What Does It Mean to Be White in America?

Since 2020 — when George Floyd's murder was seen around the world and protests for racial justice swept the country — many Americans with white skin have begun to think explicitly about race and its consequences. What does it mean to be white in America? What’s it like to be not-white-enough? Or to not have your racial identity reflected on official government forms? How did white become the default against which all other skin colors are measured?

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Choices that Matter

It’s your choices that help you become who you are! But you don’t need to get every choice right in order to make progress! Hank Smith shares the importance of life’s most important decisions. Whether it’s choosing to invest in relationships you have with your family, your Heavenly Father, or choosingyour attitude about the challenges you face, Hank will have you laughing and learning how to make, and learn from life’s many choices.

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More Than You Can Handle

What do you do when you are faced with life challenges than are more than you can bear? Meg Johnson shares how you can find peace with your circumstances and experience strength in your faith as you embrace a hope in heaven that will guide you through even the most challenging of life’s moments.

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Allowing Our Pain to Turn Us to Christ

Joy McCullough is a Protestant, Evangelical with a background in professional counseling. She is the wife of Pastor Jeff McCullough, the creator of the YouTube channel Hello Saints. She has four children and recently relocated to Utah from St. Louis. Joy spends a lot of time doing photography, thrifting, and playing violin, along with staring at the Wasatch Mountains. She completed her undergraduate degree in speech communication from Greenville University and received a Masters in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in Virginia. Joy is not afraid of her own or other people’s brokenness. She has a heart for creating space for people to come as they are and to find true healing and hope through authenticity and honesty, free from shame. Her faith in Jesus informs this passion and approach.

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Removing Shame from a Gospel of Grace

Richie T. Steadman is a radio host, producer, actor, and founder of the Latter-day Saint podcast, “The Cultural Hall”, where he has been entertaining and informing since 2011. Richie worked for 16 years as the producer of the popular Utah radio show, “Radio from Hell”. He served a mission in Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Richie T’s interests extend far beyond the studio—he’s passionate scholar of Mormon history and a dedicated husband. In this podcast, Richie T interviews Kurt Francom about his book, Is God Disappointed in Me?, and they talk about how we can teach and lead without creating shame.

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2 Nephi 11-19: Part 1

Why does Nephi spend significant time and effort teaching Isaiah? Dr. Shon Hopkin shares insights into the power of God’s covenants, the mission of Jesus Christ, and the meaning of the Abrahamic Covenant through the lens of the love of Jesus Christ.

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Infertility and Unwanted Childlessness

For many women, there is no version of starting over more difficult and overwhelming than unexpected childlessness. Many plan on being parents, and even base their identity around that plan. So when unforeseen circumstances make having children impossible, they have to start over--not just with their life plans, but with how they see themselves. In this episode of the Lisa Show's series on Starting Over, Lisa talks with Sarah Roberts about her journey.

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Can God Be Disappointed in You?

This is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in September 2019. In this episode, Leading Saints Executive Director Kurt Francom, shares his closing session from the Liberating Saints Virtual Summit. He approaches the subject of supporting and mentoring someone through a difficult struggle with pornography, from a doctrinal standpoint. This concept eventually became Kurt’s book, Is God Disappointed In Me? Links

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Stand Up & Stand Out

It’s hard to navigate the pressures of school, friends, and just life’s expectations! But what if the hard things you experience in life are actually exactly what is setting you up for an even better tomorrow? It’s not easy and it takes courage, but you can show up and let your light shine and make the world a better place with you in it!

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