Elder Christofferson Tells BYU-Hawaii Graduates to Develop a ‘Character of Christ’

This article was originally written by Marianne Holman Prescott for Deseret News. The following is an excerpt. 

“Develop in yourself the character of Christ,” Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles told graduates of Brigham Young University-Hawaii during commencement exercises on Nov. 2.

“Remember that the most important thing is and will always be what you are, not what you have,” the Apostle taught.

The event, held in the Cannon Activities Center on the Laie campus, honored the 223 graduates from 22 countries around the globe. Some members of the Church’s educational board joined the apostle on the stand, and speakers included Elder Kim B. Clark, General Authority Seventy and Commissioner of Education, as well as BYU-Hawaii’s new president, John S. Tanner.

Drawing from President Thomas S. Monson’s October 2008 general conference talk, Elder Christofferson spoke to graduates about “three imperatives.”

“First, learn what we should learn,” he said. “Second, do what we should do. And third, be what we should be.”

Read Prescott’s full article at deseretnews.com.