Welcome to Inklings. I am Emily Bell Freeman, and I'm so excited to welcome you to a space where you and I get to experience a hint of something more together.

This is a community where we lean into discussions that will help us obtain a bedrock understanding of the doctrines of Christ.

Not overnight, but every day better.

Strength gathered over time. There is a place for you here. Looking forward to spending this

semester with you as we embark on a journey focused on becoming his.

Good morning, everyone.

Happy Thursday.

Welcome to Inklings.

So many good things happening around here right now. I wish you could see the week after conference what happens in life around here.

Because we're just immediately after that Sunday afternoon session, you have this group that just goes to work and starts pulling all of these things together.

And it's actually so fun to see all of it coming together.

But this morning, I woke up and everyone was, don't forget this and don't forget this and remember this and don't forget this. And we have so much to talk about, which I'm so excited about. Because here we go again.

And I love the beginning of things. I love as we enter into what this next six months is going to

look like.

I have to tell you this because it's kind of fun.

When I was younger in my 20s and my 30s, I had a friend who lived across the street for me.

And we would, Monday morning, we reserved for the day after conference to have an hour and a half phone call while we did our laundry and we talked about all of our

favorite parts by talk, which one we loved, what felt the most important. And when I moved, we continued it for a little while, but you know how it is when you move

and your kids get older and life cycles change.

And then we stopped doing that.

And I can remember the first time we ever did inklings thinking to myself, oh, I'm so glad for this group

of friends that just wants to get together and talk about conference talks for an hour

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