Commentary: Seven takeaways from LDS conference, including more transparency on temple ceremonies

It was a quieter, spiritually focused General Conference over the weekend for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which leaders focused their remarks on classic topics such as faith, repentance and families.This was surprising to many, given that the past two General Conferences have featured major announcements (see here and here) about changes to church policies, such as last year’s decision to shorten the three-hour “block” of Sunday meetings to two.It was al