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General Conference speaker · October 2000 to April 2012
Bishop Richard C. Edgley
Recently Released First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
Bishop Richard C. Edgley gave 9 General Conference talks from October 2000 to April 2012. The main topics of these talks are Ministering and Service, Agency and Accountability and Trials, Adversity and Healing. The verse cited most often is Matthew 7:7. 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 Edgley 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.
- Ministering and Service2 talks5.0× average
- Agency and Accountability1 talk5.7× average
- Trials, Adversity and Healing1 talk2.9× average
- Humility and Pride1 talk15.2× average
- Holy Ghost1 talk5.1× average
- Obedience and Commandments1 talk3.7× average
- Self-Reliance and Welfare1 talk15.2× average
- Faith1 talk2.0× 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
- Matthew 7:7 2
- Alma 5:14 2
- Doctrine and Covenants 18:11 2
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 1
- 2 Nephi 28:7 1
- Jacob 3:3 1
- 2 Nephi 28:22 1
- Alma 41:10 1
- 2 Nephi 2:27 1
- 1 Corinthians 3:17 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 Edgley
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 Rescue for Real GrowthApril 2012
Faith—the Choice Is YoursOctober 2010
This Is Your Phone CallApril 2009
Enduring TogetherOctober 2007
Three Towels and a 25-Cent NewspaperOctober 2006
A Still, Small Voice and a Throbbing HeartApril 2005
The Empowerment of HumilityOctober 2003
For Thy GoodApril 2002
Satan’s Bag of SnipesOctober 2000
For teachers and families: each sketch note has a printable PDF. Browse all Conference Sketch Notes →
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 Rescue for Real Growth | Apr 2012 | Ministering and Service | 1557 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Faith—the Choice Is Yours | Oct 2010 | Faith | 1288 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| This Is Your Phone Call | Apr 2009 | Self-Reliance and Welfare | 1476 | 4 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Enduring Together | Oct 2007 | Ministering and Service | 1168 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Three Towels and a 25-Cent Newspaper | Oct 2006 | Obedience and Commandments | 1165 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| A Still, Small Voice and a Throbbing Heart | Apr 2005 | Holy Ghost | 1800 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| The Empowerment of Humility | Oct 2003 | Humility and Pride | 1573 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| For Thy Good | Apr 2002 | Trials, Adversity and Healing | 1355 | 0 | 0 | Read ↗ |
| Satan’s Bag of Snipes | Oct 2000 | Agency and Accountability | 1377 | 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.