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General Conference speaker · October 2012 to October 2016

Sister Linda S. Reeves

Second Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency

Sister Linda S. Reeves gave 5 General Conference talks from October 2012 to October 2016. The main topics of these talks are Moral Cleanliness and Media, Jesus Christ and His Atonement and Covenants and Ordinances. The verse cited most often is Doctrine and Covenants 82:10. Footnotes in 2 later talks by other speakers cite these talks. Weak Things has 5 sketch notes of these talks.

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5talks since 2000

7kwords · about 59 minutes

8.2footnotes per talk (all speakers: 12.3)

49different verses cited

2later talks by others cite these talks

01 · The timeline

Every conference, April 2000 to April 2026

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

Callings listed with these talks: Second Counselor in the Relief Society 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.

Moral Cleanliness and Media2 talks34.7× average
Jesus Christ and His Atonement1 talk1.9× average
Covenants and Ordinances1 talk8.7× average
Repentance and Forgiveness1 talk7.5× average

Key phrases from these talks

Mollie is not aloneJesus weptwashed clean and purerenewing our baptismal covenantsSatan is attacking with unprecedented furytotal allegiance and total fidelityOur bodies are sacred giftsthe power of procreation

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

Alma

John

Doctrine and Covenants

Enos

Jacob

1 Nephi

05 · Signature phrases

Words that sound like Sister Reeves

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.

later my husband²husband mel²heavenly father want²pleading prayer²weighed down³beloved savior jesus²four young children²loving arms²clean and pure²divine love²

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

James E. Talmage

Conference speakers cited

D. Todd Christofferson

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

Sketch note of Worthy of Our Promised Blessings

Most-cited talkWorthy of Our Promised BlessingsOctober 2015 · cited by 2 later talks

Speakers who cite these talks most

Brian K. Taylor

Susan H. Porter

08 · Kindred voices

Speakers whose talks cover similar ground

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

Sister Amy A. Wright69 topic match Sister Kristin M. Yee67 topic match Elder Dale G. Renlund66 topic match Elder Donald L. Hallstrom62 topic match

The sketch notes

5 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 Great Plan of Redemption by Linda S. Reeves

The Great Plan of RedemptionOctober 2016

Sketch note of Worthy of Our Promised Blessings by Linda S. Reeves

Worthy of Our Promised BlessingsOctober 2015

Sketch note of Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home by Linda S. Reeves

Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused HomeApril 2014

Sketch note of Claim the Blessings of Your Covenants by Linda S. Reeves

Claim the Blessings of Your CovenantsOctober 2013

Sketch note of The Lord Has Not Forgotten You by Linda S. Reeves

The Lord Has Not Forgotten YouOctober 2012

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

Every talk

All 5 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 Great Plan of Redemption	Oct 2016	Repentance and Forgiveness	1487	4	0	Read ↗
Worthy of Our Promised Blessings	Oct 2015	Moral Cleanliness and Media	1331	11	2	Read ↗
Protection from Pornography—a Christ-Focused Home	Apr 2014	Moral Cleanliness and Media	1481	5	0	Read ↗
Claim the Blessings of Your Covenants	Oct 2013	Covenants and Ordinances	1570	6	0	Read ↗
The Lord Has Not Forgotten You	Oct 2012	Jesus Christ and His Atonement	1429	15	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.