Ever wondered what it's like growing up in a polygamous family? Or what it takes to leave? In this episode, Liz Watts shares her extraordinary journey growing up in a polygamous family in Utah. A journey marked by clashes with societal norms, struggles with identity, and grappling with faith, Liz's story is one of resilience and determination.
When Kellen Winslow was a young boy his father went to prison for a crime he didn't commit. This eventually led him to a career in forensic psychology, where he helps to counsel and rehabilitate abusers and offenders. Can an abuser truly be forgiven? Discover how Kellen navigates the difficult challenges of counseling people who have committed horrible crimes, and how it's broadened his understanding of forgiveness and the atonement, and has given him hope in the power and ability for people to change.
Ganel-Lyn Condie shares ideas for how to teach Sister Tamara Runia's talk "Seeing God's Family Through the Overview Lens" from the October 2023 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In this episode, Troy Dunn, also known as "The Locator", has spent most of his life helping people to fulfil one of their greatest wishes - being reunited with their lost loved ones. Having spent many years on TV and in the limelight, Troy has remained a faithful member of the church, and shares several touching stories, unique insights, and valuable life lessons that he's learned along the way.
Are you a planner? Whether you classify yourself as one or not, everyone has some sort of plan or way they think their life will go. Having a plan is good but more importantly is being able to let go of the plan if needed and still know there is meaning and purpose to your life. Coach Caleb Price is on the podcast today talking about how young adults will have a much more fulfilling life as they learn to trust God and create the emotions they want to even when the plans they have made don’t work out exactly as they’d hoped. Caleb wants young adults to know that God can make much more of their lives then they could ever dream if they are willing to see the good that can come when life doesn’t go as they had planned.
Stephen Jones hails from Tallahassee, Florida, and served his mission in the Brazil Porto Alegre North Mission. He is a bishop in Springville, Utah, and has previously served in various leadership callings, including ward choir director, elders quorum president, in a Young Men presidency, first and second bishopric councilor, ward mission leader, and executive secretary. Stephen holds a bachelor's degree in Physiology with an emphasis in Social Physiology and a master's degree in Public Administration, both from Brigham Young University. He's best known as an American actor, comedian, host, and educator. Stephen's entertainment journey began as a university mascot and a headlining standup comedian, and he gained nationwide attention when he starred in a viral Old Spice parody video. Stephen has cohosted the television series Random Acts and featured in other television shows and commercials. After almost a decade of teaching, Stephen is currently the director, producer, editor and host of "Let’s Get Real with Stephen Jones," an original podcast on Scripture Central. Links
In this episode, Bob Rees shares his touching story of growing up in the great depression, being abandoned by his mother as a child, put in foster care, and then rescued by his father when he came back from the war. As he grew up, he joined the church and became a faithful member, having compassion for those in need, and a desire to help and serve them.
Professor Dale Sturm shares the joys of living the covenant path during this lifetime and the next while examining Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians.
Have you ever wondered what ancient letters to a small Christian community can teach us about thriving in a modern world of challenges and uncertainties? Professor Dale Sturm teaches about the importance of loving one another, the power of hope, and how the gospel of Jesus Christ allows us to experience joy amidst affliction.
For this week’s episode, we’re sharing a conversation we had originally released almost three years ago — before many of you had started listening to the podcast! It’s the discussion we had with Fiona and Terryl Givens about the ground-shifting book they published in 2020 through Faith Matters Publishing, called All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between.When this book was first published, we knew it had the potential to truly change lives, and change how Latter-day Saints see the world. It certainly did for us.