Youth Trek in Hawaii | A How I Lead Interview
Marlisa Ahuna, Germaine Tauati, and LaRae Mortensen of the Hilo, Hawaii Stake, joined Kurt for an online conversation about their unique Huaka'i youth trek over spring break 2022. Marlise is currently the stake interfaith specialist in the Hilo, Hawaiʻi Stake. She has...
The Power of Peer Connection in Overcoming Pornography
After years of struggling in isolation to overcome pornography, Chandler founded Relay—an app that helps people stay connected and accountable along the road to recovery. It makes it easy to find and maintain tight-knit support in a team-based environment. Chandler...
Former Bishop, Recovering Addict | An Interview with Evan Hathaway
Evan Hathaway owns the Time To Smile Dental practice in Eagle, Idaho, just outside of Boise, specializing in cosmetic and sedation dentistry. He particularly loves serving those needing reconstruction from fear-based dental neglect. Evan grew up in southeastern Idaho...
The Church Transfer Portal
I was recently listening to an interview on Bronco Mendenhall’s podcast where he was talking to another Division 1 football coach. By the way, if you haven’t listened to my interview with Bronco Mendenhall, do so ASAP. Anyway, in this interview, these two coaches...
Feeling at Home in Your Ward | An Interview with Melody Warnick
This is a rebroadcast. The episode originally ran in January 2020. Melody Warnick is the author of two books about thriving where you live: This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are and If You Could Live Anywhere: The Surprising Power of Place in a...
A Word for the LIVING
For some time now I have boldly researched the topic of suicide ideation and related mental health concerns. I’m not a scientist or a doctor, rather, I’m a grieving father who lost his son to suicide two and a half years ago at the age of 39. Relish the Unknown “Bear”...
Addiction Was My Vehicle to the Savior | An Interview with Kelly Clark and Heather Warren
Register HERE for the Recovering Saints Virtual Conference Kelly Thompson Clark is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic who spent three decades battling the disease of addiction. Plagued by the effects of mental illness and addiction, she eventually descended...
What makes a “good” church leader?
I received a thought-provoking email recently. It read like this: "Something I have been musing upon lately is the practical qualities of a ‘good’ church leader. (Of course, you would first have to define ‘good,’ to whom? In what way?) Certainly, we can easily fall...
How I Lead as Stake President in Ukraine | An Interview with Pavel Mykhailovskii
Pavel Mykhailovskii was born and raised in Ukraine, and served a mission in Dnipro, Ukraine. He was called as the second counselor in the mission presidency in Dnipro only eight months after serving his mission. He has also served as branch president and is currently...
Spiritual Consecration – Choosing the Hard But Meaningful Place
Melody Warnick is the author of two books on thriving where you live: This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are, an exploration of the ground-breaking concept of place attachment, and If You Could Live Anywhere: The Surprising Power of Place in a...
