There’s an elderly member of my LDS ward, in his mid-80s, who told me that when he was very young, the LDS Church prophet would greet church members at the doors of local stake conferences. I have to confess that as much I respect and sustain LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, I can’t imagine him standing at the doors of our stake center on a Saturday night or Sunday morning, greeting all the attendees with a handshake and smile.

That’s sort of sad. While researching the life of the late LDS Prophet George Albert Smith, I learned it was custom long ago for apostles’ offices to be open to the public. One could walk in off the street and seek a meeting. I don’t begrudge the security measures today. There are...