When have you felt most fulfilled in your church service?
So what do we do about this STP problem? (Remember, STP stands for “same ten people,” or the tendency some wards or stakes have to rotate the Same Ten People through influential callings.) As I heard from many readers, most wards are making a concerted effort to...
Stepping into the Mentor Role as Young Women President | A How I Lead Interview with Natalie Cox
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Natalie Cox currently lives in Gilbert, Arizona. She is the mother of five kids ages 10, 14, 16, 18, and 19, and a new missionary mom. Her son left for the Columbus Ohio mission last month and her daughter will leave for the...
You Were Created on Purpose With Purpose
Drew Young is a native of the east coast, growing up in Connecticut, and now resides in Texas with his wife and daughter. His first book published in 2020, The Meaning of Your Mission: Lessons and Principles to Know You Are Enough, debuted as a #1 bestseller and...
Teaching Others How to Receive Revelation | An Interview with Loren Dalton
Loren Grant Dalton graduated from the Harvard Business School and has served as the President or CEO of five different companies. One of his greatest loves is missionary work and he has served in a full-time mission for over 16 years of his life—as a missionary,...
Is STP treatable?
Someone recently turned my attention toward this paragraph in the handbook: Sometimes the same people are called repeatedly to leadership positions. This can overburden them and their families and take opportunities away from others. Seek to give all members...
Sacrament Talks That Share Our Spiritual Story
Kent Brooksby has served as a bishop, a member of several high councils, a high priest group leader, a stake Sunday School president, and several times in the Young Men organization on a ward and stake level. One of his favorite callings of all time was scoutmaster....
Debunking 4 Sexual Abuse Claims Related to the Church | An Interview with Jennifer Roach
Jennifer Roach is a licensed mental health counselor living in American Fork, Utah. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints four years ago after being in the Protestant church her whole life. She currently serves as a Gospel Doctrine teacher in her...
What Every Leader Needs to Know About Faith Crisis | An Interview with Scott Braithwaite
This is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in October 2018. Scott Braithwaite has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and specializes in marriage counseling. He is a professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University, has a busy private practice, and also enjoys...
Medicine for the Heart and Soul – Compassionate Self-Forgiveness
Judi Price has served in many callings in the Church, currently as the stake JustServe specialist in Arizona. Married for 38 years to Dr. Ronald Price, they have four adult children and one granddaughter. Judi graduated from Brigham Young University and returned to...
The Local Church and the General Church | An Interview with Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts, PhD, DD, holds a BTh from Triune Biblical University, a MTh from Covenant Bible College and Seminary, as well as an MDiv and PhD in Theology from Hellenic Orthodox University in Athens, Greece, and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at EUCLID...