Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

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

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.

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Elder Holland

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.

07 · Who quotes them

How later talks build on these talks

Most-cited talkThe Laborers in the VineyardApril 2012 · cited by 6 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

J. Anette Dennis

4

Reyna I. Aburto

4

D. Todd Christofferson

3

Robert M. Daines

2

Dallin H. Oaks

2

Bonnie H. Cordon

1

Named in the footnotes of 90 talks by other speakers since 2000. See the citation network →

The sketch notes

64 talks, one page each

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

And Now I SeeOctober 2025 As a Little ChildApril 2025 “I Am He”October 2024 Motions of a Hidden FireApril 2024 Lifted Up upon the CrossOctober 2022 Fear Not: Believe Only!April 2022 The Greatest PossessionOctober 2021 Not as the World GivethApril 2021 Waiting on the LordOctober 2020 A Perfect Brightness of HopeApril 2020 The Message, the Meaning, and the MultitudeOctober 2019 Behold the Lamb of GodApril 2019 The Ministry of ReconciliationOctober 2018 “Be With and Strengthen Them”April 2018 Be Ye Therefore Perfect—EventuallyOctober 2017 Songs Sung and UnsungApril 2017 Emissaries to the ChurchOctober 2016 Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders among YouApril 2016 Behold Thy MotherOctober 2015 Where Justice, Love, and Mercy MeetApril 2015 Are We Not All Beggars?October 2014 The Cost—and Blessings—of DiscipleshipApril 2014 Like a Broken VesselOctober 2013 “Lord, I Believe”April 2013 The First Great CommandmentOctober 2012 The Laborers in the VineyardApril 2012 We Are All EnlistedOctober 2011 An Ensign to the NationsApril 2011 Because of Your FaithOctober 2010 Place No More for the Enemy of My SoulApril 2010 Safety for the SoulOctober 2009 None Were with HimApril 2009 The Ministry of AngelsOctober 2008 “My Words … Never Cease”April 2008 The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath SentOctober 2007 The Tongue of AngelsApril 2007 Prophets in the Land AgainOctober 2006 Broken Things to MendApril 2006 To Young WomenOctober 2005 Our Most Distinguishing FeatureApril 2005 Prophets, Seers, and RevelatorsOctober 2004 “Abide in Me”April 2004 The Grandeur of GodOctober 2003 A Prayer for the ChildrenApril 2003 Called to ServeOctober 2002 The Other ProdigalApril 2002 “Like a Watered Garden”October 2001 “Witnesses unto Me”April 2001 “Sanctify Yourselves”October 2000 As Doves to Our WindowsApril 2000 “An High Priest of Good Things to Come”October 1999 The Hands of the FathersApril 1999 Personal PurityOctober 1998 “A Teacher Come from God”April 1998 “He Hath Filled the Hungry with Good Things”October 1997 “Because She Is a Mother”April 1997 “The Peaceable Things of the Kingdom”October 1996 A Handful of Meal and a Little OilApril 1996 “This Do in Remembrance of Me”October 1995 Our Priesthood LegacyApril 1995 Miracles of the RestorationOctober 1994 “Look to God and Live”October 1993 “He Loved Them unto the End”October 1989 Within the Clasp of Your ArmsApril 1983

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.