tall | Oct 2001 | Discipleship and Becoming | 1445 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Honoring the Priesthood | Apr 2000 | Priesthood | 1625 | 0 | 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.