My Lord, He Calls Me

For this week’s episode, we were honored to bring on Alice Faulkner Burch, General Editor of Deseret Book’s new collection of essays by Black American Latter-day Saints: My Lord, He Calls Me. The title of the book comes from an early Black American spiritual called “Steal Away to Jesus.” The book shares contemporary experiences of Black Americans in the Church, and stories from every era of the Restoration.The essays found in the book are extremely personal — the type of stories you’d only hear as a trusted friend.

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Book Club: Ch 10 & 11 – No Need to Call

As Lisa and her sister Gina James dive into the next two chapters of Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together, they discuss how the way we communicate on our phones has changed over time, from calling to texting to Facetime and Snapchat. Lisa and Gina also discuss how we explore and construct our identities online. In a world where streamers make real money playing video games and influencers post about their personal lives, the lines between online life and real life have never been more blurry. How does online life overlap with real life— and where do we draw the line?

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Luke 22:45-46

When we are astonished, depressed, dejected, or in anguish - our tendency and temptation is to sleep, when we should instead be more watchful and prayerful which will help us avoid the temptations that come with that depression and anguish. If you’d like to view the video that goes with this podcast, click here

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Too Many Battles

There are SO many battles that we could choose to jump into, from the social to the political to the physical. But Jesus gives us a powerful reminder where most of our efforts should be in John 18:36.

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Enabled By All Means

Whether it's a big thing or a small thing, if that "thing" is important to us, it is important to our Heavenly Father. Quadriplegic Meg Johnson helps us recognize all of the ways God enables us on a day-to-day basis. Though He may not always give us exactly what we ask for, we can be assured that He is always listening and He will always give us the means to accomplish what He knows is best for us.

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