18 WAYS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF GENERAL CONFERENCE (By Ty Harmon) General conference is coming !! Now, depending on your relationship with it, that sentence could evoke either a " Yay!! " or an " Ugh... " reaction. Having grown up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , General Conference has always been a big deal in my home. As a boy I was always strongly encouraged to sit and watch a session or two during "conference weekend." And I'll admit, as a kid I wasn't always very excited to sit and listen as old men droned on and on for what seemed like forever. As I've matured, I've grown to love it, to understand and appreciate its purpose and relevance to me personally, and it went from being a tolerable drudgery to actually becoming a highly anticipated and incredibly fulfilling experience. But it's taken years and years for me to develop that perspective. Now, as a parent of two ...