October 2026 General Conference › Themes › Daily practices
Small consistent practices and guarded attention
Small, consistent practices are framed as protective, and their neglect, often through digital distraction, as the mechanism of gradual drift.
A lens for pondering what was said, found through careful coding. Not an official summary; read the talks themselves for the full message. How it works“the quiet cost of neglecting”
What this theme is about
Digital risk recurs across three sessions: mobile gambling (President Christofferson), "artificial information" (Elder Andersen), coarse online speech (Elder Cook), sleep and phone limits (Sister Muñoz Spannaus). Practices are the means, never the message, which is why this theme reaches 24 talks but with few passages in each.
Direct invitations in this theme
Talks that carried this theme
Ordered by how many passages in each talk were coded to this theme.
The evidence
Coded passages from the talks, quoted word for word from the official texts.
“Daily, meaningful scripture study invites the guidance of the Holy Ghost”
“The burden we carry may not always be removed, but our backs will be built to carry the load placed upon them”
“While they may seem small and simple, they are truly the armor of God”
“The language of the Spirit of God is not a language of words.”
“Spiritual growth is rarely dramatic at the beginning.”
“the method, timing, and length of our scripture study matter less than the consistency and sincerity of our effort”
“Our phone seems almost attached to our hand, bringing a flood of information, misinformation, and now artificial information.”
“We need stillness to nourish our faith in Christ.”
“some conduct which is not inherently evil can keep us from engaging in spiritual matters”
“it is a thief of our peace of mind, self-esteem, and the real connection”